Question

TULO
JU MLIP Merledval! he cried, 'I will never steal again.
INDIRECT : He called upon Heaven to witness his resolve never to steal again.
Exercise 1
Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. He said to me, I have often told you not to play with fire.'
2. You have all done it very badly,' remarked the teacher.
3. They wrote, “It is time we thought about settling this matter.'
4. The teacher promised, 'If you come before school tomorrow, I will explain it.'
5. She wrote, 'I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return. '
6. The examiner's orders were, 'No one is to bring books into the room nor ask me
questions about what I have told
you to do.'
7. The drawf said to her, 'Promise me that when you are the Queen, you will give me
your first-born child.'
8. "That is my horse,' said he, ‘and if I do not prove it in a few minutes, I will give up
my claim.'
Exercise 2​

Answer 1

TULO

JU MLIP Merledval! he cried, 'I will never steal again.

INDIRECT : He called upon Heaven to witness his resolve never to steal again.

Exercise 1

Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

1. He said to me, I have often told you not to play with fire.'

2. You have all done it very badly,' remarked the teacher.

3. They wrote, “It is time we thought about settling this matter.'

4. The teacher promised, 'If you come before school tomorrow, I will explain it.'

5. She wrote, 'I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return. '

6. The examiner's orders were, 'No one is to bring books into the room nor ask me

questions about what I have told

you to do.'

7. The drawf said to her, 'Promise me that when you are the Queen, you will give me

your first-born child.'

8. "That is my horse,' said he, ‘and if I do not prove it in a few minutes, I will give up

my claim.'