Turn the following into Indirect Speech:- He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire." I "You have all done very badly !" remarked the teacher. 2 They wrote, "It is time we thought about settling this matter." The teacher promised, "If you will come before school tomorrow, I will explain it." s She wrote,"I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return." A 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." 1. The dwarf said to her, "Promise me that when you are 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." 9. "I will avenge your wrongs," he cried, "I will not enter Athens until I have punished the king who had so cruelly treated you." 10. He wrote and said, "I am unable to come just now because I am ill, but I will certainly start as soon as I am well enough to do so." 11. One day he sent for Cassim and said to him, "You are now old enough to earn your living, so you must set off, and make your own way in the world."
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1. He said to me,“I have often told you not to play with fire.”
⇛ He told me that he have often told me not to play with fire.
2. “You have all done very badly!” remarked the teacher.
⇛ The teacher remarked that they have all done very badly.
3. They wrote,“ It is time we thought about settling this matter.”
⇛ They wrote that it was the time they thought about settling that matter.
4. The teacher promised,“ If you will come before school tomorrow, I will explain it.”
⇛ The teacher promised that if they would come before school day after today, she will explain that.
5. She wrote,“I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return.”
⇛ She wrote that she is waiting and watching and longing for his 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.”
⇛ The examiner's orders were that no one was to bring books into the room nor ask him questions about what he has told them to do.
7. The dwarf said to her,“Promise me that when you are Queen you will give me your first-born child.”
⇛ The dwarf told her that promise him that when she is a queen she will give him her 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.”
⇛ He said that that was his horse and if he did not proved it in a few minutes he will give up his claim.
9. “I will avenge your wrongs,” he cried, “I will not enter Athens until I have punished the king who had so cruelly treated you.”
⇛ He cried that he would avenge my wrongs and he would not enter Anthens until he has punished the king who had cruelly treated me.
10. He wrote and said, “I am unable to come just now because I am ill, but I will certainly start as soon as I am well enough to do so.”
⇛ He wrote and said that he was unable to come just now because he was ill but he will certainly start as soon as he is well enough to do so.
11. One day he sent for Cassim and said to him, “You are now old enough to earn your living, so you must set off, and make your own way in the world.”
⇛ One day he sent for Cassim and told him that he was now old enough to earn his living so he must set off and make his own way in the world.
He said to me,“I have often told you not to play with fire.”
⇛ He told me that he have often told me not to play with fire.
2. “You have all done very badly!” remarked the teacher.
⇛ The teacher remarked that they have all done very badly.
3. They wrote,“ It is time we thought about settling this matter.”
⇛ They wrote that it was the time they thought about settling that matter.
4. The teacher promised,“ If you will come before school tomorrow, I will explain it.”
⇛ The teacher promised that if they would come before school day after today, she will explain that.
5. She wrote,“I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return.”
⇛ She wrote that she is waiting and watching and longing for his 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.”
⇛ The examiner's orders were that no one was to bring books into the room nor ask him questions about what he has told them to do.
7. The dwarf said to her,“Promise me that when you are Queen you will give me your first-born child.”
⇛ The dwarf told her that promise him that when she is a queen she will give him her 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.”
⇛ He said that that was his horse and if he did not proved it in a few minutes he will give up his claim.
9. “I will avenge your wrongs,” he cried, “I will not enter Athens until I have punished the king who had so cruelly treated you.”
⇛ He cried that he would avenge my wrongs and he would not enter Anthens until he has punished the king who had cruelly treated me.
10. He wrote and said, “I am unable to come just now because I am ill, but I will certainly start as soon as I am well enough to do so.”
⇛ He wrote and said that he was unable to come just now because he was ill but he will certainly start as soon as he is well enough to do so.
11. One day he sent for Cassim and said to him, “You are now old enough to earn your living, so you must set off, and make your own way in the world.”
⇛ One day he sent for Cassim and told him that he was now old enough to earn his living so he must set off and make his own way in the world.
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