Question

VII Change the following into indirect speech:
1. He said to me, “I have often told you not to play with me.”
2. They wrote, “It is time we thought about settling this matter.”
3. The teacher promised me, “If you come to school tomorrow, I will explain it.”
4. “What do you want?” he said to her.
5. He said to me, “How’s your father?”
6. “Don’t you know the way home?” asked I.
7. “Do you really come from China?” said the prince.
8. “Sit down, boys,” said the teacher.
9. “Run away, children,” said the mother.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. He told me that he had often told me not to play with him.

2. They wrote that it was time they had thought about settling that matter.

3. The teacher promised me that if I go to school the next day she would explain it.

4. He asked her what she wanted.

5. He asked me how my father was.

6. I asked if he/she didnt know the way home.

7. The prince asked if he/she really came from China.

8. The teacher told boys to sit down.

9. The mother told children to run away.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. He told me that he had often told me not to play .
2. They wrote that it was time they had thought about settling the matter .
3. The teacher promised me that if I go to school the next day she would explain me .
4. He asked her what she wanted .
5. He asked me how my father was .
6. I asked if she didn't know the way home .
7. The prince asked if she really came from china .
8. The teacher told boys to sit down .
9. The mother told the children to run away .