Change the following sentences to indirect speech.
1. He said, "I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing and mending
too". 2. "You can keep that one if you like, Alice", she said. "I've got plenty of
others". 3. "I'm going fishing with father this afternoon", said the small boy, "and we
are going into the garden now to dig for worms". 4. "You got my umbrella", said I
crossly. "Yours is in your bedroom". 5. "I know exactly what they said", the private
detective explained to his client, "because I put a tape-recorder under the table". 6
"I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late", said Mrs. Pike. 7. "If you
give me some wire, I'll hang that picture for you", said my brother. 8. "I have a
Turkish bath occasionally, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to my weight",
she said.
1. He said he was quite a good cook and he did all his own washing and mending too.
2. She said I could keep that one if I liked.
3. The small boy said he was going fishing with his father that afternoon and they were going into the garden at that moment to dig for worms.
4. I said crossly that they had got my umbrella and theirs was in their bedroom.
5. The private detective explained to his client that he knew exactly what they had said because he had put a tape-recorder under the table.
6. Mrs. Pike said she would sit up till she came in, but she hoped she wouldn't be late.
7. My brother said if I gave him some wire, he would hang that picture for me.
8. She said she had a Turkish bath occasionally, but it didn't seem to make any difference to her weight.