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 that he was quite a good cook and that he did all his own washing and mending too.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the tense of the reporting verb "said" from present to past. We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

2. She said to Alice that she could keep that one if she liked, as she had plenty of others.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said to Alice" to indicate the recipient of the statement. We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

3. The small boy said that he was going fishing with his father that afternoon and that they were going into the garden then to dig for worms.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said that". We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

4. I said crossly that he had my umbrella and that his was in his bedroom.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said crossly" to indicate the tone. We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

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.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "explained" to "explained to his client" to indicate the recipient of the explanation. We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

6. Mrs. Pike said that she would sit up till she came in, but she hoped she wouldn't be late.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said that". We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

7. My brother said that if I gave him some wire, he would hang that picture for me.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said that". We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.

8. She said that she had a Turkish bath occasionally, but it didn't seem to make any difference to her weight.
Explanation: In indirect speech, we change the reporting verb "said" to "said that". We also change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech accordingly.