Change the following to Indirect speech:

1. My father said to my brother, “I have often told you not to play with knives.”
2. The teacher remarked, “You have all performed fairly well in examinations.”
3. He wrote in the letter, “I have been waiting eagerly to meet my best friend.”
4. My mother promised me, “If you score well you’ll get the gift of your choice.”
5. He said, “This is my rabbit and I’ll not show it to anyone.”
6. I said to her, “How is your father keeping?”
7. The king asked, “Where do you come from, soldier?”
8. I asked the little girl, “Do you remember your way back home?”
9. The young deer asked his mother, “Where are we going?”
10. She said, “How insensitive of him!”

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Answers:

1) My father told my brother that he had often told him not to play with knives.

2) The teacher remarked that we had all performed fairly well in examinations.

3) He wrote in the letter that he had been waiting eagerly to meet his best friend.

4) My mother promised me that if I scored well I would get the gift of my choice.

5) He said that it was his rabbit and he would not show it to anyone.

6) I asked her how her father was keeping.

7) The king asked the soldier where he came from.

8) I asked the little girl if she remembered her way back home.

9) The young deer asked his mother where they were going.

10) She exclaimed that it was insensitive of him.