Please help in these indirect speech sentences.

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youralibaba  #551514  Wed, 06 Aug 08 09:50 AM
Please give me indirect speech of these sentences.

1. :They were all writing when I arrived", she said.

2. "I have had a rest and soon I must start work again", he said.

3. "I can see that someone has told you", she said to him.

4. "You shall have your dinner as soon as I return", promised her mother.

5. "The sun is becoming cooler all the time", said the professor
  
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Huevos  #551533  Wed, 06 Aug 08 10:48 AM
You should try to do this yourself in future and others will help you with your errors.

 
1. "They were all writing when I arrived", she said. -> She said that they were all writing when she arrived.

2. "I have had a rest and soon I must start work again", he said. -> He said that he had had a rest and that he should soon start work again.

3. "I can see that someone has told you", she said to him. -> She said to him that she could see that someone had told him.

4. "You shall have your dinner as soon as I return", promised her mother. -> Her mother promised that she/she/I/we would have her/her/my/our dinner as soon as she [her mother] returned. "You" is ambiguous in the source. Antecedent problem.

5. "The sun is becoming cooler all the time", said the professor. -> The professor said that the sun was becoming cooler all the time.

  
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youralibaba  #551547  Wed, 06 Aug 08 11:36 AM
Thank you very much for informing, I really did not know that.
  
Anonymous  #573907  Mon, 06 Oct 08 11:46 PM
Write the following sentences in indirect speech.

1. The president declared:" We shall not give up?"

2. He asked: "What is our plan?"

3: They answered: "We went home at five  o'clock?"

4. She asked: "Shall I bring you a glass of lemonade?"

5. They will answer: "No, we did not do it."

6. He said: " My friend is just coming."

7. They replied: " We would not have done it."

8. His wife said to him: "This is very kind of you."

9. The typist wanted to know. "Shall I write the letter myself?"

10. My fathertold me: "As a boy I was very good in school:"
  
Clive  #573922  Tue, 07 Oct 08 01:00 AM
Hi,
You try first, and we will be happy to check your answers.(:)) Smile

Best wishes, Clive
  
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