Question

Put into indirect speech:

2. "Who gave you this ring?", Anna asked Jane.
3. "Don't put your elbows on the table", my mother told me.
4. "Where is the nearest post office?", she asked me.
5. "Have you ever played polo?", he asked me.
6. "I just don't want to go to the party, I hate those people", she said.
7. "She never listens to her mother's advice because she is very stubborn", he
8. "Please, sit down and tell me all what you know", he told me.
9. "I can't speak French very well, but I'm fluent in Spanish", she said.
10. "Did you see that film yesterday?", she asked me

Answer 1

Answer:

2. Anna asked Jane who had given her the ring

3. My mother told me not to put my elbows on the table

4. She asked where the nearest post office was

5. He asked if I had ever played polo

6. She said she did not want to got to the party because she hated those people

7. She is very stubborn and therefore never listens to her mother's advice

8. He told me to sit down and tell him all I knew on the matter

9. She informed us that despite being unable to speak French, she was fluent in Spanish

10. She asked if I had seen the film yesterday

Explanation:

In linguistics, indirect speech is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For example, the English sentence Jill said she was coming is indirect discourse while Jill said "I'm coming" would be direct discourse.

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