Ex.3. Convert into indirect speech. 1....the General said: "I want to consult you,...

Question

Ex.3. Convert into indirect speech. 1....the General said: "I want to consult you, Lionel. It's about my boy, Hubert."(Galsworthy) 2. The old man said, "I had to go in the cave , son."(Warren) 3."My father is a preacher," Isaak said,"so I have read my Bible, I remember about the miracle of the loaves and fishes." (Warren) 4."Hans," said the Miller , "I will give you my wheel-barrow."(Wilde) 5."Well"cried Pinch, "you are the strangest young man, Martin , I ever knew in my life."(Dickens)

Answer 1

1....the General said that he wanted to consult him and added that it was about his boy. (Galsworthy)

2. The old man said to his sonhe had had to go in the cave. (Warren)

3. Isaak said his father was a preacher so he had read his Bible and added that heremembered about the miracle of the loaves and fishes. (Warren)

4. Miller said to Hans that he would give him his wheel-barrow. (Wilde)

5. Pinch cried to Martin that he was the strangest young man he had ever known in his life. (Dickens)