Indirect speech exercise Change the following sentences into indirect speech He said to me, ‘You are very ambitious.’ He said to me, ‘Your father has sent you a gift.’ James said, ‘I am working against heavy odds.’ He said to me, ‘I have often told you not to play with fire.’ ‘You have done very badly,’ remarked the teacher They wrote, ‘It is time we settled the matter.’ The mother said, ‘I am longing for my son’s return.’ He wrote, ‘I am unable to come just now because I am ill.’ She said, ‘I left school long ago.’ 10 I said to her, ‘I have not seen him in years.’ Answers He told me that I was very ambitious OR He remarked that I was very ambitious He told me that my father had sent me a gift James said that he was working against heavy odds He reminded me that he had often told me not to play with fire The teacher remarked that we had done very badly They wrote that it was time we settled the matter The mother said that she was longing for her son’s return He wrote that he was unable to come just then because he was ill She said that she had left school long ago 10 I told her that I had not seen him in years Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)