Question

Change the sentences into indirect speech

1.1 confess that I'm a shopaholic. 2. Let me tell you that every time I see you, I'm shining like a candle in the night. 3. He is terribly sorry for the things he has done. 4. It's a beautiful fish, we shall let it go. 5. I'm sorry to say that I don't believe you and I never will. 6. The inspector worked hard, but it didn't get him anywhere. 7. This film is a work of fiction. 8. Can you kiss me goodbye? 9. We are having a very lazy time. 10. David saw a flying saucer last summer. 11. — I have a chronic headache. My organism needs a painkiller. — Take this pill. It will have an immediate effect. Though it may have some side effects as well.

Answer 1

1. He said that he confessed to being a shopaholic.
2. He said that wanted to tell me that every time he saw me shining like a candle in the night.
3. She said that he was terribly sorry for the things he had done.
4. He said that it was a beautiful fish and they should let it go.
5. He said that he was sorry to say that he didn't believe them and he never would.
6. He said that the inspector had worked hard, but it hadn't got him anywhere.
7. He said that that film was a work of fiction.
8. He asked me to kiss him goodbye.
9. He said that they were having a very lazy time.
10. He said that David had seen a flying saucer the previous summer.
11. He said that he had a chronic headache and that his organism needed a painkiller.
She advised him to take that pill and said that it would have an immediate effect though it might have some side effects as well.