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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