1. Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech.
“Congratulations! You have come first in the exams,' the principal
said to me
What an expensive car he drives! said Steve's neighbour.
**Yes, the economy is getting better” the journalist said
"You are the responsible of revealing hanna's secrets” she said
The correspondent said the president will be here to inspect the
damage
“Hurry up! said Viru's mother. The bus will be here in a minute.'
He said to one of them: “Let me see the streets once more before I
die. I'll be back in five minutes.
My grandfather said, "May you have a long life!
"How well you speak German, his teammate said.
Mr Jain said to his colleague, Will you please drop me at the
aiport?
lunu mind telling me how to get to the ait gallery, please?”

1. The principal congratulated me because I had came first in the exams.

2. Steve's neighbour said that he drove an expensive car.

3. The journalist said that the economy is getting better.

4. She said that I was the responsible of revealing Hanna's secret.

5. The correspondent said the president would be here to inspect the  damage.

6. Viru's mother hurried him up and said that the bus would be there in a minute.

7. He asked one of them to let him see the streets once more before he died. He also said he would be back in five minutes.

8. My grandfather wished me long life.

9. His teammate said he spoke German well.

10. Mr. Jain asked his colleague if he would drop him at the airport.

11. He asked me if I could tell him how to get to the ait gallery.

Explanation:

In English, we use the Indirect speech to transmit someone's words, statements, messages, etc. without quoting them explicitly.

In Indirect speech we must make some changes in the form of a sentence, this is, modify the point in time and place and the person speaking, according to the Indirect speech rules. This refers to the verbal tenses, pronouns, adverbs of place, time, etc.

because you are a boy

explanation:

a,b,d are the three sentences that use a reflexive pronoun