Would you please check if my conversion form the direct to indirect speech in the sentences below is correct?
Here're the sentences:
1) D= He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire." In= He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.
2) D= "You have all done very badly !", remarked the teacher. In= The teacher remarked (that) we had all done very badly.
3) D= They wrote, "It is time we thought about setting this matter." In= They wrote (that) it was time they had thought about setting that matter.
4) D= The teacher promised, "If you will come before school tomorrow, I will explain it." In= The teacher promised us (that) if we would come before school tomorrow, she would explain it.
5) D= She wrote, "I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return. In= She wrote that she was waiting and watching and longing for her son's return.
6) D= The examiner's orders were, "No one is to bring books into the room nor ask me questions about what I have told you to do." In= The examiner ordered (that) no one was to bring books into the room nor ask him questions about what he had told you to do.
7) D= The dwarf said to her, "Promise me that when you are queen you will give me your first-born child. In= The dwarf requested her to promise him that when she is queen she would give him her first-born child. [I don't think I have made this correct, teachers]
8) D= "This is my horse", said he, "and if I do not prove it in a few minutes I will give up my claim." In= He said (that) that was his horse and If he wouldn't have proven it in a few minutes he would have given up his claim.
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3) In= They wrote (that) it was time they thought about settling that matter. 4) In= The teacher promised us (that) if we would come before school the next day , she would explain it. " In= The examiner ordered (that) no one was to bring books into the room or ask him questions about what he had told us to do.
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3) In= They wrote (that) it was time they thought about settling that matter.
4) In= The teacher promised us (that) if we would come before school the next day, she would explain it.
6) D= The examiner's orders were, "No one is to bring books into the room or ask me questions about what I have told you to do." In= The examiner ordered (that)