Question

Read the conversation below and fill in the blanks in indirect speech:
Son: Dad, I want a racing bike.
Father: No, you aren't eighteen yet.
Son: How does that matter?
Father: Do you know how to ride a bike?
Son: Of course, dad. I rode my friend's bike a number of times.
Father: That was wrong. I promise to get you one only when you are eighteen.
Indirect speech:
A son asked his father to get him a racing bike but his father __________. The son argued __________. His father asked him __________. The son replied __________. Then his father promised him that __________.

Answer 1

A son asked his father to get him a racing bike but his father denied because he wasn't eighteen till then. The son argued how it mattered. His father asked him if he knew how to ride a bike. The son replied in the affirmative saying that he had ridden his friend's bike a number of times. Then his father promised him that he would get him one only when he was eighteen.