reported speech

[hela]

Dear teachers,

Would you please have a look at my answers?

Turn the following sentences into reported speech adding link-words when necessary.

1. "Do you think anything's gone wrong?"
Elsie asked asked if I thought that anything had gone wrong.

2. "Your mother's been wonderful".
Harold answered that my mother had been wonderful.

3. "I know. Mother is a great fighter. She'll never sit down under defeat".
Elsie went on saying she knew that my mother was a great fighter and that she would never sit down under defeat.

4. "Don't think of it."
He told me not to think of it.

5. She said to him: “You don’t understand. Miss Aldridge didn’t come home last night, that’s why I’m so worried.”
She told him that he didn’t understand and if she was worried it was because Miss Aldridge hadn’t come home the night before. (????)

6. He told her: “I don’t think she’s here. I’ll go and have a look. Wait a moment.”
He retorted that he didn’t think she was there and that he would go and have a look. He told her to wait a moment. (????)

Best regards,
Hela

[Tdol]

2 I'd use 'replied', but you're using 'my mother'- shouldn't it be 'her' (Elsie's)?
3 went on to say
5 and if she was worried it was- and that she was worried .
6- retorted- I don't see this as a retort