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I included other sentences I turned into indirect speech. Where can I find exercises on the use of indirect speech so that I don't have to invent all the sentences myself? Thank you.

1) Why don’t we go for a walk? She suggested going for a walk.
2)I gave you my homework last week. She insisted giving me her homework the previous week
3)If you do that again, I’ll leave. She threatened that she would leave if I did that again.
4)“Please, give me another chance. She begged me to give her another chance.
5)“Who bought the Picasso painting?” She wanted to know/wondered who had bought the Picasso painting.
6)Do you work in the central branch or in the provinces? She wanted to know if I worked in the central branch or in the provinces.
7)It wasn’t me who stole the money. She denied that she had stolen the money/stealing the money.
8) She congratulated on passing my exam. (is "congratulate" always followed by "on"?)
9) She insisted on paying the bill.

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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm#silent_speech
Read and study all about indirect speech and the uses/placement of quotation marks.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm#indirect
These are mostly about indirect questions.

http://www.englishclub.com/search-results.htm?cx=partner-pub-3505543279168530%3A39pxe6-t2e8&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=indirect+speech&sa=Search+EnglishClub.com&siteurl=www.englishclub.com%2F&siteurl=www.englishclub.com%2F
There are several links here that will give you ideas for sentences/questions.

1) OK

2) I gave you my homework last week. She insisted she had given me her homework the previous week.

3) OK

4) "Please, give me another chance." She begged me to give her another chance.

5) "Who bought the Picasso painting?" She wanted to know/wondered who had bought the Picasso painting.

6) OK

7) "It wasn’t me who stole the money." She denied that she had stolen the money/stealing the money.

8) She congratulated me on passing my exam.

(is "congratulate" always followed by "on"?) <~~Yes, usually.

9) She insisted on paying the bill.