Question

change the direct sentence into indirect sentence
mother says, "time is precious ".​

Answer 1

Answer:

Mother told that time was precious.

Answer 2

Direct sentence- Mother says “Time is precious”

Indirect - Mother says that time is precious.

Important points - 1) in reported speech, ‘says’ 2always remains ‘says’ when you convert to an indirect sentence.
2) “Time is precious” is a Universal truth. In indirect sentences, universal truths are not changed to the past tense, thus it will be - Time IS precious and not time WAS precious.

Hope this helps! :)