Question

leela told her mother sidda knows the moon ( narration)

Answer 1

Leela said,her mother sidda knew the moom

Answer 2

Leela said to her mother, “Sidda knows the moon.”

While converting the sentence from indirect to direct speech.

The reporting sentence will be changed in the form of a dialogue.

While reporting the verb will be the one that is converted as per the sentence requirement.

Since the direct narration is in the form of a simple sentence.

Hence, the sentence will be in the present form.