Question

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Convert the following sentences into indirect speech:
1. The crocodile said to the monkey, “My wife wants to eat your heart."
"My heart is on the tree," said the monkey.
2. "You have kept the rule but broken its spirit," I said to the conductor.
3. Jeeva said to her friend, "I have plans to brighten my future."
"I don't have any and I trust in God," stated her friend,
4. Jesus said, "You always have the poor with you."
5. The professor said, “The earth moves round the sun."
6. Leela says, "I am poor in health yet I try to do my duties well."
"I don't believe her," says Meena,
7. Jim said, "Della, let us put our Christmas presents away for a while. They are too nice
to be used just at present."​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The crocodile told the monkey that his wife wanted to eat his heart.

The monkey said that his heart was on the tree.

2. I told the conductor that he had kept the rule but broken its spirit.

3. Jeeva told her friends that she had plans to brighten her future.

Jeeva's friend then stated that she does not have any trust on god.

4. Jesus told that the poor will always be with us.

5. The professor stated the fact that the earth moves around the sun.

6. Leela stated that despite her poor health she tries to do her duties well.

Meena then said that she did not believe her.

7. Jim told Della not to use the presents they got this Christmas as they were too nice to be used.

Answer 2

Answer:

crocodile said to the monkey