Change the following to indirect speech:

1. She said to her friends, “Your problem is not as grave as mine.”
2. The boss said to Hemant, “Until you learn to value time you cannot achieve success.”
3. Peter said to Sam, “I ate at this restaurant yesterday.”
4. The beggar said to me, “I have not eaten for many days.”
5. The scientist said, “The sun completely covers the moon during total Lunar eclipse.”
6. The teacher said to the students, “You should follow all the instructions carefully.”
7. The policeman said to the driver, “You have to pay fine for over speeding.”
8. Veena said to her mother, “I am not telling a lie.”
9. Shine said to his brother, “My last journey was quite tough.”
10. The doctor said to me, “Sprouts are good for health.”
11. We said to our classmates, “We are going for a balloon ride next week.”
12. Shreya and Misha said to their parents, “We have planned a picnic for our family for the following week end.”
13. Mr. Gupta said to his wife, “We cannot buy this house because it is really expensive.”
14. He said, “It is mine.”
15. The teacher said, “We use past tense to talk about past events.”

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Answers:

1. She told her friends that their problem was not as grave as hers.
2. The boss told Hemant that until he learnt to value time he could not achieve success.
3. Peter told Sam that he had eaten at that restaurant the previous day.
4. The beggar told me that he had not eaten for many days.
5. The scientist said that the sun completely covers the moon during total Lunar eclipse.
6. The teacher told the students that they should follow all the instructions carefully.
7. The policeman told the driver that he had to pay fine for over speeding.
8. Veena told her mother that she was not telling a lie.
9. Shine told his brother that his last journey was quite tough.
10.  The doctor told me that sprouts are good for health.
11. We told our classmates that we were going for a balloon ride the following week.
12. Shreya and Misha told their parents that they had planned a picnic for their family for the following week end.
13. Mr. Gupta told his wife that they could not buy that house because it was really expensive.
14. He said that it was his.
15. The teacher said that we use past tense to talk about past events.