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es into indirect speech:
Change the following sentences into
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a. Maya said, "I have finished my work.”
b. He said, "I like chocolates."
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c. He said, "I am waiting for Kumar.”
d. He said, "I can play the madal now."
e. He said, "I may be late."
f. He said, "I will do it later."
g. He said, "I have bought a new dress."
h. Mom said, "I am baking a cake."
i. Pukar said, "My father is sitting in the park."
1. Raju said to me, "I will return your book tomorrow."
k. He said to us, "I will support your team

a. maya said that she had finished her homework

b. he said that he liked chocolates.

c.he said that he was waiting for kumar

d. he said that he can play the madal at that time

e.he said that he might be late.

f.he said that he would do that later

g.he said that he had bought a new dress.

Explanation:

how to change direct speech to indirect speech:

1.    Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to" in its correct tense.

2.    Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or whether etc" wherever necessary.

3.    Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and full stop, as per the mood of the sentence.

4.    Put a comma before the statement.

5.    Write the first word of the statement with capital letter.

6.    Change the past tense into present tense wherever the reporting verb is in the past tense.

7.    Convert the past perfect either into past tense or present perfect as found necessary

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !