Question

(change the mode of narration )the old lady said to her daughter , today I am preparing a clay model for you​

Answer 1

Answer:

The old lady told her daughter that she was preparing a clay model for her that day

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• ✠ Direct Narration :-

➨ The old lady said to her daughter, "Today I am preparing a clay model for you."

• ✠ Indirect Narration :-

➨ The old lady told her daughter that she was preparing a clay model for her that day.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ If the reporting verb of Direct Narration of an affirmative sentence is "said to"; it is changed to "told" and the time phrase "today" is changed to "that day" in Indirect Narration.

• ✎ If the sentence in Direct Narration is in Present Continuous Tense and Reporting verb is in Past form, then the sentence is changed to Past Continuous Tense in Indirect Narration.

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MORE TO KNOW :

❒ Types of Narration :-

• ➬ Direct Narration

• ➬ Indirect Narration

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❒ Direct Narration :-

• ➬ In Direct Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Narration and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Narration.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Narration is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Narration :-

• ➬ In Indirect Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Narration, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Narration.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct Narration to Indirect Narration.