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Mother said to me, "you Wil be a good artist. Make indirect speech.

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Answered by Equestriadash
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Delphine said,"I had a scary dream last night." (Direct)

                Delphine said that she had a scary dream the night before. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

Mother said to me,"You will be a good artist." (Direct)

Mother told me that I would be a good artist. (Indirect)

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