Question

Mrs.slater said,"don't talk so silly,Victoria ( change into reported speech)

Answer 1

mrs .Slater advised Victoria not to talk so silly.

Answer 2

The INDIRECT SPEECH of the given statement is Mrs Slater told victoria not to talk like a silly person.

When we are converting from direct to indirect speech, changes are made in the tenses present in reported speech.

In indirect speech, the words of the speaker is changed and narrated to someone else.

“That” plays the main role in indirect speech. The change of pronoun should also be also be done, accordingly.

Inverted commas and quotation marks are not used in the reported speech.