my mother will say to me you are a good girl change the following sentence into indirect speech
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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: Etiene said,"You can do better." (Direct)
Etiene said that I could do better. (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.
My mother will say to me,"You are a good girl." (Direct)
My mother will tell me that I am a good girl. (Indirect)
My mother will say to me,"You are a good girl.
- My mother would tell me that I am a good girl.
There are two types of speech/Narration. The speech we used under quotation marks is known as Direct speech and that without, is known as Indirect speech.
❒ Rules for change:
In assertive sentences/simple sentence, 'that' is used as a linker.
If the reporting verb is in past tense, then main verb of dialogue is also changed accordingly.
If reporting verb is in present or future tense, the tense of direct speech is not changed.
Also, In case of Habitual or Universal truth, the tense is not changed..
Examples !!
❍ He said, "I am writing now."
He told that he was writing them.
❍ She said, "I shall play football".
She told that she would play football.
❍ Ram says, "He eats an apple."
Ram says that he eats an apple.
❍ She said, "We must go."
She said that they must go/had to go.
☀️ Other kinda sentences includes Interrogative sentences, imperative sentences, Exclamatory sentences etc.