Report the sentence. "I prefer tea to coffee,but my mother prefers coffee"said shanty
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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: Riley said,"I want to watch a movie." (Direct)
Riley said that she wanted to watch a movie. (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 contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
"I prefer tea to coffee, but my mother prefers coffee." said Shanty. (Direct)
Shanty said that she preferred tea to coffee but her mother preferred coffee. (Indirect)
Direct speech: "I prefer tea to coffee, but my mother prefers coffee", said Shanty.
Indirect speech: Shanty said that she preferred tea to coffee, but her mother preferred coffee.
→Indirect/Reported speech is the form of narration in which the words of the speaker are told to someone else (third person) indirectly.
→When writing in indirect form, 'this' changes to 'that', 'can' changes to 'could', 'will' changes to 'would', etc.
For example:
Direct: Tina said, "I am coming to meet you."
Indirect: Tina said that she was coming to meet me.