Question

The old ledy said to her daughter, "Today I prepaing a cly model for you"​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hey Mate,

Let me correct your question.

Question → The old lady said to her daughter, ''Today I am preparing a clay model for you''.(Change into indirect speech.)

Answer → The old lady said to her daughter that she was preparing a clay model for her.

Explanation:

The sentence is in Present continuous Tense. In indirect speech or reported speech, Present Continuous Tense changes into  Past Continuous Tense.

Hope it helps you :)

Answer 2

Direct Speech : The old lady said to her daughter, "Today I prepaing a clay model for you"

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

Additional Information :

• In direct speech, we use the actual words of the speaker which are enclosed within the inverted commas placed at the beginning and at the end.

✴ Indirect speech is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.

Words that alter :

• Now -- then
• Here -- there
• Ago -- before
• Thus -- so
• Today -- that day
• Tomorrow -- the next day
• This -- that