DIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Ok, first let me explain the meaning of the sentence and the sentence directly and indirectly. We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do this you can use direct or indirect speech

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Ok, first let me explain the meaning of the sentence and the sentence directly and indirectly. We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do this you can use direct or indirect speech

EXAMPLES OF DIRECT SPEECH AND INDIRECT SPEECH

1.      Direct: He said, “God bless you, my dear son “

           Indirect: He prayed that God would bless his dear son

2.      Direct: He said, “Hurrah! My old friend has come”

Indirect: He exclaimed with joy that his old friend had come.

3.      Direct: He said to his friend, “Please lend me your pen!”

           Indirect: He asked his friend to be kind enough to lend him his pencil

4.      Direct: She said to her son, “Study hard!”

            Indirect: He advised her son to study hard

5.      Direct : She has told you, ” I am reading “.

Indirect : She has told you that he is reading.

6.      Direct : She will say, ” You have done wrongly “.

Indirect : She will tell you that you have done wrongly.

7.      Direct : She will say,” The boy wasn’t lazy “.

Indirect : She will tell them that the boy wasn’t lazy.

8.      Direct : She says to her friend, ” I have been writing “.

Indirect : She says to her friend that he has been writing.

9.      Direct              :  Rey said, “I will going to Maldives tomorrow.”

Indirect            :  Rey said that he would going o Maldives the day after.

10.  Direct              :  he has told you,” I’m reading a magazine.”

Indirect            :  he has told you that she’s reading a magazine.

How to Change a Direct Speech to Indirect Speech

Perubahan direct menjadi indirect pada statement ditandai dengan ‘that’.
Kalimat langsung yang reporting sentence-nya memiliki verb dalam bentuk present tense (simple present, present continuous, and present perfect atau future tense) maka tidak ada perubahan tenses pada reported sentence dalam bentuk tidak langsung (indirect). Ini biasanya terjadi apabila:
1. Melaporkan suatu percakapan yang masih berlangsung
2. Membaca surat dan melaporkan apa isi surat tersebut
3. Membaca perintah dan langsung melaporkannya pada waktu tersebut
4. Melaporkan pernyataan yang sering muncul

Example About How To Change Direct Speech Into Indirect Speech

Direct speech		Indirect speech
Present simple  She said, “It’s cold.”	›	Past simple  She said it was cold.
Present continuous  She said, “I’m teaching English online.”	›	Past continuous  She said she was teaching English online.
Present perfect simple  She said, “I’ve been on the web since 1999.”	›	Past perfect simple She said she had been on the web since 1999.
Present perfect continuous  She said, “I’ve been teaching English for seven years.”	›	Past perfect continuous  She said she had been teaching English for seven years.
Past simple  She said, “I taught online yesterday.”	›	Past perfect  She said she had taught online yesterday.
Past continuous  She said, “I was teaching earlier.”	›	Past perfect continuous  She said she had been teaching earlier.
Past perfect  She said, “The lesson had already started when he arrived.”	›	Past perfect  NO CHANGE – She said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
Past perfect continuous She said, “I’d already been teaching for five minutes.”	›	Past perfect continuous  NO CHANGE – She said she’d already been teaching for five minutes.

will She said, “I’ll teach English online today.”	›	would She said she would teach English online today.
can She said, “I can teach English online.”	›	could She said she could teach English online.
must She said, “I must have a computer to teach English .”	›	had to  She said she had to have a computer to teach Englis.
shall She said, “What shall we learn yesterday?”	›	should She asked what we should learn yesterday.
may She said, “May I open a new online?”	›	might She asked if she might open a new online.