DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

He says: “The first train will arrive early today”.

He says that the first train will arrive early today.

Jika Reporting Verb-nya dalam bentuk Simple Past Tense, Indirect Speech akan
mengalami perubahan tenses sebagai berikut ini.

No. Direct Speech Indirect Speech

1 Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense
Linda said: “I buy my dictionary Linda said that she bought her
at the book shop”. dictionary at the book shop.
2 Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous
She said: “I doing my English She said that she was doing her
homework”. English homework.
3 Present Perfect Past Perfect Tense
John said: “I have finished doing John said that he had finished doing
my reports”. his reports.
4 Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Tense
He said: “We have been living He said that they had been living
here for three years”. there for three years.
5 Future Tense Past Future Tense
Laila said: “We will leave for Laila said that they would leave for
Singapore”. Singapore.
6 Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Tense
He said: “I was reading an He said that he had been reading
English novel”. English novels.

Selain perubahan tense jika Reporting Verb-nya dalam Simple Past Tense, keterangan
waktu juga mengalami perubahan :

No. Direct Indirect

1 Today That day
Father said: “I’ll be very busy Father said that he would be
today”. very busy that day.
2 Yesterday The day before
He said: “I came to your house He said that he had come to
 yesterday”. my house the day before.
3 Tomorrow The following day / the next
day
He promised: “I will return He promised that he would
your books tomorrow”. return my books the next day.
4 Next week The following week
They said: “We will go to your They said that they would
house next week”. come to my house the
following week.
5 Next year The following year
She said: “I am going to She said that she was going to
America next year”. America the following year.
6 Last week The previous week
He said to me: “I bought this He told me that he had bought
dictionary last week”. that dictionary the previous
week.
7 Last month The previous month
John said: “My father came John said that his father had
back from Japan last month”. come back from Japan the
previous month.
8 The day before yesterday Two days before
She said: “I sent my She said that she had sent her
application letter the day application letter two days
before yesterday”. before.