Direct and Indirect Speech

Team Members :
1. Khalifah Nadya
2. Meli Milaningrum
3. Muh. Emill Subarkah
4. Muh. Farhan Pratama
5. Kirana Afrilia
6. Muh. Haris Munandar
7. Larra al Fahra
 What are Direct and Indirect
Speech?
Direct and indirect is also known as reported
speech. Direct speech is a sentence pronounced
by the speaker directly and if the sentence is given
written quotation marks. While Indirect Speech is a
sentence that we report it to others indirectly and
without being given coma.
Example :
Reporting verb: Tono says,
Reported words ”I’m very good at English”
What are gonna change in reported
speech?

 Tenses

 Adverb of Time

 Change of auxaliaries and to be

Changes of Tenses
Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense

Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Past Tense Past perfect Tense

Simple Future Tense Past Future Tense

Future Continuous Tense Past Future Continuous Tense

 Changes of Adverb of Time
Direct : Indirect :
Now → Then
Today → That day
Tonight → That night
This week → That week
Yesterday → The day before
The day before yesterday → Two days before
Last night → The night before
Last week/year → The previous week/year
A year ago → A year before/The previous year
Three years ago → Three years before
Tomorrow → The next day/The following day
The day after tomorrow → In two day’s time/The following day
Next week/year → The following week/year
Here → There
This book → The book
This → That
These → Those
Changes of Auxiliaries
Can → Could
May → Might
Might → Might
Must → Would have to /had to
Am, is, are→ was/were
Example :
D.S. :The girl said, ” I must wash my hands
before eating”
I.S. :The girl said that she had to wash her
hands before eating.
 The Kinds of Direct and Indirect
Speech
1. Statement, is using ‘’that’’ as the conjunction
Example :
D.S. :He said, “we will go to Singapore tomorrow”
I.S. :He said that they would go to Singapore the next day.
2. Question, is using if/whether or 5W+1H as the conjunction
Example :
D.S. :Anton asked me, “what’s happening to you ? You look so
pale”
I.S. :Anton asked me what was happening to me as I looked
so pale.
3. Command, is using to or not to as the conjunction
Example :
D.S. :He told me, “wait for me !”
I.S. :He told me to wait for him.
 Example of Direct and Indirect
Speech (Statement)
1. D.S. : He says, ‘’I go to school’’
I.S. : He says that he go to school
2. D.S. : He said, ‘’I go to school’’
I.S. : He said that he went to school
3. D.S. : She said, ‘’I am playing football’’
I.S. : She said that she was playing football
4. D.S. : Juan said, ‘’she has written a letter’’
I.S. : Juan said that she had written a letter
5. D.S.: She said, ‘’You went to beach yesterday’’
I.S. : She said that I had gone to beach the day before
6. D.S.: Farhan said, ‘’ Ababil will eat my lunch !’’
I.S. : Farhan said that Ababil would eat his lunch
Example of Direct and Indirect
Speech (Command)
1. D.S. : Farhan said, “Don’t close the
door!’’
I.S. : Farhan said not to close the door
2. D.S.: Syahril said, ‘’Do your homework!’’
I.S. : Syahril said to do my homework.
 Example of Direct and Indirect
Speech (Question)
 D.S. : The teacher asked, “Have you finished your homework?”
 I.S. : The teacher asked the students if they had finished their
homework.
 D.S. : “Did you see my wallet?” asked Gery.
 I.S. : Gery wanted to know if I’d seen his wallet.
 D.S. : Lia asked “ are you happy now?”
 I.S. : Lia asked (me) whether I was happy at that time.
 D.S. :Yogi asked, “who is that girl?”
 I.S. : Tita asked, “where does the old man live?’’
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