Direct and Indirect Speech

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
1. STATEMENT
2. COMMAND
3. QUESTION
DIRECT
Am, is, are
Shall/will
Can
May
Must
Have/has to
Ought to
INDIRECT
Was/were
Should/would
Could
Might

Had to
THE CHANGES OF TOBE & AUXILIARY VERBS
CHANGES OF TENSES
DIRECT
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT CONTS
PRESENT PERFECT CONT/PAST CONT
SIMPLE FUTURE
PAST PERFERCT
INDIRECT
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT CONT.
PAST FUTURE
PAST PERFECT
CHANGES OF ADVERB OF TIME & PLACE
DIRECT
NOW
TOMORROW
NEXT WEEK
TONIGHT
TODAY
YESTERDAY
LAST NIGHT
LAST WEEK
HERE
THIS
THESE
INDIRECT
THEN
THE FOLLOWING DAY
THE FOLLOWING WEEK
THAT NIGHT
THAT DAY
THE DAY BEFORE
THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE WEEK BEFORE
THERE
THAT
THOSE
1. STATEMENT

HE SAID
HE SAID TO ME
HE TOLD ME

THAT
REPORTED WORDS
STATEMENT EXAMPLE
DIRECT
They said to me: “we are going to visit Borobudur tomorrow.”

Jeffry said: “I didn’t go to school today.

Anne told Agus: “My father got angry with me last night.
INDIRECT
They said to me that they were going to visit Borobudur the following day.
Jeffry said that he hadn’t gone to school that day.
Anne told Agus that her father had got angry with her the night before.
STATEMENT Exception:
If the introductory sentence is in the Present Tense, there won’t be any changes in the Reported (Indirect) speech .
DIRECT
Cindy says: “ I will come to your house tonight.”

Indra says: “I have seen that film for twice.”

“Dessy says: “I meet my boyfriend every saturday.”

Chandra says: “I don’t like sport.”
INDIRECT
Cindy says that she will come to my house tonight
Indra says that he has seen that film for twice.
Dessy says that she meets her boyfriend every Saturday.
Chandra says that he doesn’t like sport.

HE ASKED ME
HE TOLD ME

TO
INFIVITIVE
2. COMMAND
a. Possitive Command:
COMMAND EXAMPLE
DIRECT
The teacher asked me: Open your book page 65!”

Siska asked Manu: “give me a piece of paper”!

“Ronny told him: “call me tonight!
INDIRECT
The teacher asked me to open my book page 65.

Siska asked Manu to give her a piece of paper.

Ronny told him to call him that night.

HE ASKED ME
HE TOLD ME

NOT TO
INFIVITIVE
2. COMMAND
b. Negative Command:
COMMAND EXAMPLE
DIRECT
Santy asked Edy: Don’t leave me alone anymore!”

Valenxia asked Indra: “Don’t hurt me anymore”!

“Subhan told them: “Don’t disturb me!
INDIRECT
Santy asked Edy not to leave her alone anymore.

Valenxia asked Indra not to hurt her anymore.

Subhan told them not to disturb him.


HE ASKED ME

IF/WHETHER
S + V + COMPLEMENT
a. Yes / No Question
QUESTION
A. Yes/No Question Example
DIRECT
Ricky asked Henry: Does your father work near here?”

Mr. Bean asked Cyntia: “have you collected your homework?”

Dessy asked William: “can you accompany me to Lippo tonight?
INDIRECT
Ricky asked Henry if/whether his father worked near there.

Mr. Bean asked Cyntia if/whether she had collected her homework.

Dessy asked William if/whether he could accompany her to Lippo that night.


HE ASKED ME

WHEN/WHAT
etc.
S + V + COMPLEMENT
b. Wh- Question
QUESTION
b. Wh- Question Example
DIRECT
The girl asked me: “Where Do you come from?”

My father asked my brother: “Why did you arrive at home late last night?”

Handy asked the girl: “what is your favorite movie star?
INDIRECT
The girl asked me where I came from.

My father asked my brother why he had arrived at home late the night before

Handy asked the girl what her favorite movie star was