Direct and Indirect Speech - ESL Teachers Board

Dengan peraturan ini reporting verb dianggap dalam present atau future tense tertentu dan kapan sajaini terjadi, bentuk waktu dari kata kerja dalam reported speech tidak diubah sama sekali dalammengubah direct menjadi indirect speech.Reporting verb - Reported speechPresent tense - Any tense (bentuk waktu apapun)Direct : She says to her friend, ” I have been writing “.Indirect : She says to her friend that he has been writing. (tidak berubah)Direct : She has told you, ” I am reading “.Indirect : She has told you that he is reading. (tidak berubah)Direct : She will say, ” You have done wrongly “.Indirect : She will tell you that you have done wrongly. (tidak berubah)Direct : She will say,” The boy wasn’t lazy “.Indirect : She will tell them that the boy wasn’t lazy. (tidak berubah)2) Bila reported speech merupakan kalimat tanyaa) Reporting verb say atau tell diubah menjadi ask atau inquire. Dengan mengulangi kata tanya danmengubah tenses jika pertanyaannya dimulai dengan kata tanya diberitakan.DirectHe said to me, “Where are you going?”He said to me, “What are you doing?”IndirectHe asked me where I was goingHe inquired of me what I was doingb) Dengan menggunakan if atau whether sebagai penghubung antara reporting verb dan reportedspeech dan mengubah tenses, jika pertanyaannya dimulai dengan kata kerja diberitakan :DirectHe said to me, “Are you goingaway today?”He asked me , “can you come along?”IndirectHe asked me whether I wasgoing away that day.He asked me if I could come along.