DIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH

XII GRADE
By Noor Saidah, M.Pd
 COMMAND/IMPERATIVE
The teacher: “sit down!” (direct)
The teacher ask me to sit down. (indirect)
The teacher : “dont sit here!”
The teacher ask me not to sit here.
 STATEMENT
PRESENT PAST
VERB 1 VERB 2
(am/is/are) (was/were)
PRESENT CONT PAST CONT
(am/is/are +V ing) (was/were +V ing)
PAST PAST PERFECT
VERB 2 had VERB 3
(was/were) (had been)
PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT
(have/has + VERB 3) (had + VERB 3)
FUTURE FUTURE PAST
(will VERB 1) (would VERB 1)
 STATEMENT
Rudi: “I speak English.” (direct)
Rudi said that he spoke English. (indirect)
Rudi: “I am here.”
Rudi said that he was there
Rudi: “I am studying Math.”
Rudi said that he was studying Math.
Rudi: “I went to Bali”
Rudi said that he had gone to Bali.
Rudi: “I was there.”
Rudi said that he had been there
Rudi: “ I have finished my task.”
Rudi said that he had finished his task.
Rudi: “I will meet my teacher.”
Rudi said that he would meet his teacher.
 YES/NO QUESTIONS
Linda ask to Arman: “Do you speak English?”(direct)
Linda ask to Arman if/whether he spoke E. (indirect)
Ani ask Rudi: “Are you fine?”
Ani ask Rudi if/whether he was fine.
Ani ask Rudi:”Have you submitted your task?”
Ani ask Rudi if he had submitted his task
Ani said Rudi:”I will go to Semarang.”
Ani said Rudi if she would go to Semarang.
 QUESTION WORD QUESTIONS
Ely ask Edy:”What is your name?” (direct)
Ely ask Edy what his name was. (indirect)
Ema ask Hery:”Where do you live?”
Ema ask Hery where he lived.
Ali ask Susi:”where have you been?”
Ali ask Susi where she had been.
 Reporting Contoh Kalimat Direct Speech Contoh Kalimat Reported Speech
“I’m not hungry now.”
Statement He said that he was not hungry at that time.
(Saya tidak lapar sekarang.)
“Do not touch my computer!”
Imperative She told me not to touch her computer.
(Jangan sentuh komputerku!)
“Did you eat my cake?”
Yes-no question She wanted to know if I’d eaten her cake.
(Apakah kamu makan kueku?)
“Who is the winner?”
Information question He asked me who the winner was.
(Siapa pemenangnya?)
 Direct Speech Indirect speech
1. Simple present tense Simple past tense
Ira said, “ I like the show” Ira said that she liked the show
2. Simple future tense Past future tense
Ira said, “ I will go to Solo” Ira said that she would go to Solo
3. Present perfect tense Past perfect tense
Ira said, “ I have finished my Ira said that she had finished her work
work”
4. Simple past tense Past perfect tense
Ira said, “ I went out with my Ira said that she had gone out with her
father” father
 In direct speech In Indirect speech
1. Now 1. then /at that time
2. next (month) 2. the following (month)
3. tomorrow 3. The following day
4. last (week) 4. The previous (week)
5. yesterday 5. The previous day
6. today 6. That day
7. tonight 7. That night
8. an hour ago 8. The previous hour
9. three hours ago 9. Three hours before
 Change the sentences below into indirect
speech!
1. Damian said, “ I will meet you at school yard”
Damian said
………………………………………………………………………………
2. Dian and Ana say, “ We are going to take the trip tomorrow”
Dian and Ana say
……………………………………………………………………………
3. Gabrielle said, “ I am the most beautiful girl in the world”
Gabrielle said
……………………………………………………………………………
4. Diane said to me, “ I was in London when you married”
Diane said to me
……………………………………………………………………………
5. Father said, “ I have cultivated this farm for ten years”
Father said
6. Kelly said, “ My purse lost in my journey yesterday”
Kelly said ……………………………………………………………………

7. Marian and Anto said , “ We have been in this resort for a month”.
Marian and Anto said ……………………………………………………..

8. Adrian told her sister, “ You must leave the building now. It will
explode”
Adrian told her sister
………………………………………………………………

9. Mother told me, “ You can take a nap if you feel tired”
Mother told me
……………………………………………………………………

10. Kerry said, “ My father eats three slices of breads in his breakfast”
Kerry said
……………………………………………………………………………
 CHOOSE THE BEST CHOICE!
1. Beckham : Did you know what Fingo said
yesterday?
Raul : Of course. He said that____ the previous
day.
a. he had gone to his country
b. he went to his country
c. he has gone to his country
d. he goes to his country
e. he will go to his country
2. Teacher : Why was Mary absent yesterday?
Jenifer : What did the teacher want to know,
Ferdy?
Ferdy : he wanted to know ____
a. if Mary was absent
b. that Mary had been absent
c. why Mary was absent
d. why Mary had been absent
e. why was Mary absent
3. Mother : Don’t be so noisy, Herman. The baby is
sleeping.
Herman : Okay, mom.
Rudy : What did your mother just told you?
Herman : She told me ___ because the baby was sleeping.
a. I wasn’t so noisy
b. I am very noisy
c. not to be so noisy
d. to be not so noisy
e. don’t be noisy
4. Doctor : Open your mouth!
Mother : What did the doctor tell you?
Son : The doctor told me ___
a. that I open his mouth
b. to open my mouth
c. if I opened my mouth
d. opened my mouth
e. to open your mouth
5. Mother : Do you want meatballs or fried
chicken?
Mother asked me ____
a. whether I wanted meatball or fried chicken
b. whether I want meatball or fried chicken
c. that I wanted meatball or fried chicken
d. that I want meatball or fried chicken
e. if I want meatball or fried chicken
6. Head master : Why didn”t you clean this room this
morning?
Jani : I am sorry. I got a headache.
The headmaster asked her why ___ the room this
morning.
a. I hadn’t cleaned
b. she hadn’t cleaned
c. she does not clean
d. he would not clean
e. he hasn’t cleaned
7. Anto : I am sorry Lina. I forgot to bring your
book.
Ari : What did he say, Lina?
Lina : Anto said to me that he ___ to bring my
book.
a. has forgotten d. forgets
b. had forgotten e. forgot
c. would forget
8. Mother asked Mira to close the windows
because it was windy outside.
Mother said, “ ___________”
a. Mira closed the window. It is windy outside.
b. Close the window, Mira. It is windy outside.
c. Mira closed the window. It was windy outside.
d. Does Mira close the window. It was windy
outside.
e. To close the window Mira! It is windy outside.
9. “What are you doing now?”, he asked.
He asked me ____
a. what are you were doing now
b. what I was doing now.
c. what were you doing now.
d. what I am doing now.
E. what I was doing then
10. “Is John coming to the party tonight?”
“yes, he asked me ____”.
a. If he could go with us
b. going with us
c. can he go with us
d. wether he was going with us
e. he went with us
11. My parents advised my sister ____ too much
money on clothes.
a. do not spend
b. not spending
c. not to spend
d. not spend
e. did not spend
12. The secretary asked me ___ with Mr. Slamet.
a. did I have an appointment
b. when is my appointment
c. how was my appointment
d. that I had an appointment
e. whether I had an appointment
13. “don’t make noise, children”, she said.
a. She told the children not to make noise.
b. She told the children don’t make noise
c. She said the children didn’t make noise
d. She didn’t tell the children to make noise.
e. She didn’t say the children should noise
14. My friend said to me, “Can I find you a hotel?”.
Mean____
a. My friend asked me if I could help him find a hotel.
b. I wondered if my friend could help me find a hotel.
c. My friend said that I could help him find a hotel.
d. My friend asked me to find a hotel for him.
e. My friend asked me whether he could help me find
a hotel.
CHANGE THESE SENTENCES INTO INDIRECT!

1.Ely ask him: “Did they eat out together yesterday?”

2. Mom order me: “Don’t turn off the light now!”
3. The teacher ask me“What’s your passion?
4. The student: “I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity.”
5. Father said to me:“Your friend has just left.”
6. My new friend: “Can I borrow your pencil for a moment?”
7. Lucy ask him: “Why are you staring at my feet?”
8. The teacher: “The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”
9. Randy:“I’m going to meet my penpal for the first time
tomorrow.”
10. Andy said to them: “We have been here for a week.”
thanks