TULISAN 3 - Quoted and Reported Speech

Quoted Speech and Reported Speech

Quoted Speech (Direct speech) is to repeat the words of someone with exactly the same and should use quotation marks ("...") and must be word for word.

Example:

Johan says : “I am a student”

Dono said, “I am very smart.”

Reported Speech (Indirect speech) is expressed by the words of someone who is not exactly the same expression and using the conjunction 'that'

Example :

Santi said that the Sun rises in the East. 

 

Studying this reported  speech, trying to follow the step below :

1. Change the subject first person into second person 

1st	2nd
male	He
female	She
Many people	They

2. Change the tense

Direct                   indirect

Simple present          simple past

Present continous       past continous

Present perfect         past perfect

Present future          past future

3. Change the adverb

    Direct                          indirect

1. Next year                     The following year

2. The day before yesterday      Two days before

3. The day after tomorrow       In two days in time

4. Tonight                      That night