Unit 23 Reported Speech

                                       REPORTED  SPEECH

Reported/Indirect Speech = kalimat yang tidak langsung diucapkan oleh yang bersangkutan,

                                                  melainkan oleh orang lain [penyambung lidah]

Changes	Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Tenses	Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Tense Present Perfect Tense Simple Past Simple Future Tense	Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Tense Past perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense Past Future Tense
Adverb of Place	here this these	there that those
Adverb of Time	now today tonight tomorrow next week yesterday last week two days ago	then that day that night the following day the following week the previous day the previous week two days before

Examples:

1. Bu Giati             : Wait a moment!  Where do you go?

    Pak Maman     : I go to the post office. 

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    Pak Machfud   : Bu Giati, what did pak Maman say?

à Bu Giati            : Pak Maman said  [that] he went  to the post office.

                                       main clause                  subordinate clause

2. Pak Dian          : You look so upset.  What are you looking for?

    Bu Desi            : I’m looking for my helmet.

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    Pak Dedi Rohman  : Pak Dian, what did bu Desi say?

à Pak Dian          :  Bu Desi said she was looking for her helmet.

3. Bu Farida          : Where is my pen?

    Pak Eli             : I’ve put your pen on the desk just now.

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    Pak Iyus            : Bu Farida, tell me what pak Eli said.

à Bu Farida         : Pak Eli said he had put my pen in the drawer just then.

4. Pak Tosim        : Hi, I tried to call you many times yesterday.  No one picked up the phone.

                                  Where were you?

    Pak Mahfud     : Well, sorry.  I went to my friend’s party

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    Mr.Suryana      : Tell me what pak Mahfud said to you!

à Mr.Tosim         : Pak Mahfud said he had gone to his friend’s party.

5. Mr.Sulaeman   : When will you go to Medan?

    Mr.Ayi               : I will go to Medan tomorrow.

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    Mr.Djadjat        : Pak Sulaeman, what did pak Ayi say?

à Mr.Sulaeman  : Pak Ayi said he would go to Medan the following day.

Type	Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
Information Question	-Bu Septha,”Where does bu Ida live?” -Bu Luli,”How are you today?”	-Bu Septha said where bu Ida lived. -Bu Luli said to me how I was that day.
Yes/No Question	-Pak Ikhsan,”Does pak Ayi live here?” -Bu Pipih,”Did you mail that letter for me?”	-Pak Ikhsan asked if/whether pak Ayi lived near here. -Bu Pipih asked me if/whether I had mailed this letter for her
Command [perintah]	-Pak Atjeng,”Come back soon!” -Pak Cucu,”Be careful!”	-Pak Atjeng said to me to come back soon. -Pak Cucu said to me to be careful.
Prohibition [larangan]	-Bu Rini,”Don’t make so much noise.” -Pak Iyus,”Don’t go out!”	-Bu Rini said not to make so much noise. -Pak Iyus said to me not to go out.

Assignment 1

Change the following into Reported/Indirect form

1. Tommy,”Nobody can do that work as well as Hasan.”
2. John,”I may be a few minutes late.”
3. Tamara,”How long has Ujang been studying English?”
4. Pak Bachrudin,”Did pak Kusnendar go with you yesterday?”
5. Bu Popon,”Wait outside!”

Assignment 2

Change the following into Direct form.

1. I said to him not to go by bus
2. Pak Ade said that he would go to Jakarta next week.
3. Pak Dede asked me if I had phoned him last night
4. Bu Wiwit asked me where pak Agus Media was.
5. Bu Dian Indri said that she was going to take English course the following day.

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