Direct Dan Indirect Speech

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Direct dan Indirect Speech

Direct speech (quoted speech) : sebuah kutipan langsung dari ucapan seseorang


yang ditandai dengan quotation mark (").
Indirect speech (reported speech) juga memberikan informasi yang sama
namun perbedaanya adalah tidak mengutip secara langsung melainkan
mendeskripsikan ucapan tersebut dengan kalimat yang berbeda.

Ketentuan Penggunaan direct dan indirect speech di bawah ini:


1. Pergantian Tenses:
Di kedua speech ini, terdapat pergantian tenses yang perlu dilakukan. Tetapi
ada pengecualian, yaitu jika kalimat pertama pada direct speech merupakan
present tense atau future tense maka tidak perlu ada pergantian tenses
di indirect speech.
Contoh:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech

She says, "She is ill." She says that she is ill.


You say, "I drink a cup of coffee You say that you drink a cup of
every morning." coffee every morning.
She said, "I take yoga class once a She said that she took yoga class
week." once a week.
2. Pergantian Waktu
Jika dalam direct speech terdapat keterangan waktu seperti now, tomorrow,
today, yesterday, dan tonight maka pada indirect speech keterangan waktu
tersebut harus diganti.
Contoh:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech

He said, "I need my phone now." He said that he needs his phone then.
My mom said, "I am going to your My mom said that she was going to
school today." my school that day.
Clara said, "We are going to eat Clara said they were going to eat
kebab tonight." kebab that night.
3. Kalimat Perintah
Untuk menuliskan kalimat perintah pada indirect speech tentunya berbeda.
Biasanya kalimat perintah dapat berisikan saran, permohonan, permintaan,
atau pesan.

Contoh:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech

My brother said to my sister, My brother ordered my sister to


"Close the windows!" close the windows.
She said to him, "Bring your book, She requested him to bring his
please." book.
My teacher said to me, "Don't My teacher forbade me to throw
throw the rubbish in this room." the rubbish in that room.

Latihan Soal
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1. Direct speech : She said, "I will take English class."


Indirect speech : ___________________________________________
2. Direct speech : Indra said to me, "I bought a new laptop."
Indirect speech : ___________________________________________
3. Direct speech : Siska said, "Where do you live?"
Indirect speech : ___________________________________________
4. Direct speech : My mother says, "I like this song."
Indirect speech : ___________________________________________
5. Direct speech : He said, "My parents will go to museum tomorrow."
Indirect speech : ___________________________________________
6. Direct speech : ___________________________________________
Indirect speech : She asked me how Jonny would get here.
7. Direct speech : ___________________________________________
Indirect speech : He said he hadn't seen his cat since the previous day.
8. Direct speech : ___________________________________________
Indirect speech : You told me he was going to your house.
9. Direct speech : ___________________________________________
Indirect speech : She asked him to call her back later.
10. Direct speech : ___________________________________________
Indirect speech : My friend suggested me to try a new menu in the canteen.

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