Reported Speech

Reported Speech is when you tell somebody else what you or a person said before.

a.       Direct Speech and Indirect speech

Direct Speech is spoken sentence directly from the speaker, sentence they have not changed or added.

Indirect Speech is a phrase that comes from direct sentences that tell back in another form.

Example :

1.      She  said, “ I had to quickly graduated”.

She said that she had to quickly graduated.

2.      He says, “ the chicken soup is very delicious”.

He says that the chicken soup is very delicious.

3.      Dodo said,” this is my pencil”.

Dodo said that this was his pencil.

4.      Toni said,” my brother comes Bandung”.

Toni said that his brother came Bandung.

5.      My sister said,” I want go to Sragen tomorrow”.

My sister said she was would go to Sragen tomorrow.

6.      My sister told me,” close the window “!

My sister told me to close the window !

7.      Lia said,” I am so tired”.

Lia said that she was so tired.

8.      My father said to me,” I don’t like coffee”.

My father said to me that he didn’t like coffee.

9.      My mother said,” I have eaten cake now”.

My mother said that she had eating a cake now.

10.  They said,” we have watched boxing”.

They said that they had watched boxing.

b.      Yes No Question is question is answered with a yes or no. This questions begins with auxiliary ( is, am, are, was, were, do, does, did, have, has, bad ) and modals (can, may, must, should, shall, will, could, or would).

Example:

1.      Do you like football?

2.      Are you tired?

3.      Can you meet me tomorrow?

4.      Will you marry me?

5.      Have they taken a bath?

6.      Should we listen to me?

7.      Do you know the Kuta Beach?

8.      Can you help my mother?

9.      Will you go to with me?

10.  Are you hate her?

c.       Informative questions is ask questions ask for any words.

Example :

1.    Who ate my cake?

2.    What happened with you?

3.    When you arrived in Bali?

4.    Where do we dinner?

5.    Why did she get cry?

6.    Why did you not go to school?

7.    Where did you buy those shoes?

8.    How you spell your name?

9.    What are you doing now?

10.    When you married?

d.      Imperative 
 You can use the imperative to give instructions, commands, advice or to invite.

Example:

1.      Don’t noisy !

2.      Don’t go anywhere !

3.      Please, do your homework !

4.      Please, came be ontime !

5.      Please, wash your car !

6.      Don’t lazy !

7.      Don’t touch my computer !

8.      Don’t borrow my hand phone !

9.      Don’t eat pineapple !

10.  Don’t buy clothes !