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Reported Speech

Name : Annisa Dwi Lestari


NRP : 1210161053

Reported Speech (also called Indirect Speech) is used to


communicate what someone else said, think or believe, but without using the
exact words. A few changes are necessary; often a pronoun has to be changed
and the verb is usually moved back a tense, where possible. Reported speech
is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the
words spoken. We use reporting verbs like "say", "tell", "ask", and we may
use the word "that" to introduce the reported words. Reported speech doesn't
use quotation marks to enclose what the person said.

1. REPORTED STATEMENTS
a. Reported speech in present form

"I am very happy."

Present She says that she is very happy.

Present perfect She has said that she is very happy.

Future She will say that she is very happy.

b. Reported speech in past form

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Past Simple
Present Simple
He said that He bought an English
He said, "I buy an English book".
book.
Past Continuous
Present Continuous
She said that she was writing a
She said, "I am writing a letter".
letter.

Past Simple Past Perfect


They told me, They told me that they had
"We visited Borobudur Temple". visited Borobudur Temple.

Present Perfect Past Perfect


"I have met him", she told me. She told me that she had met him.

Past Perfect Past Perfect


"I had driven a car", he said. He said that he had driven a car.

Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous


He said, "I have been He said that he had been
playing guitar". playing guitar.

Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous


"I was cooking fried rice", she She told me that she had been
told me. cooking fried rice.

Future Conditional
He said, "I will go to Bandung on He said that he would go to
Saturday." Bandung on Saturday.

Future Continuous Conditional Continuous


"I will be sleeping at 10 pm", she She said that she would be
said. sleeping at 10 pm.

c. Reporting speech with modals

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Can Could
"I can speak French", she said. She said that she could speak French.
Must Must/had to
He told me, "You must study He told me that I must/had to study
hard". hard.

Would Would
"I would like to go", she said. She said that she would like to go.

Could Could
"I could dance when I was She said that she could dance when
young", she said. she was young.

Might Might
They said, "We might play They said that they might play
football on Sunday". football on Sunday.

will Will
she said, "I'll see you later ". She said (that) she would see me later.

shall Shall
she said, "I shall come later ". She said (that) she would come later.

should Should
she said, "I should call my She said (that) she should call her
mother". mother

2. REPORTED QUESTIONS
a. Question words (what, who, where, when, why, dan how)

Direct Speech Reported Speech

She asked me what I was


She asked me, "What are you doing?".
doing.

He asked me, "Who did you meet?". He asked me who I had met.
They asked him, "Where is your They asked him where his
school?". school was.

"When did you play football?", she She asked them when they had
asked them. played football.

"Why do you come late?", he asked


He asked me why I came late.
me.

"How was your holiday?", she asked She asked me how my holiday
me. had been.

b. Yes/no questions

Direct Speech Reported Speech

They asked me, "Are you happy?". They asked me if I was happy.

He asked me, "Do you like He asked me if I liked


swimming?". swimming.

She asked me, "Did you pass the She asked me whether I had
exam?". passed the exam.

He asked me, "Have you driven a He asked me whether I had


car?". driven a car.

3. REPORTED REQUESTS (ask + to/not to infinitive.)

Direct Speech Reported Speech

"Open the window, please", she asked She asked me to open the
me. window.
He asked me, "Could you make a He asked me to make a glass of
glass of coffee". coffee.

"Please don't be sad", they asked me. They asked me not to be sad.

She asked us, "Please don't do it


She asked us not to do it again.
again".

4. REPORTED ORDERS (tell + to/not to infinitive )

Direct Speech Reported Speech

"Don't smoke!", father told me. Father told me not to smoke.

She told me, "close the door!". He told me to close the door.

"Be quiet", he told us. He told us to be quiet.

She told me, "Don't disturb me!". She told me not to disturb her.

5. TIME EXPRESSIONS WITH REPORTED SPEECH

Direct Reported

now then/at that time

today that day

yesterday the day before

the day before yesterday two days before

tomorrow today/the next day/the following day


the day after tomorrow in two days' time

next week/month/year the following week/month/year

last week/month/year the previous week/month/year

REFERENCES
[1]. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html
[2]. http://kelasbahasainggris.com/penjelasan-lengkap-reported-
speech-dan-contoh-kalimat/
[3]. http://www.englishlanguageguide.com/grammar/reported-
speech.asp

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