Direct and Indirect Speech

1.  Direct Speech (Statement)

"Our citizens here in Indonesia are picking up recruitment messages from ISIS containing extremist ideas," said the president

(to change direct speech into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon and add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present continous tense into past continous tense, and also change possessive pronoun our into their)

Indirect speech

President said that their citizens there in Indonesia were picking up recruitment messages from ISIS containing extremist ideas.

 

Direct speech

"We do not tolerate it, we forbid ISIS in Indonesia," he added

(to change direct speech above into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon and add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present tense into past tense, and also change pronoun we into they)

Indirect speech

He said that they did not tolerate it, they forbade ISIS in Indonesia.

 

            2.  Direct Speech (Question)

"Where have you been?" he said.

(to change direct speech (question) above into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon without add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present perfect tense into past perfect tense, and also change pronoun you into I)

Inderect speech

He asked me where I had been.

Direct speech

The girl said “Where did Ali go last night?”

(to change direct speech above into inderect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon without add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from past tense tense into past perfect)

Inderect speech

The girl asked me where Ali had gone the night before.

 

         3.  Direct speech (Imperative)

Mr. Yudhie said to the boy “come in”

(to change direct speech above into inderect speech we just change the statement imperative into infinitive)

Inderect speech

Mr. Yudhie told to the boy to come in.

 

 Direct speech

My mother said to me “Clear your room”

(to change direct speech (Imperative) above into indirect speech, we just change the statement imperative into infinitive)

Indirect speech

My mother asked me to clean my room.