Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct and Indirect Speech
- Direct Speech : Refers to repruducing another person’s exact words, We use quotation maks.
- Indirect Speech : Refers to repruducing the idea of another person’s words. Not all of the exact words rae used verb froms and pronouns my change.

The are 3 kinds of indirect speect :
a).Command / request ( permintaan )
Direct : Mrs. Chandra said to Vita “ don’t worry
about it “
Indirect : Mrs. Chandra told Vita not to worry
about it.

b).Question ( pertanyaan )
Direct : Devy asked “ Are you a journalist ? “
Indirect : Devy asked if / whether I was a
journalist.

c).Statement ( pernyataan )
Direct : Mr. Julius said “ I worked hard
yesterday “
Indirect : Mr. Julius said that he worked hard the
day before.