PERCAKAPAN LANGSUNG (QUOTED SPEECH)

Quoted speech refers to reproducing words exactly as they were originally spoken. Quotation marks (“…..”) are used.

QUOTING ONE SENTENCE

a.      She said, “My brother is a student.”

b.      “My brother is a student,” she said.

c.       “My brother,” she said, is a student.”

QUOTING MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE

d.      “My brother is a student. He is attending a university,” she said.

QUOTING A QUESTION OR AN EXCLAMATION

e.      She asked, “When will you be here?”

f.        “When will you be here?” she asked

g.      She said, “Watch out!”

Quoted speech is also called direct speech. Reported speech is also called indirect speech. In British English, quotation marks are called inverted commas.

SOURCE: UNDERSTANDING AND USING ENGLISH GRAMMAR BY BETTY S. AZAR

These below are examples of quoted speech or direct speech from STORIES FOR READING COMPREHENSION 3 by LA Hill. UNIT 7, page 21.

1.      “Be careful on your way home. I would be happier if our houses were nearer,” Mary said to Hellen.

2.      Helen said to Mary, “Do you know what happened to me after I left you yesterday evening?”

3.      “No, answered Mary anxiously, “What happened to you?” 

4.      Helen said, “While I was walking home along that quiet street near my house, a thief came up behind me and pulled my necklace off my neck and ran away with it.”

5.      “I wish I’d been there, Mary said angrily, “If I had been, I’d have run after the man and I’d probably have caught him. But what are you going to do now? Have you been to the police?”