PERCAKAPAN TAK LANGSUNG (REPORTED SPEECH)

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

1. Mary said to Helen that be careful on your way home, she would be happier if our houses had nearer.

2. Helen said to Mary that did you know what happened to her after she left you yesterday.

3. Mary said that what have happened to you.

4. Helen said that while she has been walking home along that quiet street near her house, a thief came up behind and pulled her necklace off her neck and ran away with it.

Reported speech refers to using a noun clause to report what someone has said. No quotation marks are used. Notice the changes in the verb forms from quoted speech to reported speech in the following example.

Quoted speech	Reported speech
He said, “I watch TV every day.”	He said (that) he watched TV every day.
She said, “she has watched TV.”	She said she had watched TV

When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed.

Quoted speech	Reported speech
She says, “I watch TV every day.”	She says she watches TV every day.
She has said, “I watch TV every day.”	She has said that she watches TV every day.
She will say, “I watch TV every day.”	She will say that she watches TV every day.