Rumusan Direct 

and Indirect Speech

 Present Simple Tense → Past Simple Tense
 Present Continuous Tense → Past Continuous Tense
 Present Perfect Tense → Past Perfect Tense
 Present Perfect Continuous Tense → Past Perfect Continuous Tense
 Past Simple Tense → Past Perfect Tense
 Past Continuous Tense → Perfect Continuous Tense
 Past Perfect Tense (tidak berubah)
 Past Perfect Continuous Tense (tidak berubah)
 Future Simple Tense → “would”
 Future Continuous Tense → “would be”
 Future Perfect Tense → “would have”
 Future Perfect Continuous Tense → “would have been”

Berikut contoh-contohnya:

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Present Simple to Past Simple
He said, “I study French”.
Daddy said, “We work so hard”.
Present Continuous to Past Continuous
She said, “I’m waiting for my boyfriend”.
Jimmy said, “They are studying Bahasa”.
Present Perfect to Past Perfect
Debora said, “I have completed the task”.
She said, “I have met my prince”.
Present Perfect Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous
They said, “We have been waiting in the line for 3
hours”.
She said, “I have been living in Indonesia since born”.
Past Simple to Past Perfect
He said, “I bought a new book”.
They said, “We went for a walk”.
Past Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous
My kids said, “We were swimming in the pool”.
She said, “I was not making a cake”.
Past Perfect (tidak berubah)
He said, “I had won her heart”.
They said, “We had not received the paper”.
He said that he studied French.
Daddy said that they worked so hard.
She said that she was waiting for her boyfriend.
Jimmy said that they were studying Bahasa.
Debora said that she had completed the task.
She said that she had met her prince.
They said that they had been waiting in the line for 3
hours.
She said that she had been living in Indonesia since born.
He said that he had bought a new book.
They said that they had gone for a walk.
My kids said that they had been swimming in the pool.
She said that she had not been making a cake.
He said that he had won her heart.
They said that they had not received the paper.
 Future Simple Tense (Will) to Would
Gary said, “I will go to New York”.
She said, “I will start a new life”.
Future Continuous Tense (Will be) to Would be
Jenny said, “I will be feeding my dog”.
Ray said, “I will be waiting for you at home”.
Future Perfect Tense (Will Have) to Would Have
Mom said, “I will have cleaned the shirt”.
Fifi said, “I will have called my mom”.
Gary said that he would go to New York.
She said that she would start a new life.
Jenny said that she would be feeding her dog.
Ray said that he would be waiting for me at home.
Mom said that she would have cleaned the shirt.
Fifi said that she would have called her mom.

5 Contoh Soal Direct and Indirect Speech

1. Direct Speech : She said, “I will go to the market”.

Indirect Speech : ___________________________

2. Direct Speech : Ray said, “I have completed the series.”

Indirect Speech : _______________________________

3. Direct Speech : He said, “I work from 9 to 10”.

Indirect Speech : _________________________

4. Direct Speech : They said, “We have been living in the forest for 4 years”.

Indirect Speech : _____________________________________________

5. Direct Speech : My brother said, “We were playing at the park”.

Indirect Speech : _____________________________________

Jawaban:
1. She said that she would go to the market.
2. Ray said that he had completed the series.
3. He said that he worked from 9 to 10.
4. They said they had been living in the forest for 4 years.
5. My brother said they had been playing in the park.