Language Focus:

Reported Speech (Pt. II)

Hypernet C Lesson 6
Let’s review!
Reported Speech (Part I)
Polls time!
 Present Simple in direct speech is
changed into ______ in indirect
speech

A. Past B. Past C. Present

continuous simple continuous
 Matt: “I always take my dog for a
walk”. Matt said……

A. He had B. He C. He took D. He
always always his dog always
took his takes for a takes
dog for my dog walk his dog
a walk for a for a
walk walk
Helen: “Matt and I worked overtime
yesterday”. Helen said……

A. We working overtime C. They had worked

yesterday. overtime the other day.

B. They had worked D. They work overtime

overtime next week. yesterday.
What will we do today?
Dive deeper into reported speech.
Reported Speech
Rule #3
 3. Typically, in indirect speech the time moved one
period back. However, it depends on when things
were said.

Tyo called me
I’m leaving for
yesterday. He
New York
said he was
tomorrow. leaving for
New York
today.

Thursday
Friday
 3. Biasanya, di indirect speech kata keterangan
waktu mundur satu period.Namun, itu tergantung
dari kapan hal tersebut diucapkan.

I’m leaving for Tyo called me

New York and said he
tomorrow. was leaving for
New York the
next day.

Thursday
the next
Monday
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
today that day / yesterday
now then
tonight that night
ago before
yesterday the other day
last… the…before/the previous….
last week the week before
next year the following year
tomorrow the next day/the following day
here there
this that
these those
Quick Practice!
 Change the direct speech into indirect speech!
(Ubah direct speech berikut menjadi indirect speech)
1. Maysa said, “I’m going to see a doctor tomorrow”
Maysa said she was going to see a doctor the next day / today

2. Clara and Bonita said, “We adopted a kitten yesterday!”

3. Lusia and Senja said, “We bought Coldplay tickets last week”
Reported Speech
Rule #4
 4. Questions in reported speech are tricky.
Usually, the verbs are placed after the subject
in reported speech.

Subject
Toni: “When is the seminar going to start?”

verb

Toni asked when the seminar was going to start.

Subject verb
 Quick Practice!

1. Lubby asked, “Where is my phone?”

Lubby asked where her phone was.

2. Nathanael asked, “Why did Esti leave work early?”

3. Iqbal asked, “What time do you finish work?”

Reported Speech
Rule #5
 5. Yes or no questions are introduced using
if or whether.
(Untuk pertanyaan close-ended, gunakan if / whether di
indirect speech)

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Destiana: “Did you work at the Destiana asked whether I had

office yesterday?” worked at the office the other day.
 Quick Practice!
1. “Am I late?” whether he ______
He asked me ________ was late.

2. “Did you finish the report?” He asked ________ I

____________ the report.

3. “Do you like coffee?” She asked ___________ I _____

coffee.

4. “Are you guys hungry?” She asked

______________________
Reported Speech
Rule #6
 Imperative - “Don’t….”
With imperatives that start with “don’t”, we use “not to” in indirect speech.
(Untuk kata perintah “don’t:, kita menggunakan “not to” di indirect speech.)

S + told/asked + O + not to + clause

E.g:
Manager: “Nopriyadi, don’t be late to the office tomorrow”
The manager told/asked Nopriyadi not to be late to the office
tomorrow / today.
Reporting
Verbs
 In reported speech, we can use the
following verbs to report what someone
had said.
(Di reported speech, kita dapat menggunakan kata-kata kerja
berikut untuk melaporkan apa yang telah dikatakan.)

Tell (told) Ask (asked) Explain (explained)

Claim (claimed) Wonder (wondered)

Game Time!
Jeopardy
What have we done today?
Practiced more on reported speech