REPORTED SPEECH

a. What is function of using reported speech?

Reported speech functions to deliver/convey (menyampaikan/melaporkan)
what other people said.

b. The things that you have to remember is when changing a quoted speech
into a reported speech, the tenses change (tenses nya berubah).
Quoted speech:
Santi said, “I go to the mall every weekend.” (simple present tense)

Reported speech:
Santi said that she went to the mall every weekend. (simple past tense)

Now, we only focus to qouted speeches of simple present tense and simple
past tense.

The pattern of simple present tense:

(+) S + V1
(-) S + do not/does not + V1
(?) Do/does + S + V1 + ?
Example:
(+) She eats meatball.
(-) She doesn’t eat meatball.
(?) Does she eat meatball?

The pattern of simple past tense:

(+) S + V2
(-) S + did + not + V1
(?) did + S + V1 + ?
Example:
(+) We rode bicycle last morning.
(-) We did not/didn’t ride bicycle last morning.
(?) Did we ride bicycle last morning?
In reported speech:
1. Qouted speech: simple present tense

changes into (berubah tensesnya menjadi)

Reported speech : simple past tense

Simple present tense → simple past tense

2. Qouted speech: simple past tense

changes into (berubah tensesnya menjadi)

Reported speech : past perfect tense

Simple past tense → past perfect tense

HOW IS THE PATTERN OF PAST PERFECT TENSE?

The pattern of past perfect tense:
(+) S + had + V3
(-) S + had + not + V3
(?) had + S + V3 + ?
Example:
(+) My father had eaten breakfast.
(-) My father had not/hadn’t eaten breakfast.
(?) Had my father eaten breakfast?

NOTE :
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHANGE OF THE TENSES &
THE CHANGE OF PRONOUN (KATA GANTI ORANG)
LET’S HAVE EXERCISE!
I GIVE YOU EXAMPLES FIRST.

EXAMPLE:
a. The teacher said, “You have a good score.” (simple present tense)
The reported speech: The teacher said to me that I had a good score. (simple past tense
with the verb had, had is the verb 2 of the verb 1 have).

b. Rendi told me, “The group band did a good job last night.”
The reported speech: Rendi told me that the group band had done a good job last
night. (past perfect tense with had + V3, V3 nya yaitu the verb done).

EXERCISE!
1. She said, “I don’t speak Italian.”
She said to me that ___________________________________________

2. Royan told me, “The film began at seven o’clock.”

Royan told me that ___________________________________________

3. Raya told me, “Ennie knows Roberts very well.”

Raya told me that ____________________________________________

4. Parto said, “I love this song.”

Parto said to me that __________________________________________

5. My mother said, “I spent my money on my holiday to Russia two years ago.”

My mother said to me that _____________________________________

6. Tanaya said, “I live in Meikarta.”

Tanaya said to me that ________________________________________

7. My uncle told me, “William repaired the printer.”

My uncle told me that ________________________________________

8. Hannah said, “I walked to the museum.”

Hannah said to me that _______________________________________

9. Alexander told me, “I have an important meeting at 4 p.m. today.”

Alexander told me that _______________________________________

10. Toby said, “Jeff didn’t like the Chinese food from the restaurant.”
Toby said to me that _________________________________________

GOOD LUCK!