Direct-Indirect Speech

By Annisa Tristania Agustina, S.Pd.

 Magic Mirror
So there were three girls: an ugly redhead, a fat
brunette, and a dumb blonde.
The three girls were at a historical inn. They
stopped to take a tour. The innkeeper showed them a
mirror. He said, “If you tell a lie in front of it, you
disappear.”
The ugly redhead went up to the mirror and said,
“I think I’m pretty.” And POOF! She disappeared.
Then the fat brunette went up to the mirror and
said, “I think I’m slim.” And POOF! She was gone too.
Then the dumb blonde went up to the mirror and said,
“I think–“ and POOF! She was gone.
 Magic Mirror
So there were three girls: an ugly redhead, a fat
brunette, and a dumb blonde.
The three girls were at a historical inn. They
stopped to take a tour. The innkeeper showed them a
mirror. He said, “If you tell a lie in front of it, you
disappear.”
The ugly redhead went up to the mirror and said,
“I think I’m pretty.” And POOF! She disappeared.
Then the fat brunette went up to the mirror and
said, “I think I’m slim.” And POOF! She was gone too.
Then the dumb blonde went up to the mirror and said,
“I think–“ and POOF! She was gone.
 (If The RV’s in Simple Present Tense)

Bruno says, “I know it.”

Bruno says THAT he knows it.
Bruno and Willy say, “We are petulant.”
Bruno and Willy say THAT they are petulant.
Uno says, “Jun, you are too thin.”
Uno says to Jun THAT he is too thin.”
 (If The RV’s in Simple Past Tense)

Bruno said, “I know it.”

Bruno said THAT he knew it.
Bruno and Willy said, “We are petulant.”
Bruno and Willy said THAT they were petulant.
Uno said, “Jun, you were too thin.”
Uno said to Jun THAT he had been too thin.”
 (If The RV’s in Simple Present Tense)

Bruno says, “I will know it.”

Bruno says THAT he will know it.
Bruno and V said, “We can be petulant.”
Bruno and V said THAT they could be petulant.
Uno said, “Jun, you may go now.”
Uno said to Jun THAT he might go now.”
Now you do your suspended task!
 Let’s play a game!

However, this game requires your focus, so

please focus.
 When you see a word, you mention the
color of the word.
Do not mention the word itself.
For example, you’ll see:
PURPLE
Rather than saying “purple”, say “blue”
because the color of the word is BLUE,
not PURPLE.
Ready? Let’s get started!
GREEN
BLUE
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
BLACK
BROWN
PINK
GREY
PURPLE
 Now make it
fast, will you?
BLUE GREEN PINK PURPLE
WHITE GREY YELLOW RED
BROWN ORANGE BLACK
PINK WHITE YELLOW
BLUE GREY BLACK