3. Report speech
-Indirect speech
Ketika kita menggunakan reported speech, tenses biasanya berubah karena saat kita melaporkan sesuatu, kejadian yang sebenarnya sudah terjadi di masa yang lalu.
Contoh: 
| Direct speech | Indirect speech  | 
| “I’m going to the cinema”, he said.  | He said he was going to the cinema.  | 
Perubahan Tenses
Perhatikan perubahan tenses berikut ini:
| Direct speech  |  | Indirect speech  | 
| Present simple  She said, “It’s cold.” | › | Past simple  She said it was cold. | 
| Present continuous  She said, “I’m teaching English online.” | › | Past continuous  She said she was teaching English online. | 
| Present perfect simple  She said, “I’ve been on the web since 1999.” | › | Past perfect simple She said she had been on the web since 1999. | 
| Present perfect continuous  She said, “I’ve been teaching English for seven years.” | › | Past perfect continuous  She said she had been teaching English for seven years. | 
| Past simple  She said, “I taught online yesterday.” | › | Past perfect  She said she had taught online yesterday. | 
| Past continuous  She said, “I was teaching earlier.” | › | Past perfect continuous  She said she had been teaching earlier. | 
| Past perfect  She said, “The lesson had already started when he arrived.” | › | Past perfect  NO CHANGE – She said the lesson had already started when he arrived. | 
| Past perfect continuous She said, “I’d already been teaching for five minutes.” | › | Past perfect continuous  NO CHANGE – She said she’d already been teaching for five minutes. | 
Bentuk Modals biasanya: 
| Direct speech  |  | Indirect speech  | 
| will She said, “I’ll teach English online tomorrow.” | › | would She said she would teach English online tomorrow. | 
| can She said, “I can teach English online.” | › | could She said she could teach English online. | 
| must She said, “I must have a computer to teach English online.” | › | had to  She said she had to have a computer to teach English online. | 
| shall She said, “What shall we learn today?” | › | should She asked what we should learn today. | 
| may She said, “May I open a new browser?” | › | might She asked if she might open a new browser. | 
Catatan: tidak ada perubahan untuk could, would, should, might dan ought to.
| Direct speech | Indirect speech  | 
| “I’m might go to the cinema”, he said.  | He said he might go to the cinema.  | 
Kita bisa juga menggunakan present tense dalam reported speech jika kita ingin melaporkan bahwa yang kita laporkan itu adalah kenyataan, misalnya nama orang, dll.
| Direct speech  | Indirect speech  | 
| “My name is Lynne”, she said.  | She said her name was Lynne. atau She said her name is Lynne. | 
Atau kita bisa juga menggunakan present tense untuk melaporkan kegiatan di masa yang akan datang.
| Direct speech (exact quote)  | Indirect speech (not exact)  | 
| “Next week’s lesson is on reported speech “, she said.  | She said next week’s lesson is on reported   speech.  | 
Perubahan Waktu
Perhatikan perubahan waktu berikut:
| Hari ini | + 24 jam  - Indirect speech  | 
| “Today’s lesson is on presentations.”  | She said yesterday’s lesson was on presentations.  | 
| Perubahan waktu jika dilaporkan ddi hari yang   berbeda  | ||
| this (evening)  | › | that (evening)  | 
| today | › | yesterday …  | 
| these (days)  | › | those (days)  | 
| now  | › | then  | 
| (a week) ago  | › | (a week) before  | 
| last weekend  | › | the weekend before last / the previous weekend  | 
| here  | › | there  | 
| next (week)  | › | the following (week)  | 
| tomorrow  | › | the next/following day  | 
Dalam Reported Speech, keterangan tempat juga mengalami perubahan.
Contoh:
| At work | At home | 
| “How long have you worked here?”  | She asked me how long I’d worked there. | 
Perubahan Pronoun
Dalam reported speech, pronoun sering berubah.
Contoh: 
| Me | You  | 
| “I teach English online.”  | She said she teaches English online. | 
Referensi buku
Buku bahasa inggris
Pengrang : 
- Graded exercises in englis Robert J. Dixon
- A dictionary of american idioms Adam makkai Ph.D.Linguist
- Dictionary of english phrasal verbs and their idioms Tom Mc.Arthur
- Essential idioms in english Robert J. Dixion
