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. atauShe 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