10 example about how to change direct speech into indirect speech

1. Direct Speech       : Karim said, “I live in Madrid”.

    Indirect Speech    : Karim said he lived in Madrid.

2. Direct Speech       : Mrs. Olga said, “I am cooking dinner”.

    Indirect Speecg    : Mrs. Olga said she was cooking dinner.

3. Direct Speech       : He said, “I have visit Jogja”.

    Indirect Speech    : He said he had visited Jogja.

4. Direct Speech       : Rio said, “I come to campus every day”.

    Indirect Speech    : Rio said he came to campus every day.

5. Direct Speech       : Dea said, “I went to Bogor last week”.

    Indirect Speech    : Dea said she had gone to Bogor the week before.

6. Direct Speech       : She said, “I had already eaten”.

    Indirect Speech    : She said she had already eaten.

7. Direct Speech       : Yudi said, “I am going to find a new job”.

    Indirect Speech    : Yudi said he was going to find a new job.

8. Direct Speech       : She said, “I want to bring my children”.

    Indirect Speech    : She said she wanted to bring her children.

 9. Direct Speech      : Rheo said, “My wife went with me to the show”.

    Indirect Speech    : Rheo said his wife had gone with him to the show.

 10. Direct Speech    : Liam said, “I like play a guitar”.    

     Indirect Speech   : Liam said he like played a guitar.    

 

How do we change direct speech into indirect speech ?

When we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech, it is necessary to:

1.     Change all Present and Future Tenses in the Direct Speech into the Past Tenses in the Indirect Speech when the main verb (e.g., said, told) is in the Past Tense.

2.     Change the pronoun from first person and second person to third person.

3.     Sometimes we use more than one "speech" verb if the direct speech contains more than one sentence.

4.     In most cases, we do not change the tense of the verbs in the indirect speech when the reporting verb is in the simple present tense (he says), the present perfect tense (she has told us) or the simple future tense (I will tell him).

5.     We do not change the tense of verbs in indirect speech if they make a statement which is always true or if the action is still continuing and a change of tense would give the wrong meaning.

6.     Changes made when converting Direct to Indirect Speech :

·        The following changes are made when we convert direct to indirect speech

·        The pronoun is changed in person from first and second to third

·        Changes are made to the following adjectives and adverbs

10 axample of indirect speech

1. Steven gerrard said that the liverpool could be a winner in the turnament tonight.
2. Liam gallagher said he liked blues more over than jazz.
3. He said he was going to the cinema.
4. Mrs. Olga said she was cooking dinner for me.
5. Luis Suarez said he would make score in match today.
6. Rio said Oasis would be the best British Band ever.
7. Achmad said the test was difficult.
8. She said she watched TV every day.
9. Noel said he came to studio music every day.
10. Dea said she lived in Bogor.