Direct & Indirect Speech
Change Direct Sentence As Indirect Sentence
1. Tom said: “I didn’t go to school this morning”
a. Tom said that he hadn’t gone to school that morning
b. Tom said that he hadn’t go to school that morning
c. Tom said that he hadn’t go to school this morning
d. Tom said that he hasn’t gone to school this morning
2. Mary told her friend: “I have been to Bali twice”
a. Mary told her friend that she was to Bali twice
b. Mary told her friend that she wasn’t to Bali twice
c. Mary told her friend that she had been to Bali twice
d. Mary told her friend that she hadn’t been to Bali twice
3. John says: “I will go to Bandung tomorrow”
a. John says that he will go to Bandung tomorrow
b. John says that he would go to Bandung tomorrow
c. John says that he will gone to Bandung tomorrow
d. John says that he would gone to Bandung tomorrow
4. John told Mary: “Wait until I come”
a. John told Mary to wait until I come
b. John told Mary to wait until I came
c. John told Mary to wait until he comes
d. John told Mary to wait until he came
5. The boy asked John: “Does Mary live near here?”
a. The boy asked John if Mary lives near here
b. The boy asked John if Mary lives near there
c. The boy asked John if Mary lived near here
d. The boy asked John if Mary lived near there
Change Indirect Sentence As Direct Sentence
6. Mary told John that her father had warned her the night before
a. Mary told John: “My father warn me tonight”
b. Mary told John: “My father warned me last night”
c. Mary told John: “My father have warn me last night”
d. Mary told John: “My father had warn me last night”
7. My sister said to me that she didn’t like tennis
a. My sister said to me: “I don’t like tennis”
b. My sister said to me: “I didn’t like tennis”
c. My sister said to me: “I don’t liked tennis”
d. My sister said to me: “I didn’t liked tennis”
8. The teacher told the student to be quiet while he is talking
a. The teacher told the student: “Be quiet while you are talking”
b. The teacher told the student: “Be quiet while we are talking”
c. The teacher told the student: “Be quiet while they are talking”
d. The teacher told the student: “Be quiet while I am talking”
9. The teacher asked her if she had finished her home work
a. The teacher asked her: “Do you finish your home work”
b. The teacher asked her: “Did you finished your home work”
c. The teacher asked her: “Have you finish your home work”
d. The teacher asked her: “Have you finished your home work”
10. We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us that night
a. We asked them: “Do you go to the movie with us to night?”
b. We asked them: “Would you gone to the movie with us to night?”
c. We asked them: “Will you go to the movie with us to night?”
d. We asked them: “Will you gone to the movie with us to night?”
