Reported speech

Reported speech or commonly referred to as direct and indirect speech is the phrase used to convey what others say. In English we have a special rule in direct sentences into indirect change both in terms of tenses, subject, and time information as we discussed in the materials Reported speech before.

Well, on this occasion we will give all the KBI friend Reported speech collection of example sentences in the present tense which in its indirect speech we will change it to the past tense. Immediately, we both consider the following sentence:Example Sentences Reported Speech Present Tense English Language and Meaning

Direct speech:
Budi told us, "I have to go now"
Budi told us, "I have to go now"

Indirect speech: 
Budi of toll to us that he had to go then. 
Budi told us that she had to go at that time.

Direct speech:
Anita said, "I work in an Indonesian company." 
Anita said, "I worked in a company in Indonesia."

Indirect speech: 
Anita said that she worked in an Indonesian company.
Anita said that she worked in a bank.

Direct speech: 
My mother asked me, "Where are you last night?"
My mother asked me, "Where I was last night?"

Indirect speech: 
My mother asked me where I was that night.
My mother asked me where I was that night.

Direct speech: 
They said, "We are the young generation." 
They said, "We are the young generation."

Indirect speech: 
They said that they were the young generation. 
They say that they are young.

Direct speech:
Beautifully said, "I am happy now" 
Beautifully said, "I'm happy today"

Indirect Speech: 
Indah said that she was happy then. 
Indah said that he was happy at the time.

Direct speech: 
I told my father, "I can fix this motorcycle soon."
I told my father, "I can fix this bike soon".

Indirect speech: 
I told to my father that I could fix that motorcycle Immediately. 
I told my father that I could fix the bike immediately. 

* Note: However, if the sentences are simple present direct speech reporting verb is at her, then tenses are used unchanged. But we just simply change the personal pronoun and time alone. To be more details, let us look at the following example:

Direct speech:
Beni Tells Desi, "I love you so much."
Beni tells Desi, "I love you."

Indirect speech: 
Beni of toll to Daisy that he loves her so much. 
Beni tells Desi that she loved him very much.

Direct speech:
Budiman says, "I have two brothers and one sister." 
Budiman said, "I have two brothers and one sister."

Indirect speech: 
Budiman said that he has two brothers and one sister. 
Budiman said that he had two brothers and one sister.

Direct Speech: 
My mother says, "This flower needs to be watering frequently"
My mother said, "This flower needs often watered."

Indirect Speech: 
My mother said that flower that needs to be watering frequently. 
My mother said that it took a flower often watered.

Those are some examples of sentences Reported speech English present tense we can provide. May be useful. Thank you!

 

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