Form and identify Reported Speech

Reported Speech

1. How to make direct speech : Reporting verb (a verb that tells) + “the verb (the verb notified)”
2. How to make indirect speech : Reporting verb (a verb that tells) + . . . + the verb (the verb notified)
3. Identify the changes that occur when the direct speech transformed into indirect speech

To be & Auxiliary Verbs

Direct- Indirect

Am/is/are - was/were

Shall/will - should/would

Can - could

May - might

Must

Have/has to - had to

Time & Place (keterangan waktu & tempat)

Direct- Indirect

now - then

tomorrow - the following day, a day later, next day

next week - the following week

tonight - that night

today - that day

yesterday - the day before

last night - the night before

last week - the week before,

the precious week

here - there

this - that

these - those

Tenses

Direct - Indirect

Simple present - simple past

Present continous - past continous

Present perfect - past perfect

Present perfect continous - past perfect continous

Simple past - past perfect

Past continous - past perfect continous

Simple future - past future

Source : https://sites.google.com/site/grammarbahasainggris/direct-indirect-speech