1. Welcome to English
Class
Masropah Noviyanti

2. Hallo. it‟s me,
Sarah
Hallo, Sarah, it‟s
me, Bob. May I talk
with your brother.
He is not here.
Well, tell your
brother that I will go
to the cinema at 7.

3. “James, bob called
you. He said that
he would go to the
cinema at 7.”

4. Reported speech
• Direct:
Caroline said, “I want to go home”
• Indirect:
Caroline said that she wanted to
go home.

5. Pronoun
• Direct: He said, ‘I saw the accident.‟
• Indirect: He said that he had seen the
accident.
• Direct: He said to me, „You have to tell the
truth.‟
• Indirect: He told me that I had to tell the
truth.

6. Pronoun
• Direct: She said, „I watch the football
match with my boyfriend.‟
Indirect: She told that she watched the
game with her boyfriend.
• Direct: She said, „They have invited the
president to this ceremony.‟
Indirect: She said that they had invited the
president to this ceremony.

7. Reporting verb
• Add
• Explain
• Complain
• Say
• Admit
• Suggest
• Agree
• Tell
• Announce
• Promised
• Think
• Answer
• Reply
• Inform

8. Direct Indirect
Present/ future tense
The reporter said, “AC
Milan defeat MU 2-0”
Past tense
The reporter said that
AC Milan defeated MU
2-0.
Present continuous
The police said, “we
are investigating the
case.”
Past continuous
The police tell that they
were investigating the
case.
Past tense
She said, “the
passenger died at 10
p.m.”
Past perfect tense
She announced that
the passenger had died
at 10 p.m.

9. • He said, “I have been working as
a firefighter for 5 years.
• He said that he had been working
as a firefighter for 5 years.

10. • Fergusson said, “Barcelona can‟t
beat us on this match.”
• Fergusson said that Barcelona
couldn‟t beat them on on this
match.”