Senin, 16 April 2012

Conversation and make them into reported speech

First make quote speech: 
Ade : Do you often read magazine?
Dea : Sometimes. My father sometimes brings it from her working place.
Ade : What do you like to read most?
Dea : I like news most, especially news about other country. Someday I want to go overseas.
Ade : You should be able to speak English if you want to go overseas.
Dea : Yes, I will learn it from now.

And then change into reported speech:
1. Ade asked Dea, did he often read magazine.
2. Dea said that he sometimes read magazine when his mother brings it from her working place.
3. Ade asked Dea again, did he like to read the magazine most.
4. Dea said that he like new most especially news about other country.
5. Ade said that Dea should be able to speak English if he want to go overseas.
6. Then Dea said that he will learn from now.

Theory Of Quoted Speech and Reported Speech

Direct Speech / Quoted Speech

Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech)
Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word.
For example:
She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations."
or
"Today's lesson is on presentations," she said.

Indirect Speech / Reported Speech

Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.
When reporting speech the tense usually changes. This is because when we use reported speech, we are usually talking about a time in the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.

 http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm