direct and indirect speech

what a lonely night -____- I just hear cricket sound from the outside brr . but I want sing fill a lonely night *dancing hula hula* " Angel of Mercy, How did you find me? , Where did you read my story? .... " what a nice song fill a lonely night :))
back to do point >> Direct speech refers to reproducing another person’s exact words or saying exactly what someone has said (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 reproducing the idea of another person’s words that doesn’t use question mark to enclose what the person said and it doesn’t have to be word for word. Indirect speech is sometimes called reported speech
For example:
Direct speech :"I'm going to the cinema", he said.
Indirect speech : He said he was going to the cinema.

tense change :
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.
Note : the reporting verbs that are usually used to report imperative sentence are :Tell , other command , ask , warn , remind

present simple - past tense
direct: achyat said, "I eat pop mie"
indirect: dhani said that he ate pop mie.

past simple - past perfect
direct: daddy said, " I went to Japan yesterday "
indirect: daddy said that he went to Japan the day before.

future simple - past future
direct: david archuleta said, " I will buy an i-pad next week "
indirect: david archuleta said that he would buy an i-pad the week after.

present continuous - past continuous
direct: dodo said, " I'm playing badminton "
indirect: dodo said that he was playing badminton

past continuous - past perfect continuous
direct: she said, " I was teaching earlier "
indirect : she said she had been teaching earlier.

Time Signal :
this - that
today - yesterday
these - those
now - then
a week ago - a week before
next week - the following week
tomorrow - the next / following day


Jadi, direct and indirect speech bukannya "pidato" tetapi kalimat langsung dan tidak langsung hehehe