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street when the accident happened.” along the street when the accident happened.

Present perfect tense Past perfect tense

Ex. She said, “I haven’t seen Julie since Ex. She said that she hadn’t seen Julie since
three days ago.” three days ago.

Will Will

Ex. She said, “I’ll see you later.” Ex. She said that she would see me later.
Would Would

Ex. She said, “I would help you.” Ex. She said that she would help me.

Can Can

Ex. She said, “I can speak almost perfect Ex. She said that she could speak almost
English.” perfect English.

Could Could

Ex. She said, “ I could swim when I was Ex. She said that she could swim when she
four.” was four.

Past perfect tense Past perfect tense
Ex. She said. “I had taken English lessons Ex. She said that she had taken English
before.” lessons before.

➢ Doesn’t change

Occasionally, we don’t need to change the present tense into the past if the information in
direct speech is still true or general fact.

• Direct speech : She says, “The earth is round.”
• Indirect speech: She said that the earth is round.

NOTE

1. Perubahan susunan kalimat hanya terjadi bila kalimat langsung yang diubah menjadi
kalimat tidak langsung merupakan kalimat tanya. Jika pertanyaan itu hanya membutuhkan
jawaban yes/no , maka dipakai kata hubung if/whether.Sedangkan kalimat tanyanya
menggunakan question words, maka question words tersebut menjadi kata hubung dalam
kalimat tidak langsungnya.

Ex. a. He said, “Where will they go?”

He asked where they would go.

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