English Lesson - Softskills - Direct and Indirect Speesh - Exercise

Exercise

1.      Stefan : “Did you know what Fingo said yesterday?”

Hosea  : Of course. He said ____ the previous day.

 a. had gone to his country            d. he went to his country

 b. he has gone to his country        e. he goes to his country

 c. he will go to his country

 Jawaban : A ( jika kalimat langsung/direct simple past, indirect/tdk langsung harus
                        past perfect)

2.      Manager : “Why was Mary absent yesterday?”           
Friscilla  : “What did the manager want to know, John?”
John        : he wanted to know ____

a. if Mary was absent                d. that Mary had been absent
b. why Mary was absent            e. why Mary had been absent
c. why was Mary absent

 Jawaban : E (direct berbentuk Wh-question bentuk past tense jadi indirect berbentuk
                       past perfect)

3.      Mother   : “Don’t be so noisy, Andrea !”. The baby is sleeping.
Andrea   : Okay, mom.
Osvaldo  : What did your mother just told you?
Andrea   : She told me ___ because the baby was sleeping.

a. I wasn’t so noisy             d. I am very noisy
b. not to be so noisy            e. to be not so noisy
c. don’t be noisy

 Jawaban : B ( direct : don’t + be maka indirect: not + to be)

4.       Doctor   : “Open your mouth!”
 Mother  : What did the doctor tell you?
 Son       : The doctor told me ___

 a. that I open his mouth             d. to open my mouth
 b. if I opened my mouth            e. opened my mouth
 c. to open my mouth

 Jawaban : D (direct: V1 + O maka direct: to V1 + O)

5.      Mother : “Do you want meatballs or fried chicken?”
Mother asked me ____

a. whether I wanted meatball or fried shicken
b. whether I want meatball or fried chicken
c. that I wanted meatball or fried chicken

d. that I want meatball or fried chicken
e. if I want meatball or fried chicken

 Jawaban: A (direct: do/does + S +V1 maka indirect: if/whether + S + V2)

6.      He said to me, “ I am busy “.

The indirect speech is ____

a.       He said to me that I am busy

b.      He told me that he would be busy

c.       He said he is busy

d.      He told me he was busy

e.       He said to me that I was busy

Jawaban : D ( To be 1 (is, am, are) berubah menjadi To be 2 (was, were) Past Perfect Tense )

7.      She did not tell me where  ____ after classes.

a.       She would go

b.      She will go

c.       She would have gone

d.      Will she go

e.       Would she go

Jawaban : A ( If / Whether + S + P )

8.      “ What did the cashier of the bookstore tell you ?”

“____  with a credit card”.

a.       Not paying

b.      Not pay

c.       Lets not pay

d.      Not to pay

e.       Didn’t pay

Jawaban : D ( negatif imperative : not + to + infinitive )

9.      The secretary asked me  ____ with Mr.Kevin

a.       Did I have an appointment

b.      How was my appoinment

c.       Whether I had an appointment

d.      When is my appointment

e.       That I had an appointment

Jawaban : C ( Interogative direct speech menggunakan kata tanya if / whether sebagai kata        

     hubung )

10.  The teacher said, “ Is John absent ?”

a.       Is John absent ?

b.      Was John absent ?

c.       If John was absent ?

d.      Whether John is absent ?

e.       What John was absent ?

Jawaban : C (If / Whether + S + Verb + P . Past Tense, perubahan To be dari Is menjadi Was)

11.  I asked Bob  ____

a.       Where did he come from ?

b.      From where was he coming ?

c.       From which he came ?

d.      Where Bob is ?

e.       From where is he ?

Jawaban : D ( Wh Question word + S + verb )

12.  The girl bag the robber ____

a.       Don’t take my money

b.      Not taking her money

c.       Not to take her money

d.      He didn’t take her money

e.       He’d better not take her money

Jawaban : B ( Present Continuous . perintah negatif : told, ordered, asked, begged,

                      advised, requested + not to + verb base )

13.  “ I have been writing letters”.

Don answered  ____

a.       That he had been writing letters

b.      That he has been writing letters

c.       He wrote letters

d.      That he has writing letters

e.       He has been writing letters

Jawaban : B ( present perfect continuous menjadi past perfect continuous )

14.  My mother  said, “ Don’t waste your money on clothes !”

This means ____

a.       My mother advised me not to waste my money on clothes

b.      My mother told me that waste my money on clothes

c.       My mother asked me if I had wasted my money on clothes

d.      My mother allowed me to waste my money on clothes

e.       My mother said that I didn’t waste my money on clothes

Jawaban : A ( perintah negatif dengan menambahkan not to.  told, ordered, asked,                        

     begged, advised, requested + not to + verb base )

15.  Kevin ask to me, “ Did you come to campus yesterday ?”

The indirect speech is _____

a.       Kevin asked me if i have come to school the day before

b.      Kevin asked me if i have come to school yesterday

c.       Kevin ask me if i had come to school yesterday

d.      Kevin asked me if i had come to school the day before

e.       Kevin asked me if i had come to school yesterday

Jawaban : D ( simple past tense menjadi past perfect tense )

16.  Risha   : “ Do you know bambang’s address ?”

Robby : “ oh sorry, I don’t know “.

Risha  : “ I want to visit him, but I don’t know ____”.

a.       Where he lives

b.      Where he does live

c.       Where did he live

d.      Where he lived

e.       Where does he live

Jawaban : E ( simple present tense )

17.  “ Do you know what he has taken ?”

I asked her whether ____

a.       She knows what he has taken

b.      She knew that he had taken

c.       I knew he had taken

d.      I knew what he has taken

e.       She knew what he has taken

Jawaban : B ( Present Perfect berubah menjadi Past Perfect )

18.  Dea   : “ Did you go to Taman Mini yesterday ?”

Fajar :  “ Sorry, I can’t hear you”.

Dea   : “ I asked if you ____ to Taman Mini yesterday”.

a.       Were going

b.      Have going

c.       Would go

d.      Had gone

e.       Were

Jawaban : D ( Simple Past Tense berubah menjadi Past Perfect )

19.  Direct   : Jeane says, “ I will have finished my duty in the end of the month ".

Indirect : Jeane said that the she ____ have finished her duty in the end of this month.

a.       Will

b.      Do

c.       Doing

d.      Was

e.       Would

Jawaban : E ( Future Perfect Tense berubah menjadi Past Future Perfect Tense )

20.  The father asked her if he had finished her homework.

The direct speech is ____

a.       The father asked her, “ Have you finish your homework ?”

b.      The father ask her, “ Have you finish your homework ?”

c.       The father asked, “ Have you finished your homework ?”

d.      The father ask, “ Have you finished your homework ?”

e.       The father asked, Have you finished your homework ?”

Jawaban : A ( If / whether +  S + auxiliary verb + object )