DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH (QUESTION)

• if the interrogative sentence (direct) using 5W +1 H, the indirect still using 5W +1 H. changing just the subject and tenses. when using tobe, do, does, did then on indirect change be "if or whether"

• change of tenses and time information same with time information.

example:

                    DIRECT                                  TO                              INDIRECT

     Simple present                                                              Simple past

         Tejo asked suparman “Do you invite me?”                  tejo asked suparman if he invited him?

                                            Do        V1                                                             if         V2

        He asked siti “Why do you come late?”                          He asked siti why she came late?

                                5w                   V1                                                          5w            V2

tugas softskill bahasa inggrirs (DIRECT AND INDIRECT)

question:
2. can you speak arabic?
5.when does the semester end?


answer:
2.ucup said to me whether could i speak arabic?
5.sutejo asked me if when did the semester end?