Change the following direct speech into a reported...

Question

Change the following direct speech into a reported speech correctly.

They said, ''We have been here for a week."
a. They said that they had been there for a week.
b. They said that we have been there for a week.
c. They said that their had been there for a week.
d. They said that we had been here for a week.
e. They said that they have been here for a week.

K. Kak.Ainun · Accepted Answer

Hi Fifa, kakak bantu jawab ya :)

Jawaban untuk soal ini adalah "a. They said that they had been there for a week".

Soal memerintahkan untuk mengubah kalimat langsung (direct speech) di atas menjadi kalimat tidak langsung (reported speech).

Arti kalimat "They said, ''We have been here for a week."" adalah: Mereka mengatakan, "Kami telah berada di sini selama seminggu".

Reported speech atau indirect speech merupakan kalimat tidak langsung untuk menyampaikan/melaporkan pernyataan seseorang. Kalimat di atas jika disampaikan secara tidak langsung menjadi "Mereka mengatakan bahwa mereka telah berada di sana selama seminggu".

Kalimat soal memiliki dua bagian: reporting verb yaitu "they said" dan reported speech dalam tanda kurung.

Pola indirect speech yaitu:
[Reporting verb + that + Reported speech]

Cara mengubah direct speech menjadi indirect speech:
- hilangkan tanda kutip.
- Gunakan "that" untuk menghubungkan reporting verb dan reported speech.
- Reporting verb "they said" berbentuk Past Tense dengan verb 2 "said", oleh karena itu reported speech akan diubah menjadi bentuk Past Tense. Kalimat "We have been here for a week" berbentuk Present Perfect Tense, maka bentuk indirectnya menjadi Past Perfect Tense. Polanya menjadi:
[S + Verb 2 + that + S + had + been + C]
- Karena reported speech "We have been here for a week" dikatakan oleh mereka (they), maka ubah pronoun "we" menjadi "they".
- Keterangan tempat "here" (di sini) diubah menjadi "there" (di sana). Reported speechnya menjadi "They had been there for a week".

Jika disusun, kalimatnya menjadi "They said that they had been there for a week" (Mereka mengatakan bahwa mereka telah berada di sana selama seminggu).

Jadi, jawabannya adalah A.

Semoga membantu ya :)

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