SMA KELAS 12 : LATIHAN SOAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

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BACA JUGA : SMA KELAS 12 : DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

CONTOH SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN

1. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

a. The headmaster warned the students, ‘pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month’.

b. The headmaster warned the students: pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month.

c. The headmaster warned the students, ‘pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month!’

d. The headmaster warned the students, pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month.

e. The headmaster warned the students, pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month!

Jawaban : C

Pembahasan : Penulisan tanda baca pada direct speech yang benar adalah diapit tanda petik (‘) atau kutip (“) dan huruf pertama dari kalimat langsung harus dalam kapital (huruf besar), tanda seru di akhir kalimat direct speech menunjukkan jenis kalimat perintah (command).

2. The secretary asked me … with Mr. Slamet.

a. did I have an appointment

b. how was my appointment

c. whether I had an appointment

d. when is my appointment

e. that I had an appointment

Jawaban : C

Pembahasan : Indirect speech yang berasal dari interrogative (pernyataan) dan tidak, susunannya selalu affirmative (pernyataan) dan tidak menggunakan kata kerja bantu sebelum subjeknya, maka A, B, dan D salah. Interrogative indirect speech selalu menggunakan kata tanya kunci jawaban dan pembahasan atau if atau whether sebagai kata hubung dan ini hanya dipenuhi oleh (C) whether I had an appointment.

3. … is not yet known.

a. Can he be involved in the trade of narcotics

b. He is involved in the trade of narcotics

c. Whether he is involved in the trade of narcotics

d. When he is involved in the trade of narcotics

e. Why is he involved in the trade of narcotics

Jawaban : C

Pembahasan: Ini adalah soal tentang reported speech. … is not yet known = … belum diketahui. Yang paling sesuai dengan kalimat di soal adalah whether = whether he is involved … is not yet known (Apakah dia terlibat … belum diketahui)

4. He said, “Don’t speak until you are spoken to.”

    The indirect speech of the statement above is …

A. He didn’t tell me to speak until i am spoken to

B. He told me not to speak until i am spoken to

C. He told me not to speak until i was spoken to

D. He told me not to speak until i was spoken to

E. He didn’t tell me to speak until i was spoken to

Jawaban : D

Pembahasan : Untuk kalimat tidak langsung dari suatu larangan, dapat dilakukan hanya dengan menambahkan NOT TO di depan kalimat, dan apabila kalimat langsungnya berupa present tense, maka kalimat tidak langsungnya menjadi past tense.

5. Mr. Johnson asked Mary, “When can you finish the letter?”

    Mr. Johnson asked Mary …

A. When can you finish the letter

B. When can she finish the letter

C. When you can finish the letter

D. When she could finish the letter

E. If she could finish the letter

Jawaban : D

Pembahasan : Apabila kalimat langsung menggunakan kata tanya WH Question+How, maka kalimat tidak langsungnya tetap menggunakan kata tanya yang sama, hanya tenses-nya yang berubah. Present tense menjadi past tense dan susunan kalimat pertanyaan pada kal

6. Can I borrow your pencil for a moment?

a. She asked me if she can borrow my pencil for a moment.

b. She asked me whether she can borrow my pencil for a moment.

c. She asked me whether she could borrow my pencil for a moment.

d. She asked me whether I could borrow her pencil for a moment.

Jawaban Benar : C

Pembahasan : Modal verb “can” (present) diubah menjadi “could” (past).

7. Why are you staring at my feet?

a. He asked her why she is staring at his feet.

b. He asked her why she was staring at his feet.

c. He asked her why was she staring at his feet.

d. He asked her why is she staring at his feet.

Jawaban Benar : B

Pembahasan : Verb present continous tense pada direct speech diubah menjadi past continous tense pada indirect speech.

8. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

a. He said that the sun rose in the east and sets in the west.

b. He said that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

c. He asked if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

d. He said that the sun rise in the east and set in the west.

Jawaban Benar : B

Pembahasan : Verb tidak berubah menjadi past karena pernyataan berupa general truth.

9. I’m going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.

a. She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.

b. She said she was going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.

c. She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time tomorrow.

d. She said she is going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.

Jawaban Benar : A

Pembahasan : Time reference “tomorrow” disesuaikan menjadi “the next day” atau “the following day”.

10. We have been here for a week.

a. They said they had been there for a week.

b. They said they had been here for a week.

c. They said we had been there for a week.

d. They said they has been here for a week.

Jawaban Benar : A

Pembahasan : “Here” pada direct diubah menjadi “there” di Indirect speech.

11. Who is sitting beside Tom?

a. He asked me who was sitting beside Tom that time.

b. He asked me was sitting beside Tom that time.

c. He asked me who is sitting beside Tom.

d. He asked me who is Tom sitting beside.

Jawaban Benar : A

Pembahasan : Pola present continous tense pada direct speech diubah menjadi pola past continous tense. Ditandai dengan berubahnya tobe dan keterangan waktu.

12. Please wait for me at the bus stop.

a. Endy told me to wating her at the bus stop.

b. Endy told me waited for her at the bus stop that time.

c. Endy told me waited for me at the bus stop that time.

d. Endy told me waits for her at the bus stop that time.

Jawaban Benar : B

Pembahasan : Pola simple present tense pada kalimat direct speech diubah menjadi simple past tense di kalimat indirect speech.

13. Window-shopping is my favorite hobby.

a. Septi said that window-shopping is her favorite hobby.

b. Septi said that if window-shopping was my favorite hobby.

c. Septi said that window-shopping was my favorite hobby.

d. Septi said that window-shopping was her favorite hobby.

Jawaban Benar : D

Pembahasan : Pola simple present tense pada kalimat direct speech diubah menjadi simple past tense di kalimat indirect speech.

14. I ate some beef burgers yesterday.

a. Jean said that she have eat some beef burgers the day before.

b. Jean said that she has ate some beef burgers the day before.

c. Jean said that she had been eaten some beef burgers the day before.

d. Jean said that she had been eat some beef burgers yesterday.

Jawaban Benar : C

Pembahasan : Pola simple past tense pada kalimat direct speech diubah menjadi past perfect tense di kalimat indirect speech. Ditandai dengan tobe “had been” dan verb 3 “eaten”.

15. This is the bag which I bought yesterday.

a. He said that was the bag which he had been bought the day before.

b. He said that was the bag which I bought the day before.

c. He said that the bag was which he had buy the day before.

d. He said that was the bag which I had been bought the day before.

Jawaban Benar : A

Pembahasan : Pola simple present tense pada kalimat direct speech diubah menjadi simple past tense di kalimat indirect speech. danpola simple past tense pada kalimat direct speech diubah menjadi past perfect tense di kalimat indirect speech. Ditandai dengan tobe “is” diubah menjadi “was” dan penambahan tobe “had been” sebelum verb 3 “bought”.

LATIHAN SOAL

1. Did they eat out together yesterday?

a. He asked me if they had eaten out yesterday.

b. He asked me if they had eaten out together the day before.

c. He asked me if they has eaten out together the day before.

d. He asked me if they have eaten out together the day before.

2. Don’t turn off the light now.

a. He told me don’t turn off the light at that time.

b. He told me not to turn off the light at that time.

c. He told me didn’t turn off the light at that time.

d. He told me didn’t turn off the light at now.

3. What’s your passion?

a. She wanted to know what is my passion.

b. She wanted to know what was my passion.

c. She wanted to know what my passion was.

d. She wanted to know what was my passion.

4. I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity.

a. He asked me that he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.

b. He wanted to know if he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.

c. He said that he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.

d. He said that I began to understand the concept of biodiversity.

5. Your friend has just left.

a. He told me that your friend had just left.

b. He told me that my friend has just left.

c. He told me that my friend had just left.

d. He told me that my friend have just left.

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