DIRECT & INDIRECT
PAST SIMPLE
Rumus :
Simple past tense dibentuk dari
verb-2 (past tense) atau linking verb “be” (was, were). Apa
itu verb-2? Verb-2 merupakan bare infinitive (bentuk dasar verb) dengan tambahan -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, atau -ne untuk regular verb atau bentuk yang
tidak konsisten pada irregular
verb. [Baca juga: Regular dan Irregular Verb]
Was yang merupakan singular verb digunakan pada singular subject (seperti: I, she, he, it, Andi, dan the cat)
kecuali “you”, sebaliknya were yang
merupakan plural verb digunakan pada plural subject (seperti: you, they, we, Andi and Susi, dan the
cats).
Contoh Kalimat Langsung :
§ Direct speech: RP +, + S + V2 + ROTS
He said to him, “I went to Texas yesterday.”
He said to him, “I went to Texas yesterday.”
- Direct speech: RP +, +
S + be2 + ROTS
He said, “I was angry this morning.”
Contoh
Kalimat Tidak Langsung :
§ Indirect speech: RP + that +S + had been + ROTS
He told me that he had been angry that morning.
He told me that he had been angry that morning.
§ Indirect speech: RP + that + S + had + V3 + ROTS
He told him that he had come to Texas the day before.
He told him that he had come to Texas the day before.
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