Contoh Reported Speech Question – Pada artikel sebelumnya, kita sudah belajar tentang reported speech atau indirect speech (kalimat tidak langsung). Nah, kali ini masih membahas tentang reported, namun dalam kalimat pertanyaan. Let’s continue!
Kata kerja yang sering digunakan dalam reported questions adalah ask.
Contoh:
Question (Pertanyaan) Reported Question (Kalimat tanya tidak langsung)
How old is she? My aunt asked how old I was.
Where are they going? She asked where they were going.
What time does the store open? My friend asked what time the store opened.
What are you going to do tonight? They asked what you were going to do tonight.
Penting!
Jika tidak ada question word (kata tanya), seperti how, whe, where , who dan lain-lain yag dalam bahasa Indonesia disebut 5W+1 H, maka gunakana if (jika).
Contoh:
Question (Pertanyaan) Reported Question (Kalimat tanya tidak langsung)
Are you a singer? She asked if I was a singer.
Does she make soup? Ajiz asked if she made soup.
Have you washed that glass yet? He asked if I had washed that glass yet.
Catatan:
Tense dalam repoted speech dan question selalu satu tingkat lebih lampau dari kalimat pernyataan atau pertanyaan langsungnya.
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