Pada direct speech menggunakan tanda kutip dua sedangkan indirect speech tidak. Jadi tanda kutip duanya harus dihilangkan. Pada indirect speech ditambahkan kata penghubung 'that', namun kata 'that ini tidak harus ada.
Dalam mengubah direct menjadi indirect ada beberapa yang di ubah, yaitu :
1. Perubahan Tenses
DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
V1
|
V2
|
V2
|
Had V3
|
Is/am
|
Was
|
Are
|
Were
|
Have/has
|
Had
|
Do/does
|
Did
|
Did
|
Had V3
|
Can
|
Could
|
May
|
Might
|
Must
|
Had to
|
Shall
|
Should
|
Will
|
Would
|
Ought to
Could
Might
V1 / be
Should
Would
|
Ought to
Could
Might
V3/been
Would
|
Was / were
|
Had been
|
Need not
|
Did not have to
|
Direct
|
Indirect
|
I
We
|
She / he
They
|
3. Perubahan Waktu / kata Keterangan
DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Now
|
Then
|
Today
|
That day
|
Tomorrow
|
The next day,
The day after,
The following day
|
Next week
|
The following week
|
Yesterday
|
The day before
|
Last night
|
The night before
|
Last week
|
The week before
|
4. Perubahan Demonstrative Pronouns
DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
This
|
That
|
These
|
Those
|
5. Perubahan Possesive Pronouns
DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
My
|
Her/his
|
Our
|
Their
|
Sumber : Ikhsan Haryono /GAMA '83
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