Direct and Indirect Speech

Pinokio

            Once upon a time there are a poor old wood carver named Gepeto. One day he was making a puppet from a tree branch, and Gepeto said,“you shall be my little boy and call you  Pinokio”. He worked very hard carving each detail. After he finished the puppet he was very shock because the puppet just talk to him, “you can talk?”, Gepeto surprised. Pinokio answered, “Of course I can silly. Just give me a mouth to talk with”. Gepeto was very happy, and he asked to himself if he has a normal life just like a normal boy.
            The next day Pinokio just have a normal life like a normal boy including school. On the way to school Pinokio  stoped to see a puppet show.
He said, “I can dance better than that”, quickly he climbed on to the stage, at first the puppet master didn’t like Pinokio but when he saw that the crowd love him, he just let Pinokio stay, at the end of the show, the puppet master gave Pinokio five copper coins and tell him to go straight home.
            On the way home Pinokio met a lame fox and a blind cat, knowing that Pinokio had money they pretend to be his friend, they trick Pinokio to put his money under a tree. They said, “do you want your money become gold?” And Pinokio was persuaded. After a while the fox and the cat that weren’t really lame and blind quickly snuck away and disguised themselves as thieves, when Pinokio start digging the money, they pounced on him. Then they ordered, “Give us the money!”. Just then Pinokio guardian the blue fairy sent her dog rufus to chase the fox and the cat, and then she take Pinokio back to her castle.
            The blue fairy said to Pinokio, “Why didn’t you go to school today?”. Pinokio answered, “I did”, just then his nose started to shot out like a tree branch, Pinokio was surprised and very sad. The fairy said that every time you tell a lie his nose will grow but if he tell the truth it will shrink, and she said that Pinokio will be a real boy if he learn how to be brave, generous, and honest. Then she told him to go home and not stop for any reason.
            Not very long before Pinokio met some boys, the boys said that he knows a place to have fun, so Pinokio followed the boys. The boy take Pinokio to a circuses but they doesn’t know that if you are bad you will be turned into donkeys and trained for the circuses.
            Not very long before they turned into donkeys, but because Pinokio was made from a tree branches he doesn’t changed completely, so the circus master throw him into the sea.

            After Pinokio swam for a long time a whale ate him, he was very scared, then he heard a voice from inside the whale stomach echoing it turn out that  the voice was from Gepeto. Gepeto was looking for Pinokio. Then Pinokio helped Gepeto to make a raft, when the raft was finished Pinokio tell a lie so that his nose will grow to tickle the whale, when the whale sneezes it blow them out of his stomach.
            Home at last Pinokio was very happy, and he remembered what the blue fairy had told him, the next  morning Pinokio came running down the steeps, jumping and wafing his arms. He ran to Gepeto and shouted, “look father, I’m a real boy!”

These are direct speech of the article above:

-          Direct speech in statement

1.      And Gepeto said, “you shall be my little boy and call you Pinokio”.

2.      Pinokio answered, “of course I can silly. Just give me a mouth to talk with”.

-          Direct speech in question

1.      The blue fairy said to Pinokio, “why didn’t you go to school today?”

2.      They said, “do you want your money become gold?”

-          Direct speech in imperative

1.      Then they ordered, “give us the money!”

2.      He ran to Gepeto and shouted, “look father, I’m a real boy!”

And these are indirect speech form of direct speech above:

-          Indirect speech in statement

1.      Gepeto said that he should be his litle boy and call him Pinokio.

2.      Pinokio answered that of course he could silly. Just gave him a mouth to talk with.

Explanation:

            The sentences above are changed from direct speech in statement above. Since both of direct speech are formed by present tense, both of indirect speech are changed into past tense. “Gepeto” and “Pinokio” as subject, and “said” and “answered” as verb.

-          Indirect speech in question

1.      The blue fairy asked why he has not gone to school.

2.      They wanted to know whether he wanted his money became gold.

Explanation:   

            The sentences above are changed from direct speech in question above. Since the first direct speech is formed by past tense, the indirect speech is changed into present perfect tense. And the second direct speech is formed by present tense, the indirect speech changed into past tense. “The blue fairy” and “They” as subject, and “asked” and “wanted” as verb.

-          Indirect speech in imperative

1.      Then they told that gave them the money.

2.      He ran to Gepeto and told that he was a real boy.

Explanation:

            The sentences above are changed from direct speech in imperative above. Since both of direct speech are formed by present tense, both of indirect speech are changed into past tense. “They” and “He” as subject, and both of “told” as verb.