Nama: Michael Yonathan Sitompul NIM: 210802122
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Nurlela M.Hum Intermediate English Grammar Direct to Indirect Speech
1. Direct: "I’m the king of the world!"
Indirect: He shouted that he was the king of the world.
(Titanic, 1997)
2. Direct: "We accept the love we think we deserve."
Indirect: He said that we accept the love we think we deserve.
(The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
3. Direct: "I volunteer as tribute!"
Indirect: She shouted that she volunteered as tribute.
(The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins)
4. Direct: "I’ll be back."
Indirect: He said that he would be back.
(The Terminator, 1984)
5. Direct: "It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this."
Indirect: He warned that it was dangerous to go alone and told him to take that.
(The Legend of Zelda, 1986)
6. Direct: "You can’t handle the truth!"
Indirect: He exclaimed that he couldn’t handle the truth.
(A Few Good Men, 1992)
7. Direct: "We’re not in Kansas anymore."
Indirect: She said that they were not in Kansas anymore.
(The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
8. Direct: "I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is."
Indirect: He said that he wasn’t a smart man, but he knew what love was.
(Forrest Gump, 1994)
9. Direct: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Indirect: He claimed that all animals were equal, but some were more equal than others.
(Animal Farm, George Orwell)
10. Direct: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Indirect: He wrote that it had been the best of times and the worst of times.
(A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens)
11. Direct: "To infinity and beyond!"
Indirect: He declared that he would go to infinity and beyond.
(Toy Story, 1995)
12. Direct: "I think, therefore I am."
Indirect: He said that he thought, therefore he was.
(René Descartes, Discourse on the Method)
13. Direct: "Houston, we have a problem."
Indirect: They said that they had a problem.
(Apollo 13, 1995)
14. Direct: "Here’s looking at you, kid."
Indirect: He said that he was looking at her.
(Casablanca, 1942)
15. Direct: "Why so serious?"
Indirect: He asked why he was so serious.
(The Dark Knight, 2008)
16. Direct: "Tomorrow is another day."
Indirect: She said that the next day was another day.
(Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell)
17. Direct: "Winter is coming."
Indirect: He warned that winter was coming.
(Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin)
18. Direct: "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Indirect: He said that he wished he knew how to quit him.
(Brokeback Mountain, 2005)
19. Direct: "You talking to me?"
Indirect: He asked if he was talking to him.
(Taxi Driver, 1976)
20. Direct: "Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something."
Indirect: He advised not to ever let somebody tell him he couldn’t do something.
(The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006)
21. Direct: "I’m having an old friend for dinner."
Indirect: He said that he was having an old friend for dinner.
(The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
22. Direct: "May the Force be with you."
Indirect: He wished that the Force would be with them.
(Star Wars, 1977)
23. Direct: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Indirect: He advised to keep their friends close, but their enemies closer.
(The Godfather Part II, 1974)
24. Direct: "You shall not pass!"
Indirect: He shouted that they should not pass.
(The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001)
25. Direct: "After all this time?"
Indirect: She asked if it had been after all that time.
(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling)
26. Direct: "I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of not trying."
Indirect: He said that he was not afraid of death but of not trying.
(Jay Z, Decoded)
27. Direct: "Books are a uniquely portable magic."
Indirect: He said that books were a uniquely portable magic.
(Stephen King, On Writing)
28. Direct: "You have no idea what I’m capable of."
Indirect: She said that he had no idea what she was capable of.
(Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn)
29. Direct: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Indirect: He said that life moved pretty fast and if you didn’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
(Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986)
30. Direct: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
Indirect: He said that he was going to make him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
(The Godfather, 1972)
