DIRECT and INDIRECT SPEECH

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Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo, “Do you really want a child?” The sentence above can be changed into indirect speech ….

• Buto ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wants a child.
• Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo that she really wants a child.
• Buto Ijo told mbok Rondo that she really wanted a child.
• Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child.
• Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if he really wanted a child.

The giant said, “You have to take care of the child and feed her well. When she is 6 years old, I will come back for her.” We can say the sentence indirectly ….

• The giant said that you have to take care of the child and feed her well. When she was 6 years old, he would come back for her.
• The giant said that he have to take care of the child and feed her well. When she was 6 years old, he would come back for her.
• The giant said that you had to take care of the child and feed her well. When she was 6 years old, he would come back for her.
• The giant said that she has to take care of the child and feed her well. When she was 6 years old, he would come back for her.
• The giant said that she had to take care of the child and feed her well. When she was 6 years old, he would come back for her.

Mbok Rondo told the giant that Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat yet and asked him to come back in 2 years. The direct speech of the sentence is ….

• Mbok Rondo told the giant, “Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat, you come here next 2 years.”
• Mbok Rondo told the giant, “Timun Mas is too small and skinny to eat, you come here next 2 years.”
• Mbok Rondo told the giant, “Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat, you came here next 2 years.”
• Mbok Rondo told the giant, “Timun Mas is too small and skinny to eat, you coming here next 2 years.”
• Mbok Rondo told the giant, “Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat, you coming here next 2 years.”

So she told the giant that Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat yet and asked him to come back in 2 years. From the sentence we can conclude that ….

• Timun Mas was eatable for the giant.
• Timun Mas was too old to be consumed by the giant.
• Timun Mas would come in the next 2 years to the giant.
• It was not the right time for giant to take care Timun Mas.
• It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo.

Timun Mas went to find the hermit. After climbing the mountain for many days, she finally met him. He was an old man with white hair and a white robe. He told her that if the giant came back, she should run away as fast as she can. “The giant’s steps are too big, I’ll be caught easily,” Timun Mas said, feeling worried. “Don’t worry,” the hermit told her. “Take these four small packets and throw one at a time when you’re running away.” The true statement among these options about the story is ….

• A hermit is someone whose profession is climbing mountain.
• The hermit advised Timun Mas to escaped from him.
• Timun Mas was afraid of being caught because her steps were big.
• According to Timun Mas the giant would be able to catch her easily.
• Timun Mas had to keep the packets while she was running away.

The reported speech we can take from the story is ….

• The mother told Malin Kundang that his son was well dressed.
• The crews asked Malin Kundang to deny the old woman.
• Malin Kundang said to the old woman that he had never had a mother like her.
• Malin Kundang asked his crews whether the woman was dirty and ugly.
• Malin Kundang asked his crews if the woman had been ugly and dirty.

1. The paragraph tells us that ….

• The mother came to the harbour and was welcomed by her son.
• The mother wailed many times to get attention from her son.
• The son of the old woman was polite to her.
• At last, the son ordered the crews to ask the woman to board to the ship.
• The old woman was very glad to be accepted by her son.