DIRECT-INDIRECT

Direct-Indirect

  

Kalimat perintah

command (perintah), misalnya ordered, commanded, dsb yang berarti menyuruh, memerintahkan.

precept (petunjuk, bimbingan, didikan), misalnya advised yang berarti menasehati.

request (permohonan), misalnya asked yang berarti meminta, memohon.

entreaty (permohonan yang sangat mendesak), misalnya begged yang berarti meminta, memohon.

prohibition (larangan), misalnya forbade yang berarti melarang.

a) Command :

                                Direct: He said to his servant, “Go away at once!”

                                Indirect:He ordered his servant to go away at once

b) Precept :

                                Direct: She said to her son, “Study hard!”

                                Indirect: He advised her son to study hard 

c) Request :

                                Direct: He said to his friend, “Please lend me your pen!”

                                Indirect: He asked his friend to be kind enough to lend him his pencil

d) Entreaty :

                                Direct: He said to his master, “Pardon me, sir”

                                Indirect: He begged his master to pardon him.

e) Prohibition :

                                Direct: She said to her daughter, “Don’t go there”

                                Indirect: She forbade her daughter to go there.