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    Direct and Reported

    Speech
    Quarter 1 – Week 5
    English 7
    Divina Sison-Dalmacio
    Objectives

    • Identify the difference between direct and reported


    speech;
    • Use direct and reported speech appropriately; and
    • Understand and follow the rules in transforming direct
    speech to reported speech.
    LET’S HAVE A TALK
    (Conversation between a mother and a daughter)
    Mother: “I am tired because I cleaned the house”.
    Maria: “I am so sad to hear that Mother”.
    Mother: “Kindly cook for dinner.”
    Maria: “Yes mom. I will”.
    (Conversation of the daughter and the father)
    Maria: Dad, Mother said that she is tired because she cleaned the house.
    Father: “Is that so. We need to help her with the cooking”.
    Maria: She ordered me to cook for dinner.
    Let’s differentiate

    Direct Speech Reported Speech


    • Mother said, “I am tired because I • Mother said that she is tired
    cleaned the house”. because she cleaned the house.
    What’s the difference?

    Direct speech Indirect/Reported Speech


    • the message of the speaker is • a report on what someone else
    conveyed/quoted in his own actual said or wrote without using the
    words without any changes. exact words
    • It make use of quotation marks. • It doesn’t have quotation marks
    (“ ”)
    Parts of a Direct Speech
    The students said, “We want to have face to face classes”.

    Reporting clause Reported verb


    Reporting clause
    Reporting verb
    Basic rules in
    Changing Direct
    Speech(DS) to
    Reported Speech (RS)
    Basic rules in Changing Direct Speech(DS)
    to Reported Speech (RS)
    1. Changes in Person of Pronouns
    2. Changes in Verbs
    3. Other significant Word Changes
    Changes in Person of Pronouns
    • 1st person pronouns in reported clause are always changed according to the
    subject of the reporting clause.
    Examples:
    DS: Anna said, “I am happy.” RS: Anna said that she was happy.
    The people said, “We are happy”. The people said that they were
    happy.
    Changes in Person of Pronouns
    2nd person pronouns in reported clause are always changed according
    to the object of the reporting clause.
    Examples:
    DS: Joy said to Paul, “You passed the exam.”
    RS: Joy told Paul that he had passed the exam.

    DS: The teacher told the students, “ You got high grades”.
    RS: The teacher told the students that they got high grades.
    Changes in Person of Pronouns
    • 3rd Person pronouns in reported clause are not changed.
    Examples: DS: Joana said, “She looks sad.”
    RS: Joana said she looked sad.

    DS: John said, “They feel tired”.


    RS: John said that they feel tires.
    Changes in Verbs
    • If the reporting clause is in present tense or future tense, then no
    change is required to be made in the verb of reported clause.
    Example:
    DS: He says, “I am going to the library.”
    RS: He says that he is going to the library.
    Changes in Verbs
    • If the reporting verb is in past tense, then the reported verb will be changed depending on its tense.
    (said, told, asked, requested)
    A. Present simple Past simple

    Ex. The man said, “I use facemask”. The man said that he used
    facemask.
    B. Present Progressive Past Progressive

    Ex. She said, “The people are following the safety protocols”.
    She said that people were following the safety protocols.
    Changes in Verbs
    C. Present Perfect Past Perfect
    Ex. They said, “Students have studied well”.
    They said that they had studied well.

    D. Past Simple Past Perfect


    Ex. My friend said, “The teachers received vaccination”.
    My friend said that they had received vaccination.
    Changes in Verbs
    E. Past Progressive Past Perfect Progressive
    Ex. Maria said, “Teachers were preparing the modules of learners”.
    Maria said, “Teachers had been preparing the modules of learners”.

    F. Past Perfect Past Perfect


    Ex. The teachers reported, “The students had attended online classes”.
    The teachers reported that they had attended online classes”.
    Changes in MODAL Verbs
    Will ----- Would Can ----- Could
    May ----- Might Must ----- Must/Had to

    Example: DS: The teacher said, “I will upload video lessons”.


    RS: The teacher said that she would upload video lessons.
    Other significant WORD Changes
    DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

    now yesterday

    here there

    today that day

    tomorrow the next day

    yesterday the day before

    tonight that night

    this that

    these those
    Conversation of Interrogative and
    Imperative Direct Speech
    A. The reporting verb said or said to is changed to asked, demanded or
    inquired.

    B. For yes/no questions, if or whether is used in place of that.


    DS: Joseph said to Jana, “Will you attend online classes?”
    RS: Joseph asked Jana if she would attend online classes.
    Conversation of Interrogative and
    Imperative Direct Speech
    C. For WH questions, neither if is used nor any other word is added.
    DS: The mother said to the teacher , “When is World Teacher’s Day?”
    RS: The mother asked the teacher when was World Teacher’s Day?”

    D. For imperative (command), the reporting verb said or said to is


    changed to ordered or commanded.
    DS: My mother said to me, “Keep quiet.”
    RS: My mother ordered me to keep quiet.
    Conversation of Interrogative and
    Imperative Direct Speech
    E. For imperative (request), the reporting verb said or said to is changed
    to requested.
    DS: He said to me, “Please call me.”
    RS: He requested me to call him.
    Let’s Apply them all!!!
    1. Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life ”.
    RS: Jesus says that he is the way, the truth and the life ”.

    2. The teachers said to the students, “The school is closed tomorrow”.


    RS: The teachers said to the students that the school was closed the next
    day .
    Let’s Apply them all!!!
    3. The president said, “The government will buy vaccines next month”.
    RS: The president said that the government would buy vaccines next month”.

    4. My friend said to the teacher, “When will we go to school?”


    RS: My friend asked my teacher when would we go to school.
    THANK YOU FOR
    WATCHING!!!
    “Walk with the wise and become wise,
    Associate with the fools and get in trouble”
    --- Proverbs 14:20

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