San Miguel 1 District

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

SHEET
ENGLISH 7 – 1st Quarter – Week 4
Name: ____________________ Grade/Section: _________ Parent’s Signature: _________
Competency:
Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-IIa-1)
Objective: At the end of the week, you shall have:
A. Determine direct and reported speech correctly,
B. Show appreciation of positive traits and values of Filipinos using direct or reported speech.
C. Construct sentences using direct and reported speech.

Instruction: READ the Enclosure to understand the lesson and WRITE your answer in this sheet.

Remember these:
Every time, you have conversations that require you to restate what another person says,
asks, commands, or requests you need to follow some rules. With this, it is necessary that you
have to enhance your skills in reporting statements, questions, and requests or commands.

Direct speech repeats or quotes, the exact words spoken or the actual statement of the
speaker. When we use the direct speech in writing, we enclose the words spoken with quotation
marks (“ “).
Examples:
1. Mother says,” We are facing a financial crisis nowadays”.
2. The teachers suggested,” Despite of the pandemic crisis, students must
continue their studies”.

Reported or indirect speech is derived from a sentence consisting of two parts: the explanatory
part and the quoted part. The explanatory part explains or tells who says, asks, commands, or
requests while the exact words of the speaker is the quoted part. Inverted commas are not used.

Examples:
1. Mother says that we are facing financial crisis nowadays.
2. The teachers suggested that despite of the pandemic crisis, students must
continue their studies.

When changing direct statement to reported statement the following should be observed:

1. When the quoted part is declarative, it is transformed into a “that clause.”

Example:
My father says,” We are facing a global pandemic this year.”
Reported:
My father says that we are facing a global pandemic this year.

2. When the quoted part is interrogative, it is transformed according to the following:

a. A “yes” or “no” question in the quoted part, is transformed into an “ if – clause” or “
whether clause”.
Example:
Anjela asks,” Is Covid -19 dangerous?”
Reported:
Anjela asks if Covid – 19 is dangerous.
Anjela asks whether Covid – 19 is dangerous or not.

3. In the quoted part the verb should be consistent in tense with the verb in the
introductory part.
- A present tense of verb in the introductory part calls for a present tense verb
in the quoted part.
Example:
Lito remarks, “I like folk dances.”
Reported:
Lito remarks that he likes folk dances.

- A present tense in the introductory part and a present perfect tense in the
quoted part retains the present tense in the reported speech.

Example:
Teacher Mae suggests, “We have worked hard to finish the exemplar.”
Reported:
Teacher Mae suggests that they have worked hard to finish the exemplar.
- A past tense in the introductory part and a present tense in the quoted part
need a change from the present tense in the quoted part to past tense.

Example:
Teacher Mira explained, “Crafting an exemplar is not easy.”
Reported: Teacher Mira explained that crafting an exemplar was not easy.
- For the past tense in the introductory part and a future tense in the quoted
part , change the helping verb will and shall into would and should respectively.

Example:
JP said,” I will prefer modular learning modality this opening of classes.”
Reported: JP said that he would prefer modular learning modality this opening of classes.

4. In the quoted part the verb remains present even if the verb in the introductory part is
past tense when the quoted part says or asks for a fact or truth.

Example:
Teacher Sherry said, “There is no face to face learning modality unless there is a
vaccine.
Reported: Teacher Sherry said that there is no face to face learning modality unless there is a
vaccine.
If the quoted part is an imperative sentence, it is changed into an infinitive phrase to
make a reported declarative sentence.

Example:
Our English teacher told us,” Make a creative portfolio in the English module.”
Reported: Our English teacher told us to make a creative portfolio in the English module.
 5. The pronouns in the quoted part are replaced accordingly:
- You with I or we if it is used as a subject.
Example:

My adviser asks, “What kind of learning modality do you prefer this school year?”
Reported: The adviser asks what kind of learning modality I prefer this school year.
- You with me or us if it used as an object.

Example:
Mer asks, “What inspires you in your studies?”
Reported: Mer asks what inspires me in my studies. - Me with
her or him

Example:
My mother asks, “Why you have abandoned me?”
Reported: My mother asks why I have abandoned

GRADE 7 - SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

LOOK OUT: Choose the correct word from the given choices to fit the given meaning. Write the
letter of your answer on the answer sheet provided.
________1. Is a sentence that gives a statement in its original form according to how the original
speaker said it.
a. reported speech c. welcome speech
b. direct speech d. closing speech

________2. Is a sentence that expresses the content of a statement without quoting just like what
is done in direct speech.
a. direct speech c. reported speech
b. closing speech d. closing speech

________3. Is considered useful and important.

a. values c. characters
b. traits d. standards

________4. Is a quality that makes one person or thing different.

a. standards c. values
b. characters d. traits

________5. Is a speaker expression idea, opinions etc.

a. oration c. speech
b. declaration d. poem

Activity 2
IDENTIFY: Tell whether the statement is a direct speech or reported speech. Write your answer
on the answer sheet provided.
1. Roman said, “Many people lost their jobs due to pandemic.”
2. The Department of Health convinced that the wearing of face masks nowadays is a must.
3. “Pandemic crisis caused unemployment”, Cris remarked.
4. “We should stay at home to be safe, “said Amarah.
5. The President sighted that everybody must cooperate to fight Covid- 19.

Activity 3

FILL IN: Each of the direct statements below is followed by a corresponding reported
statement. Complete the reported statement by filling in the blank with the correct form of the
verb. Write your answer on the sheet provided.

1. Mae said,” I walked along the corridor of my aunt’s house .”

Mae said that she ______ along the corridor of her aunt’s house.

2. Mother says,” Laura cooked delicious food.”

Mother says that Laura __________ delicious food.

3. Shanta commented,” I watched the play of my niece.

Shanta commented that she ______ the play of her niece.

4. Georgia announced, “Joy loved to dance in the garden”.

Georgia announced that Joy _______ to dance in the garden.

5 Kazzie remarked,” Flowers bloom in the morning.”

Kazzie remarked that flowers ______ in the morning.

Answers Key

Activity 1 Activity 2
1. Direct Speech
1. B
2. C 2. Reported Speech
3. A 3. Direct Speech
4. D 4. Direct Speech
5. C
5. Reported Speech
Activity 4:

Transform direct statements into reported speech based on the dialog. Write your answer on the
answer sheet provided.

1. Student A: “Filipinos are popular for being hospitable, “the teacher said.
Student B: ___________________________________________________________.

2. Student A: “Filipino values were inculcated in the minds of the young ones,” professor stated.
Students B: __________________________________________________________.

3. Student A: Jose Rizal said, “Youth is the hope of the fatherland.”

Student B: ___________________________________________________________.

4. Student A: “ Bayanihan and cooperation are considered good Filipino traits,” expressed Mrs.
Vargas.
 Student B: ____________________________________________________________.

5. Student A: The chairperson reiterated, “All cooperative employees participated in the coastal
cleaning
Student B: ____________________________________________________________.

6. Student A: The National Youth Commission remarks, “Youth is the backbone of our country.”
Student B: ___________________________________________________________

7. Student A: The priest asks, “Is honesty still evident nowadays?”

Student B: ___________________________________________________________.

8. Student A: The frontliner explained, “Awareness of the Covid -19 is the key to fight this pandemic.”
Student B: _____________________________________________________________

9. Student A : “The nurse told us," Obey the health protocols issued in your community.”
Student B:_______________________________________________________________

10. Student A: WHO said, “Corona Virus – 19 causes pandemic in the whole world.”
Student B: ____________________________________________________________

11.Student A: Mayumi asks, “ What Filipino traits do you love most?”

Student B: _______________________________________________________

12. Student A: Luwalhati says, “ I am proud of the strong family ties in our country”.
Student B: ________________________________________________________

13. Student A: My mother said, “ Pray to our God without ceasing.”

Student B: ________________________________________________________

14. Student A: Pedro asks, “ Why have you neglected me?”

Student B:________________________________________________________

15. Student A: The teacher explains,” We have to be firmed and strong in all the trials in life”.
Student B: ________________________________________________________

Reference:

Grade 7 English PPE

https://www.studyandexam.com/direct-indirect-speech.html
Gorgon, Eugenia et.al. English Expressways . © 2007 SD Publicatios ,Inc. III,pp. 211-214.

Prepared:

REYNOLD MANONGAS LAURON/09091769698

Sub - English Teacher/SMNHS