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English
Quarter 1 - Module 5
DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH

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English - Grade 7
Quarter 1 - Module 5: Direct and Reported Speech

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DAY 1
Pretest
General Directions: Read each item carefully and write only the letter of your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

For items number 1-5, choose the correct reported speech.

1. Jane said, “It is my car.”
A. Jane said that it is my car. C. Jane said that it was my car.
B. Jane said that it is her car. D. Jane said that it was her car.
2. Jim said, “I work hard to live.”
A. Jim said he work hard to live. C. Jim said he works hard to live.
B. Jim said he worked hard to live. D. Jim said he has worked hard to live.
3. Norma said, “I have finished my homework.”
A. Norma said that she had finished her homework.
B. Norma said that she had finished my homework.
C. Norma said that she has finished her homework.
D. Norma said that she has finished my homework.
4. She said, “I can sleep alone.”
A. She said that she slept alone. C. She said that she could sleep alone.
B. She said that she can sleep alone. D. She said that she could slept alone.
5. The teacher explains, “Days are longer and nights are shorter in summer.”
A. The teacher explains that days are longer and nights are shorter in summer.
B. The teacher explains that days were longer and nights are shorter in summer.
C. The teacher explained that days longer and nights are shorter in summer.
D. The teacher explains that days was longer and nights was shorter in summer.

For items number 6-8, spot the error in the following reported speeches.
6. Direct: She says, “I am a little bit nervous.”
Reported Speech: She says that she was a little bit nervous. NO ERROR.
A B C D
7. Direct: She said, “I write a letter to my friend in Baguio.”
Reported: She said that she wrote a letter to her friend in Baguio. NO ERROR.
A B C D
8. Direct: They said, “We have taken a day off from our work.”
Reported: They said that they took a day off from work. NO ERROR.
A B C D

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 For items number 9-15, select the correct form of verb and pronoun to make the
reported speech correct.
9. Peter said, “John can successfully do the task.
Peter said that John _________ successfully do the task.
A. could have B. could C. cannot D. could not
10-11. Andrea declared, “The new manager amazes me.”
Andrea declared that the new manager (10)_________ (11) __________
A. amazed B. amazes C. has amaze D. will amaze
A. her B. hers C. their D. them
12-13. Experts say, “The corona virus affects us in different ways.”
Experts say that the corona virus (12) _______ (13) ________ in different ways.
A. affects B. affected C. is affecting D. will affect
A. we B. them C. their D. our
14-15. Julia said, “ I started working at an early age.”
Julia said that (14.) ____________ ____________ at an early age.
A. he B. she C. they D. us
A. had started B. has started C. start D. will start

Day 2

Lesson 1 HUNGER IN BAROK

What I Need to Know

After going the process of discovery with the learning tasks, you are expected to:
1. determine the meaning of the unfamiliar words from the text;
2. note important details in the given text; and
3. infer the underlying idea or message of a text.

What’s In
Say It with Pictures

1. What comes to mind upon seeing these pictures?

2. What social status is shown in the pictures?

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 What’s New
The story you are going to read shows a problem in our society. Try to find out
what it is.
Unlocking difficult words
Directions: Form words out from the jumbled letters to reveal the words that
are found in the selection.

1. V A C N A -_____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Measure for rice equivalent to 98 liters
2. G L E B R U M - _____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _____ ______
To murmur in discontent, to complain in low indistinct voice `
3. N A N T E T - _____ _______ _______ ______ _______ ________
A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord
4. C E N E D V I R O P - ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____ ____
Used as a title of God
5. L A S M O S E S - ____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ _____
By product of sugar making process usually comes from sugar cane or sugar beets
6. N E L D- ___ ____ ____ ____
To make a loan

Hunger in Barok
(an excerpt)
By: N.V.M. Gonzales
Pare Crispin looked sideways in the direction of the horse Potro, enjoying his feed.
Almost shyly, like a young girl, he said: “Aye, it’s about some rice.”
“But I’ve just given you some loan,” said Mang Cesar.
“I’ve my children and my wife. You know how it is”, said Pare Crispin.
Mang Cesar shook his head, grumbled a little and began slapping the side of his
pants with his leather horsewhip. Payments were hard to collect; usually he had to send
out somebody with a carabao and a cart to get his due. And Mang Cesar did not have
much rice to give. He had sold all his palay except several cavanes for his own household
supply and during the rest of the year. And Potro, and yes, three other horses, needed
rice-husks for feed every day.
“Your sweet potato patch did not yield this year?” he asked Pare Crispin.
The tenant looked up at Mang Cesar, gaped and then said: “For three weeks now
we’ve eaten nothing but sweet potatoes. Providence wills it, so perhaps.”
“I’m afraid,” said Mang Cesar slowly, “I can’t let you have any.”
“I’ll pay you double next harvest” offered Pare Crispin.
“That’s a long time off, and besides I’ve no rice to give to men like you.”
“Aye, its’ really hard with men like us,” agreed Pare Crispin.
Potro had emptied his pail of rice-husks and molasses and now kicked it away.
The horse attracted Pare Crispin’s attention once more and as if speaking to himself he
repeated: “It’s really hard with us…If only the rain comes.”

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 As though he had not heard, Mang Cesar turned to his horse. Leaving the pail
where it lay overturned on the dry dusty ground, he tied the horse to a coconut tree
nearby, pulled off the wet sack that covered the animal’s back, and with this gently
rubbed his flanks. Addressing Pare Crispin, he said: “I’ve nothing to lend any one any
more, I’m afraid.”
Process Questions:
1. What was the economic condition of Pare Crispin?
____________________________________________________________________________
2. What did Pare Crispin want from Mang Cesar?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Do you know of people like Mang Cesar in your community?
____________________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do
Directions: Describe the characters using the Venn Diagram.

Mang Pare
Cesar Crispin

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write the significant lessons you learned from the selection.

The lesson I have learned from the selection is

________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.

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DAY 3
Direct and Reported Speech
Lesson 2
(Changes in Verbs)

What I Need to Know

After going the process of discovery with the learning tasks, you are expected to:
1. identify the parts of a direct speech;
2. use the correct tense of the verb in the reported speech, and
3. transform direct speech to reported speech, and

What’s In

Abraham Hicks

If you are to relay this statement to someone, how will you do it?

The quotation in the frame is a direct quotation or direct speech. When a person
tells a statement to someone who did not hear the statement, the statement he/she gives
is called a reported speech.

What’s New
A direct speech is a sentence that gives a statement or thought in its original
form according to how the original speaker said it. The direct speech contains two
parts: the introductory and the quoted.
Example: Pare Crispin said, “He planted rice in our land”.

Introductory part Quoted part

A reported speech is a sentence that expresses the content of a statement

without quoting just like what is done in direct speech. The quotation marks are
omitted in the reported speech. The word “that” is added in the reported speech;
however, it is also correct without it.
Example: Pare Crispin said that he had planted rice in their land.
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 Pare Crispin said he had planted rice in their field. (no “that”)

General rules for changing direct speech into reported speech

To change a direct speech to a reported speech and vice versa, you need to take
note of the following important details:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

1. Both verbs are present. 1. No change in the verb tenses.
Ex. Mario says, “ Anna studies in the Mario says that Anna studies in the city.
city.”
2. Introductory verb is past while the 2. Only the tense of the quoted verb is
quoted verb is present. changed to the past.
Mario said, “ Anna studies in the city.” Mario said Anna studied in the city.
3. Both verbs are in the past tense. 3. The tense of the quoted verb is
Mario said, “ Anna studied in the city.” changed to past perfect tense.
Mario said Anna had studied in the city.
4.The introductory verb is in the past 4. The tense of the quoted verb is
while the quoted verb is future. changed to past tense.
Mario said, “Anna will study in the city.” Mario said that Anna would study in the
city.
4. The introductory verb is in the past, 4. The quoted verb is changed to past
while the quoted is in the present perfect tense.
perfect. Mario said Anna had studied in the city.
Mario said, “ Anna has studied in the
city.”
5. The introductory verb is in the past 5. The tense of the quoted verb
while the quoted verb is in the past remains.
perfect tense. Mario said Anna had studied in the city.
Mario said, “Anna had studied in the
city.”
6. General truth 6. No change in the quoted verb since
Example: The lecturer said, “Water it is a general truth.
evaporates and condenses back to earth The lecturer said that water evaporates
as rain.” and condenses back to earth as rain.

What I Can Do

A. Choose the correct tense of the verb to make the reported speech correct.
1. The woman said, “I like singing.”
The woman said that she (likes, liked, had liked) singing.
2. Mario said, “I met Jose at the park.”
Mario said that he ( meets, met, had met) Jose at the park.
3. Marlyn said, “ I have seen the movie.”
Marlyn said she (sees, saw, had seen) the movie.

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 B. Transform the direct speech to reported and label the parts of the reported
speech.
1. The teacher said, “Gregorio submitted the project on time.”
________________________________________________________
2. The author says, “Life is full of ups and downs.”
________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the statement to summarize your learning of this lesson.

Direct speech is _________________________________________________, while a

reported speech refers to _______________________________________________________.

DAY 4
Direct and Reported Speech
L2
( Changes in Pronouns)

What I Need to Know

After going the process of discovery with the learning tasks, you are expected to:

1. determine the changes of the pronouns in changing direct speech to

reported; and
2. transform direct speech to reported observing the changes in the pronouns.

What’s In
If yesterday’s lesson would be a memory, what important ideas would you like to
recall? Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

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 What’s New
In changing direct speech to reported, we also have to take note of the changes
in pronouns.
Study the table below.
Direct Speech Reported Direct Reported Speech
Speech Speech
I He, She Me Him, Her
We They Us Them
You He, She, Them You Him, Her, Them
My His, Her Mine His, Her
Our Their Ours Theirs
Your His, Her, Their Yours His, Hers, Theirs

Examples:
Direct Speech
1.Pare Crispin said, “I am thinking of
going back to my old trade”.
2. The speaker said, “Good governance
is my legacy to you.”
3. Father announced, “ I will buy a car.”
4. The people declared, “Our rights
should be respected.”
5. Miss Santos said, “Ours is a peaceful
place.”
Reported Speech
Pare Crispin said that he was thinking of going
back to his old trade.
The speaker said that good governance was his
legacy to them.
Father announced that he would buy a car.
The people declared that their rights should be
respected.
Miss Santos said that theirs was a peaceful
place.

What I Can Do
A. Choose the correct pronoun to be used in the reported speech.
1. Manuel said, “I expect more from the President’s SONA.
Manuel said that ________expected more from the President’s SONA.
( my, she , he, you)
2. The awardee declared, “ Most parents are proud of us.”
The awardee declared that most parents were proud of _____.
( our, their, we, them )
3. “We enjoyed the show”, the children remarked.
The children remarked that _____ had enjoyed the show.
( we, us, them, they )

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 4. The son said, “I like to eat rice every morning.”
The son said that ____ liked to eat rice every morning.
( she, they, his, he )
5. “ The new project is mine”, Carol said.
Carol said that the new project was ______.
( her, she, hers, our )
B. Transform these sentences below to reported speech.

a. The author says, “The pandemic brings out the best in us.”
__________________________________________________________________

b. “Supermarkets in our city are full of shoppers”, mother observed.

__________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write the significant lessons you learned from the topic.

The lessons I have learned from the topic direct and reported speech is ____
_________________________________________________________________________________

What’s More
Directions: Transform each of the following direct speech to reported speech.

1. The children said, “We love the show.”

2. The man said, “It rained when I lost my cat.”
3. “I like waking up to the sounds of the birds,” said Mrs. Santos.
4. “I lost my ring in the garden,” said the woman.
5. Dave says, “On Saturdays, I go fishing with the whole family.”

Post test
Directions: Read each item carefully and write only the letter of your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

For items number 1-6, choose the correct reported speech.

1. She said, “My sister is getting married too.”

A. She said that her sister was getting married too.
B. She said that her sister got married too.
C. She said, my sister is getting married too.
D. She said that my sister was getting married too.

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2. Jim said, “I work at the café 24/7.”
A. Jim said that he worked at the café 24/7.
B. Jim said that he works at the café 24/7.
C. Jim said that he had worked at the café 24/7.
D. Jim said that he was working at the café 24/7.
3. Teresa reported, “Some men stole two sacks of rice.”
A. Teresa reported that some men were stealing two sacks of rice.
B. Teresa reported that some men had stolen two sacks of rice.
C. Teresa reported that some men has stolen two sacks of rice.
D. Teresa reported that some men are stealing two sacks of rice.
4. “I don’t want to see that dog again in the house,” she said coldly.
A. She said coldly that I don’t want to see that dog again in the house.
B. She said coldly that I didn’t want to see that dog again in the house.
C. She said coldly that she didn’t want to see that dog again in the house.
D. She said coldly that she doesn’t want to see that dog again in the house.
5. Father remarked, “He will make a good pointer.”
A. Father remarked that he would make a good pointer.
B. Father remarked that he makes a good pointer.
C. Father remarked that he is making a good pointer.
D. Father remarked that he made a good pointer.
6. “I found the centipede under the stack of firewood,” Berto said happily.
A. Berto said happily that he found the centipede under the stack of firewood.
B. Berto said happily that I found the centipede under the stack of firewood.
C. Berto said happily that he had found the centipede under the stack of
firewood.
D. Berto said happily that he would find the centipede under the stack of
firewood.
For items number 7- 9, identify the correct verb to be used.
7. “I will buy a new dress for Miriam”, Mother said.
Mother said that she _________ a new dress for Miriam.
A. buys B. bought C. would buy D. has bought
8. He said, “The centipede nearly frightened me to death.”
He said that the centipede ____nearly______ him to death.
A. would- frighten B. had - frightened C. is- frightens D. has- frightened
9. “I found your wallet under the bed”, Peter said.
Peter said that he _______ the wallet under the bed.
A. had found B. has found C. found D. would find

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10. Jose remarks, “The project is one of a kind.”
A. Jose remarked that the project is one of a kind.
B. Jose remarked that the project has been one of a kind.
C. Jose remarked that the project will be one of a kind.
D. Jose remarks that the project is one of a kind
11. An author writes, “Deep faith eliminates fear.”
A. An author writes that deep faith eliminated fear.
B. An author wrote that deep faith eliminated fear.
C. An author writes that deep faith eliminates fear.
D. An author writes that deep faith will eliminate fear.

For items number 12-15, select the correct pronoun and verb form in the reported speech.
12. “Mother wants the best for me”, Patricia said.
Patricia said that mother ______ the best for _____.
A. wants- mine B. wanted - her C. had wanted- us D. is wanting- me
13. “We put up the best to achieve great things,” Carlo declared.
Carlo declared that _____ _______ the best to achieve great things.
A. she – puts up B. we- put up C. they – put up D. he – put up.
14. Lina said “Siblings and friends are around to help us in times of hardships.”
Lina said that siblings and friends ________ around to help _____ in times of
hardships.
A. were- them B. had been- us C. are – me D. is – her
15. Dr. James said, “I will give the patient antibiotics to stop the spread of bacteria
in the body.
Dr. James said that _____ ________ the patient antibiotics to stop the spread of
bacteria in the body.
A. I-give B. he-gives C. he- would give D. we- will give

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 References:
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DepEd-Bureau of Learning Resources, 2017. (359-366)
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Answer Key

Day 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

WHAT’S IN WHAT I CAN DO WHAT I CAN DO

1. CAVAN 1. like A1. he
2. GRUMBLE 2. had met 2. them
3. TENANT 3. had seen 3. they
4. PROVIDENCE B. 4. he
5. MOLASSES 1. The teacher said 5. hers
6.LEND that Gregorio B.
submitted his 1. The author says
PROCESS
outputs on time. that the pandemic
QUESTIONS
2. The author says brings out the best
Answers may vary
that life is full of ups in them.
WHAT I CAN DO and down. 2. Mother observed
Answers may vary WHAT I HAVE that the
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED supermarkets in
LEARNED Answers may vary their city were full of
Answers may vary shoppers.

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