DIRECT AND INDIRECT

NARRATION

Grade VI
 CONCEPTS WE WILL LEARN

What is direct and indirect speech?

Parts of Direct Speech

How to change factual statements to reported speech?

How to change present tense direct speech to reported speech?

How to change past tense direct speech to reported speech?

How to change imperative sentences to reported speech?

Changes required in commonly used words

 W H AT I S D I R E C T A N D I N D I R E C T
SPEECH?

Direct speech Indirect speech

The speaker’s actual words The speaker’s actual words are

reported by someone else
PARTS OF DIRECT SPEECH
Reporting
verb
The reported speech

The little girl said, “I want a candy”

The reporting speech

HOW TO CHANGE FACTUAL STATEMENTS TO
REPORTED SPEECH?

Light is faster than  The boy told his

sound friends that light is
faster than sound

 Statements that are

facts or true in many
cases do not need a
tense change
 NOW CHANGE THESE TO THE INDIRECT
SPEECH

The child said, “There are 4 seasons”

The child told that there are 4 seasons

The mother said, “Motherhood is a blessing

 The mother stated that motherhood is a blessing

The teacher exclaimed, “Hard work is necessary for success”

The teacher said that hard work is necessary for success

P R E S E N T T E N S E TO PA S T
TENSE
 LET’S DISCUSS
Change the following to indirect speech

My neighbour said, “It is a good day”

The teacher told the students, “There are many galaxies in the
universe.”
The next door lady says, “I am quite weak”

My father told me, “The car is going to the car-wash”

The actor announced, “I have left acting”

 ANSWERS

My neighbour said that it was a good day

The teacher told the students that there are many galaxies in the
universe
The next door lady says that she is too weak

My father told me that the car was going to the car wash

The actor announced that he had left acting

 past tense direct speech to reported

HOW TO C HANGE PA ST T E N SE D I R E C T S P E E C H T O R E PO RT E D SP E E C H ?
 LET’S DISCUSS

The little boy said, “I saw a plane”

My maid told me, “I was cleaning the kitchen”

The teacher said to the students, “I taught the chapter before”

My neighbour said, “We had gone for dinner to a new

restaurant.”
My father said to my brother, “We were planning a family
picnic”
 ANSWERS

The little boy said that he had seen a plane

My maid told me she had been cleaning the kitchen
The teacher told the students that she had taught the chapter before
My neighbour said that they had gone for dinner to a new restaurant
My father told my brother that they had been planning a family picnic
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C O M M O N LY U S E D W O R D S
 I hope your concept is
clear.
Good luck with the
worksheet.
-Ms Abeer Usmani
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