Direct and

Reported Speech
Quarter 1, Week 5
General Instructions
 Please MUTE your gadget.
 If called or if you want to say something, please raise your hand in the
Google Meet.
 Please speak politely.
 If you are using your parent’s account, please have a name tag so we can
call you by your name.
 If you have questions, please wait for your name to be called.
 If you want to say something, please use the CHAT BOX.
 Please speak ENGLISH as often as you can.
Objectives:

 Identify the difference between direct and reported speech;

 Use direct and reported speech appropriately;
 Understand and follow the rules in changing direct to indirect speech and
vice-versa.
Direct and Reported Speech
A. Joan said, “I will finish my assignments.”

B. Joan said that she would finish her

assignments.
Direct Speech

A. Joan said, “I will finish my assignments.”

Characteristics:
1. Reporting clause – Joan said
2. Reporting verb – said
3. Reported Clause – I will finish my assignments
4. Reported Verb – will finish
Reported Speech

B. Joan said that she would finish her assignments.

It is a report on what someone else said or

wrote without using that person's exact words.
Unlike direct speech, it doesn’t have quotation
marks.
A. Joan said, “I will finish my assignments.”

B. Joan said that she would finish her

assignments.
Transforming Direct
and Reported
Speech
Examples:

Direct: Odette said, “We have to go on mid lane.”

Reported: Odette said they had to go on mid lane”

Direct: Odette said, “We will go on mid lane.”

Reported: Odette said they would go on mid lane”
Examples:

Direct: Bruno announced, “The meeting already started”

Reported: Bruno announced that the meeting already had

started.
Questions?
Exercises
Transform the following sentences to reported speech.

1. My brother said, “I love to sing.”

2. The teacher said to her, “Will you join the
contest?”
3. They said, “We are veterans.”
Transform the following sentences to reported speech.

1. My brother said, “I love to sing.”

Answer: My brother said, that he loves to sing.”

Transform the following sentences to reported speech.

The teacher said to her, “Will you join the contest?”

Answer: The teacher asked her if she would join the

contest.
Transform the following sentences to reported speech.

They said, “We are veterans.”

Answer: They said that they were veterans.

Performance Task:
Thank you
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