DIRECT AND

INDIRECT SPEECH C

1. differentiate between direct and indirect speech as used in sentences;

2. recognize the changes in pronoun, verb and adverb of the direct speech to indirect
speech; and
3. identify the correct punctuation marks present in the direct and indirect speech.
 Who says it? -  Identify who said the following lines. Choose your answer in the box.

“Magic mirror on the wall,

Catriona Gray who is the fairest one of
all?”
Pres. Rodrigo
Duterte

Evil Queen

Gen. Douglas
MacArthur

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
 Who says it? -  Identify who said the following lines. Choose your answer in the box.

“He who does not love his

Catriona Gray own language is worse than
an animal and smelly fish.”
Pres. Rodrigo
Duterte

Evil Queen

Gen. Douglas
MacArthur

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
 Who says it? -  Identify who said the following lines. Choose your answer in the box.

“I work a lot in the sums of

Catriona Gray Tondo, Manila and the life
there is very poor and very
Pres. Rodrigo sad.”
Duterte

Evil Queen

Gen. Douglas
MacArthur

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
 Who says it? -  Identify who said the following lines. Choose your answer in the box.

“I will not allow the opening

Catriona Gray of classes. Unless I am sure
that they are really safe.”
Pres. Rodrigo
Duterte

Evil Queen

Gen. Douglas
MacArthur

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
 Who says it? -  Identify who said the following lines. Choose your answer in the box.

Catriona Gray “I came out of Bataan and I

shall return!”
Pres. Rodrigo
Duterte

Evil Queen

Gen. Douglas
MacArthur

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
 Read and observe the two sets of statements in the table.

SET A
“I am going to love myself,” he said.
“Supper is ready,” called Mother.
“We have four winners in Miss
Universe,” said Catriona.
SET B
He said that he was going to love
himself.
Mother called that supper was ready.
Catriona said that we have four
winners in Miss Universe.

Quotation Pronoun
That Verb
marks
Direct Speech – uses the EXACT words of
the speaker. These words are written within “I am going to love
quotation marks. myself,” he said.

SET A “Supper is
ready,”
“I am going to love called
myself,” he said. Mother.

“Supper is ready,” called

Mother.
“We have four winners in “We have four
Miss Universe,” said winners in
Miss
Catriona. Universe,”
said Catriona.
 He said that
Indirect Speech – REPORTS what the he was going
speaker has said by another person. to love
himself.
Mother called
SET B that supper
was ready. Catriona said
He said that he was going that we have
to love himself. four winners
in Miss
Mother called that supper Universe.

was ready.
Catriona said that we
have four winners in Miss
Universe.
How do we change the direct speech into indirect speech?

Step 1. Remove the quotation marks

“I am going to love myself,” he said.

I am going to love myself, he said.

How do we change the direct speech into indirect speech?

Step 2. Start your sentence with the introductory part.

“I am going to love myself,” he said.

He said, I am going to love myself.

How do we change the direct speech into indirect speech?
Step 3. Connect the introductory part to the speaker’s direct
speech by adding the word “THAT”

“I am going to love myself,” he said.

He said that I am going to love myself.

How do we change the direct speech into indirect speech?

Step 4. Change the tense of the verb and the pronoun.

Present
Progressive
“I am going to love myself,” he said.

Past He said that he was going to love

Progressive
himself.
How do we change the direct speech into indirect speech?
Step 5 (optional). If there is a specific time and place included in
the direct speech, change it.

“I am going to love myself starting

today,” he said.

He said that he was going to love

himself starting that day.
Identify the correct indirect speech of the given direct speeches.

Marie said, “I am very busy now.”

a. Marie said that I was very busy then.

b. Marie said that she was very busy now.

c. Marie said that she was very busy then.

Identify the correct indirect speech of the given direct speeches.

Pepito said, “I have done my assignment.”

a. Pepito said that he has done his assignment..

b. Pepito said that he did his assignment.

c. Pepito said that he had done his assignment..

 Let’s have a
Identify the following statements:

1. It uses the EXACT words of the speaker. DIRECT SPEECH

These words are written within quotation
marks. INDIRECT SPEECH

2. It REPORTS what the speaker has said by DIRECT SPEECH

another person. INDIRECT SPEECH

3. You are using this word to connect the HE SAID

introductory part to the speaker’s speech. THAT
 Let’s have a
Identify the following statements:

TENSE OF THE VERB

NOUN
4. These are the things that you need to
change in indirect speech. PRONOUN

TIME

PLACE

SPEAKER’S NAME
1.He said, “Mario is studying
abroad.”
2.Luis informed the police officer,
“There is an accident on the
Superhighway.”
3.“The experiments are easy to
perform,” the teacher told the