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1. Ma’am Maj said, “You
should do the switch it
up challenge.”
2. Ma’am Maj said that we
should do the switch it
up challenge.
“Based on the sentences posted
on the board, which one do you
think is a Direct Speech and
which is an Indirect Speech?”
1. Ma’am Maj said, “You
should do the switch it
up challenge.” DIRECT
2. Ma’am Maj said that we
should do the switch it
up challenge.
INDIRECT
Which is Direct? Which
“How would you differentiate a Direct Speech from an Indirect Speech?”
 
 DIRECT SPEECH
- We may quote the actual
words of the speaker.
- It can also be called
Quoted Speech.
- Uses inverted commas.
 INDIRECT SPEECH
• We may report what the
speaker said without quoting
his exact words.
• This method is called Indirect
Speech or Reported Speech.
 In changing direct to
indirect speech, certain
changes need to be
made.
 THE TENSE OF THE
VERB CHANGES.
DIRECT SPEECH
Present Simple
She said, “It is cold.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Simple
She said that it was cold.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Present Continuous
She said, “I am teaching English
online.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Continuous
She said that she was teaching English
online.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Present Perfect Simple
She said, “I have lived in Pampanga
since 2002.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect Simple
She said that she had lived in
Pampanga since 2002.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Present Perfect Continuous
She said, “I have been teaching
English for seven years.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect Continuous
She said that she had been teaching
English for seven years.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Past Simple
She said, “I taught online yesterday.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect
She said that she had taught online
yesterday.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Past Continuous
She said, “I was teaching earlier.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect Continuous
She said that she had been teaching
earlier.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect
She said, “The lesson had already
started when he arrived.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect (no change)
She said that the lesson had
already started when he arrived.
 DIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect Continuous
She said, “I’d already been teaching
for five minutes.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
Past Perfect (no change)
She said that she’d already been
teaching for five minutes.
Modal verb forms also
sometimes change.
Direct Indirect
• Will • Would
• Can • Could
• Must • Had to
• Shall • Should
• May • Might
 Let’s Try! – Change the ff. to indirect speech.

• She said, “I will teach English online tomorrow.”

• She said, “I can teach English
• online.”
• She said, “I must have a computer to teach English
online.”
• She said, “What shall we learn today?”
• She said, “May I open a new browser?”
There is no need to change
if the modal is already
could, would, should, had
to, might, or ought to.

“I might go to the cinema”,

he said.
He said that he might go
to the cinema.
 You can use the present
tense in reported speech if
you want to say that
something is still true.

“My name is Lynne”, she

said.

She said her name is/was

Lynne.
You can also use the present
tense if you are talking about
a future event.

“Next week’s lesson is on

reported speech”.

She said that next week’s

lesson will be on reported
speech.
How about changing
indirect to direct
speech?

Just reverse the

method.
The Role of Media in
the Society
What does the speech want to tell us?

Do you agree with what the speech

said about what the media do? Why
or why not?

What is the real purpose

of media in our society?
 As part of the youth of the 21st
Century, you have a contribution to
the way the media is used or abused.
The media includes social media or
networking sites that enable people
to communicate their thoughts to
the world. How can you be a
responsible media contributor?
As a group, write a slogan
about social media
etiquette or how to use
social networking sites
responsibly.

Afterwards, there will be

a reported speech activity
about your slogans.
 Let’s test it!
On a 1 whole sheet of paper,
answer Task 9A and B, page 532
of your module.
 Assignment
• Find out the meaning of the following
words and write your answers on
your notebook.
1. Dress rehearsal 6. Formal Theater
2. Cold reading 7. Mime
3. Pacing 8. Improvisation
4. Tech Rehearsal (theater)
5. Informal Theater 9. Melodrama
10. Musical Theatre