3. Identify me!
Instructions:
• A command will be projected on the TV
screen that the students will follow (e.g.
stand up, raise your arms …), the last
person to do the task will be the one to
answer the given sentences.
• Sentences will be flashed on the screen.
• Identify if the sentence is a run-on or a
complete sentence.
• If the sentence is identified as a run-on, the
student will correct it.
28. The messages are:
• Chinese food is made with sugar
and spice, and lots of rice.
• A dog named Moose ran loose
through the forest chasing a
goose.
29. • What have you observed?
• What happened with the
message that was relayed?
QUESTIONS TO PONDER
30. •How important is relaying
the accurate message?
•What conclusions can you
draw from the activity?
31. GOALS OF THE DAY
• Differentiate the direct and
indirect/reported speech in the given
exercises.
• Formulate reported speeches from
direct statements based on the dialogues.
33. SET A SET B
Helen says, “I am
hungry”
Helen said that she was
hungry.
Lino says, “I am done
eating
Lino said that he was
done eating.
DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT/ REPORTED SPEECH
34. What is a reported speech?
It is a way of reporting what
someone has said by
changing some of the words
said, but retaining the same
meaning.
35. When we narrate someone’s
words we can do it in two
ways. We can use direct
speech with quotation
marks, or we can use
reported speech.
36. Two kinds of reported speech
Direct Speech- Saying exactly what
someone has said, also referred to
as quoted speech. Here, what a
person says appears within
quotation marks (“…”) and should
be word for word.
37. “ The youth is the
hope of the
nation “ says Dr.
Jose Rizal.
According to Nelson
Mandela “ Education is
the best tool to fight
against poverty”
38. Indirect/ Reported Speech-
It does not use quotation
marks to enclose what the
person said and it doesn’t
have to be word for word.
39. Cardo says that he
wants to treat us to
dinner. Mrs. Ramos told me
last Sunday that
there will be a party
next month.
40. Things to remember in reporting a
speech
*Quotation marks will be
removed
41. The use of “that”
•“that” should be kept
after the verbs.
e.g. : The girl complained
that the waiter took long.
42. The use of Introductory Verbs
• “says” is used for the simple present
tense which shows an action which is
habitual.
• “said” is used for the simple past tense,
which may or may not be used with an
adverb of time.
43. Examples
• She says the prayer every morning.
• Ana says that she is going to sing.
• Ana says, “I will go to Mars”
• Daffodil said that she went to the
mall yesterday.
• “I am done eating”, said Maria
47. Change in personal pronoun
Direct Speech Reported Speech
I
You
Me
You
us
He, she
I, she, he, we, they
Him, her
Him, her, us ,them
Them
My
Your
Our
Mine
Yours
ours
His, her
my., his, her, our, their
Their
His, hers
Mine, his, hers, ours, theirs
theirs
53. Can anyone narrate these
statements using reported speech?
• Shaina says, “I am already done
watching the film”
• John says, “I will go to the
market”
54. •What is the importance
of knowing how to
report a speech
accurately?
56. WHAT DID HE SAY?
Instructions:
• Mounted on the board are pictures of people
with speech bubbles above them.
• Five students will come up and fill the
bubbles with possible statements that they
will say.
• After the bubbles are filled, another five
students will be chosen by the first five.
• The second set of five students will convert
the statements into reported speech.
57. Identify Me!
Instructions:
• Find a pair and sit with each other.
• Prepare ½ sheet of paper length- wise.
• Projected on the TV screen are different
statements both in direct and reported
speech.
• Identify whether the statements are Direct
Speech or Reported Speech.
• Write the answers on the ½ sheet of paper.
58. 1.“I will go to the market to buy fish” Lino said.
2. “What are you doing?” says Linda
3. Mrs. Williams told me to give you a present.
4. “I will make this nation great once again!”
says President Go.
5. “Go tell it to the whole world Ana !”
commanded Mark.
59. • 6. Kara Mia says that she is going to join the
pageant.
• 7. My boyfriend promised me that we will go
to Japan in the summer.
• 8. Laly asked if she could borrow the laptop
today.
• 9. “You will be suspended for two weeks
Michael” says the school principal to me.
• 10. “I must say, you did a very good job today”
are the exact words my boss told me.
