direct and indirect speech.pptx

PROCESS QUESTIONS :
 What is the video all about?
 What can you say about
the reporter’s technique or
way of delivering a report?
 Why proper reporting is
important?

ACTIVITY 1: Who Asked
That?
Cards

PROCESS QUESTIONS :
1. How do you find the activity?

PROCESS QUESTIONS :
2. When did you use direct and
reported speech?

PROCESS QUESTIONS :
2. When did you use direct and
reported speech?
Nicole asked, “can you knit?”
Nicole asked if I could knit.

PROCESS QUESTIONS :
3. What do you think is the
difference between direct and
reported speech?
Is it in the way they are
delivered and, or constructed in
sentence?

Example:
o What have you noticed to
these two sentences above?
 They convey the same
message, but still there is
a difference between the
two.

Let’s take a closer look.
o Compare the first and
second statement.
o Are there changes you have
observed?
o Could you say the changes
that you have observed?

 In the first statement there
is a comma and quotation
mark while in the second
statement there is none.
 The word “if” was in the
second statement.

 There is also change in the
tense of the modal “can”
from present form to past
form.

 Another change you may
have noted is a change in
the use of pronouns. “you”
changed to “I”.

Can you now figure out how
two different statements convey
the same message? You’re now
about to learn how to give
information about what other
people say or think. This can be
done using direct or reported
(indirect) speech.

 When the actual words of the
speaker are reproduced, it is
called direct speech.
Example: He said, “I am going
to school.”

 When the main idea of a
speaker’s words is reported
by another person and the
exact words are not quoted, it
is called indirect speech or
reported speech.
Example: He said that he was
going to school.

1. Question marks and
exclamation marks are not used
in reported speech.
Examples:
 “Is it bleeding very much?” Mr.
Sharma asked. (direct)
 Mr. Sharma asked if it was
bleeding very much. (indirect)

2. In reported speech, the reporting
verbs like asked/enquired,
commanded/ ordered/requested,
advised/suggested,
exclaimed/shouted, etc. are often
used in place of the reporting verb
‘said’ to convey the mood of the
spoken words.

Examples:
 Shaira said, “How hot the soup
is!” (direct)
 Shaira exclaimed that the soup
was hot. (indirect)

3. The tense of the verb in the
reported speech is in the past
tense. However, if the verb in the
reported speech is stating a
universal truth, a habit, a
constant situation, the tense of
that verb does not change:

Examples:
 The boy said, “I brush my teeth
every day.” (simple present
tense)
 The boy said that he brushes
his teeth every day. (simple
present tense)

4. In an indirect or reported
question, the subject comes
before the verb, not after it. You
do not use the helping verb ‘do’ to
form reported questions.

Examples:
 Paul asked, “What time does
the bus come?” (direct)
 Paul asked what time the bus
came. (indirect)

6. While converting direct speech
into indirect speech, the tense of
the verb must change
accordingly:

Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Simple Present Simple Past
Simple past Past Perfect
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present perfect Past Perfect
Shall Would
May Might
Can Could
Will Would

7. Words indicating ‘nearness’ of
time and place are changed to
words indicating ‘distance’ of
time and place:

Direct Speech Indirect Speech
This That
These Those
Here There
Now Then
Today That day
Tomorrow The next/following
day
Yesterday The day before/the
previous day

In this activity, you will be
divided by pair and each one will
play an important role.

Directions:
1. Each pair has to agree on who
would be the interviewer and the
interviewee.

2. They will decide what
profession/occupation the
interviewee would be.
3. Then reporter has to create 5
questions to be answered by the
interviewee.

4. After the interview, the reporter
will report the result of his/her
interview to the class.
5. The teacher will give 2 points per
correct question and answer and
that is a total of (10) points for their
performance.

Interviewer Interviewee
(Engineer)
Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5
Answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

(Engineer)
1. Who is your
inspiration to
become an engineer?
1. “My inspiration to
become an engineer is
my late father,” Rafael
answered.

(Engineer)
2. Why is your late
father your
inspiration to
become an engineer?
2. “My late father is
my inspiration to
become an engineer
because I want to
follow in his footsteps,”
he explained.

QUIZ:
Directions: Write the letter of the
correct conversion of the quoted
statement.

1. “Close the door!” the guard
ordered the prisoner. The guard
ordered the prisoner
A. close the door
B. that the door be closed.
C. to close the door.
D. if the door be closed.

2. She inquired, “Is your work
pleasant or not?” She inquired
A. if your work is pleasant or
not.
B. whether my work was
pleasant or not
C. whether my work is pleasant
or not.
D. if the work was pleasant or
not.

3. “The car is waiting for us,” he
informed her. He informed her
A. that the car was waiting for
them.
B. that the car is waiting for us.
C. the car is waiting for us
D. if the car was waiting for
them.

4. “How much will the string
beans cost?” she asked. She
asked
A. how much will the string
beans cost.
B. if how much would the string
beans cost.
C. how much the string beans
would cost.
D. if how much will the string
beans cost.

5. Mike asked, “Did you find it
difficult to learn Niponggo?
Mike asked
A. if you find it difficult to learn
Niponggo.
B. whether I find it difficult to
learn Niponggo.
C. if I found it difficult to learn
Niponggo.
D. did you find it difficult to
learn Niponggpo.

ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C

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