This document provides examples of recognizing that the same meaning can be expressed in different grammatical forms. It contains two exercises that demonstrate this concept. The first exercise shows the same information presented in direct and reported speech. The second exercise demonstrates replacing a proper noun with personal pronouns and a possessive pronoun while keeping the same meaning. The document teaches that recognizing how meaning can be expressed differently through grammar is a micro skill for reading comprehension.

1. MICRO SKILL FOR READING
COMPREHENSION
RECOGNIZE THAT A PARTICULAR MEANING
MAY BE EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT
GRAMMATICAL FORMS.
Members: Daniela Castelló, Odalis Peña,
Lisbeth Jurado.
Grade Level: 5th Grade students.
Date: May 29th, 2023.

2. EXERCISE N° 1
1) Charlie: the exercise is very difficult.
2) Anne: Charlie told me that the
exercise was very difficult.
Exercise instruction: Rewrite the sentence
using reported speech.
Both sentences have the same meaning, the
exercise is difficult for Charlie. But it is
expressed in different grammatical forms,
the first sentence is in direct speech while
the second one is in reported speech.
This topic refers to the replacement of words
by synonyms or words that are part of the
same family to express the same meaning but
in different forms.

3. Exercise instruction: Complete with the words in the box in order to
make it has sense.
EXERCISE N° 2
HIM / HE / HIS
David was born in Ecuador. ____ lives in
Galapagos Islands but ____ family is from
Guayaquil, and they love ____ so much.
In this sentence we have the proper noun
“David”, that can be replaced by the personal
pronoun “he” or “him” as well as by its
possessive “his”. In all parts of the text, we
still refer to the same person but in different
grammatical forms.