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Direct&Indirect Module

The document discusses direct and indirect speech. Direct speech reports the exact words spoken, using quotation marks. Indirect speech reports the general idea of what was said, without quotation marks, and changes verb tenses. For indirect speech, past tense verbs become past perfect, and pronouns and other references are changed appropriately. Examples are provided to illustrate direct and indirect speech. An exercise then tests converting examples between direct and indirect speech.

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Direct&Indirect Module

The document discusses direct and indirect speech. Direct speech reports the exact words spoken, using quotation marks. Indirect speech reports the general idea of what was said, without quotation marks, and changes verb tenses. For indirect speech, past tense verbs become past perfect, and pronouns and other references are changed appropriately. Examples are provided to illustrate direct and indirect speech. An exercise then tests converting examples between direct and indirect speech.

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Objective: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)

What is Direct & Indirect Speech?

Direct Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in his own actual words
without any change.
Indirect Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in our own words.

General rule in changing direct speech to indirect speech:

 Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop.
 If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it
into the corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past
perfect tense.
 The verb ‘am’ is changed to ‘was’. (Present Tense is changed to Past)

Example: Direct speech: The little boy said, “I want to go to the party.”
Indirect speech: The little boy said that he wants to go to the party.

Example: Direct speech: The girl said, ‘I like singing.’


Indirect speech: The girl said that she liked singing.

Example: Direct speech: Rahul said, ‘I will have to reach home by 8.30.’
Indirect speech: Rahul said that he would have to reach home by 8.30.

Example: Direct speech: Alina said, ‘I met James yesterday.’


Indirect speech: Alina said that she met James yesterday.

Example: Direct speech: The boy said, ‘I’m happy with my results.’
Indirect speech: The boy said that he was happy with his results.

Example: Direct speech: They said, "We have never been here before."
Indirect speech: They said that they had never been there before.

PRACTICE EXERCISE: Change the direct speech into reported speech.

1. June said, It is my car.”


a. June said that it is my car.
b. June said that it is her car.
c. June said that it was my car.
d. June said that was her car.

2. Jim said, “I work here every day.”


a. Jim said that her worked here yesterday.
b. Jim said that he worked here every day.
c. Jim said that he worked here every day.
d. Jim said that he worked everyday.

3. Nan said, “I have finished my homework.”


a. Nan said that she had finished her homework. 
b. Nan said that she had finished my homework.
c. Nan said that she has finished her homework.
d. Nan said that she has finished my homework.

4. She said to me, “I can sleep alone.”


a. She said to me that she can sleep alone.
b. She told me that she can sleep alone.
c. She said to me that she could sleep alone.
d. She told me that she could sleep alone.

5. John said, "My friend may come tonight."


a. John said that his friend might come tonight.
b. John said that his friend might come that night.
c. John said that his friend might go that night. 
d. John said that his friend might go tonight.

Activity 1. Analyze the given sentences. Change the direct speech to indirect/reported speech
and vice versa. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. She told her mother that she was going to the market.

2. His friends told me that they would go home the following Sunday.

3. The teacher told Mark he had been very regular in his work.

4. Marc told me that he had finished his work.

5. The teacher said the earth moves around the sun.

6. Crissa said, "I will do this for him."

7. Crispin’s wife reported, “Five men stole the horses.”

8. “I like to eat rice every morning, “Pare Crispin’s son said.

9. Mang Cesar said, “I brought five cavanes of rice.”

10. “I did not eat this morning,” the child stated.

Activity 2. Write five (5) example sentences for direct speech and indirect speech. Write it on
the back.

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