Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct and Indirect Speech
GUESS
WHO?
INSTRUCTION.
Election day is fast approaching, and wherever we
go, we hear and see the faces of the different
presidential aspirants on different platforms. I am sure
that some of you have watched presidential interviews
on TV or have seen some videos of your presidential
bet on social media. Now, to see if you already know
all of them, I prepared here some familiar words that
came from these chosen presidential aspirants.
Guess Who!
GUESS WHO?
Examples:
The boy said, "I ate pancakes.”
"Many men like to borrow rice from me,” Mang Cesar
said.
Direct Speech commonly has a
Reporting Clause, Reporting Verb, Reported Clause, Reported Verb.
Examples:
Reporting Clause
The boy said, "I ate pancakes.”
Reporting Verb
The boy said, "I ate pancakes.”
Reported Clause
The boy said, "I ate pancakes.”
Reported Verb
The boy said, "I ate pancakes.”
Reported Speech
Is also known as INDIRECT SPEECH. it is a
report on what someone else said or wrote
without using that person's exact words. unlike
direct speech, it doesn't have quotation marks.
Examples:
The boy said that he had eaten pancakes.
Mang Cesar said that many men like to
borrow rice from him.
Rules in Writing Direct Speech
Place the exact words spoken between the open and close
quotation marks (“ ”)
Place a comma ( , ) before the close quotation to separate the
words of the speaker from the words of explanation.
Necessary punctuation marks are put before the close quotation
marks.
If the verb of saying is in the past tense, in the reported speech, the
verb must also be in the past tense.
Direct Speech: Joseph said to Jana, “Will you attend the flag
ceremony?”
Reported speech: Joseph asked Jana if she would attend the flag
ceremony.
Rules in changing Direct Speech to Reported Speech
3. Conversion of Interrogative and Imperative Direct Speech
For Wh-Questions: Use the Wh- word in the reported speech too.