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English
Quarter 1 - Module 8:
Direct and Indirect Signals

Department of Education Republic of the Philippines

English – Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1– Module 8: Direct and Indirect Signals
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 1 – Module 8:
Direct and Indirect Signals

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

Module Icons vi
What This Module is About vii

What I Need to Know vii

What I Know
Pre-test viii

Lesson 1: Direct Signals 1

What I Need to Know
What I Know
Task 1: Spot the Difference 1
What’s In
Task 2: Say It 2
What’s New
Task 3: Recall It 5
What is It
What is Direct Signal? 5
What’s More
Task 4: Identifying Direct Quotations 6
What I Have Learned
Task 5: I Remember 7
What I Can Do
Task 6: Quote and Quote 8
Assessment
Task 7: I Do 8
Additional Activity
Task 8: Mark It 9

Lesson 2: Indirect Signals

What I Need to Know
What I Know
Task 1: Find It Out 10
What’s In
Task 2: Report It 11
What’s New
Task 3: Let’s Sing 12
What is It
What’s More
Task 4: Change Signals 13
What I Have Learned
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 Task 5: Memory check 14
What I Can Do
Task 6 : Apply It 15
Assessment 16
Additional Activity
Task 7 : Let’s Criticize Further 17
Post Test 17

Key to Answers 20
References 24
Glossary 25

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How to Learn From This Module
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to

you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

What This Module is About

Welcome to Module 8!
This module is about Direct and Indirect Signals. You will learn how they are
used in written communication and apply them in your writing. You will learn the needed
punctuation marks and appropriate words to improve your communication skill.
In this module, you will have series of activities that aims to help you understand
the use of Direct and Indirect Signals in communication and appreciate their
importance.
The following are the lessons contained in this module:
Lesson 1 – Direct Signal
Lesson 2 – Indirect Signal

What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Identify direct signals in sentences and paragraphs

2. Determine indirect signals in written text
3. Single out direct and indirect signals used by a speaker EN10LC-Id-4.1

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 This module was designed and written just for you. It is here to help you master
the effective way of using English language effectively. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow
the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read it can be changed
to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

Pre-test

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your activity
notebook.

1. In the rules in writing quotation marks, the first word of a quoted sentence should
always be ______________________.
A. bolded B. capitalized
C. italicized D. underlined

2. When one reports what others have said word for word, this is called
________________.
A. direct discourse B. discourse
C. indirect discourse D. indirect quotation

3. The rules state that you can include _____________ sentences inside a single
set of quotation marks.
A. chosen B. individual
C. multiple D. single

4. When the ____________ speech comes ___________ the verb of speaking, you
use a comma after the verb of speaking and before the quoted speech.
A. quoted; after B. quoted; before
C. underlined; before D. underlined; after

5. When quotation marks are put in ___________________, care must be taken to

verify that verb tenses reflect the change in temporal context.
A. direct discourse B. discourse
C. indirect discourse D. indirect quotation

6. What refers the report of the exact words of an author or speaker?

A. direct signal B. discourse
C. indirect signal D. interpretation

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7. What is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of
the words spoken?
A. direct Signal B. discourse
C. indirect Signal D. interpretation

8. What symbol is used to signify direct signal?

A. comma B. exclamation point
C. period D. quotation marks

9. What is used to signal indirect discourse?

A. seem B. that
C. tell D. whom

10. When the verb in the reported discourse is conjugated, it is generally preceded
by that, however, the inclusion of that is ________________.
A. not optional B. obliged
C. optional D. required

11. How do we write the following in direct speech?

Jessie said I am feeling happy today.
A. Jessie said "I am feeling happy today."
B. Jessie said, "I am feeling happy today".
C. Jessie said, "I am feeling happy today."
D. Jessie said, "I am feeling happy today?

12. What punctuation mark is missing in the sentence that follows?

Jenny asked "Is everybody ready for tonight’s party?"
A. ! B. ?
C. , D. .

13. Which is correct?

A. He said, “Could you please repeat the question"?
B. He said, Could you please repeat the question?”
C. He said, "could you please repeat the question?”
D. He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”

14. What is wrong with this sentence?

I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?
A. There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.
B. There should be a full-stop after the word hard.
C. The question mark should be closed by quotation marks.
D. The word Why should be lower case.

15. What needs to be corrected?

Allen asked, "did you watch the replay of Pacquio fight last night"
A. Add a question mark at the end.

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B. Capitalize the word did and add a question mark after night.
C. Capitalize the word did and add an exclamation mark at the end.
D. Capitalize the word did and add a question mark at the end.

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