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English 7 Q1 Week 5 Final
English 7 Q1 Week 5 Final
Grade 7
English
Grade 7-English
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Grade 7-English
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
English – Grade 7
English Learning Kit
Direct and Reported Speech
First Edition, 2020
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Grade 7-English
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Direct and Reported Speech
BEGIN
TARGETS
Grade 7-English 1
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
TRY THIS
Activity 1
DIRECT OR REPORTED
Directions: Read the statements below. Identify whether the sentence is a direct speech
or a reported speech. Write your answers in English notebook.
1. The teacher says, “Always follow the instructions given on the test.”
2. The class president announced that attendance would be checked during the
program.
3. Mother said that my father prepared a gift for my birthday.
4. The doctor said to a little girl, “Eat plenty of healthy foods and avoid soda drinks.”
5. The principal said, “Be obliged of your responsibility if you are given a task.”
6. Ramon says he loves basketball.
7. They said to their teacher, “We do not know where to put these boxes of books.”
8. Rey asked where his phone was.
9. Mother said, “My brother is the one assigned to record the enrollees’ data at the
Barangay.”
10. My friend invited me to go with them the next day.
11.
DO THIS
Activity 2
FIND ME!
Directions: Read the given dialogues and answer the questions that follow in your
English notebook.
Dialogue 1
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Dialogue 2
Process questions:
1. What are the similarities of the underlined sentences?
2. What differences have you noticed?
EXPLORE
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Grade 7-English 3
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
KEEP THIS IN MIND
Direct Speech - convey the message of the speaker in his own actual words without any
change to another person.
Indirect Speech/Reported Speech - we convey the message of the speaker in our own
words to another person.
Present Tenses in the Direct If the reporting or principal verb is in the Past
Speech are changed into Past Tense.
Tense.
Do Not Change Tense of reported Direct speech the words within the quotation
Speech in Indirect Speech marks talk of a universal truth or habitual action.
sentence
The reporting verb is in a present tense.
Grade 7-English 4
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
a. When there are two sentences combined with the help of a conjunction and
both sentences have got different tenses, then change the tenses of both
sentences according to the rule.
b. Words expressing nearness in time or places are generally changed into
words expressing distance.
Here There
Thus So
This That
These Those
Hither Thither
Hence Thence
Come Go
Grade 7-English 5
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Change in Pronouns
The pronouns of the Direct Speech are changed where necessary, according to
their relations with the reporter and his listener, rather than with the original speaker. If you
change direct speech into indirect speech, the pronouns will change in the following ways.
The first person of the reported She says, "I am in tenth class." She says, "I am in
speech changes according to the tenth class."
subject of reporting speech.
The second person of reported He says to them, "You have He tells them that they
speech changes according to the completed your job." have completed their
object of reporting speech. job.
The third person of the reported She says, "She is in tenth She says that she is in
speech doesn't change. class." tenth class.
Change in Tenses
The past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses do not change.
Simple Present Changes "I always drink coffee," she said She said that she always
To drank coffee.
Simple Past
Present Perfect Changes She said, "He has finished his She said that he had finished
To work" his work.
Past Perfect
Present Perfect "I have been to Spain", he told me. He told me that he had been
Continuous Changes to Spain.
To
Past Perfect Continuous
Simple Past Changes "Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. He said that Bill had arrived on
To Saturday
Past Perfect
Grade 7-English 6
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Past Perfect Changes "I had just turned out the light," he He explained that he had just
To explained. turned out the light.
Past Perfect (No Change
In Tense)
Past Continuous "We were living in Paris", they told They told me that they had
Changes me. been living in Paris.
To
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Continuous She said, "I'll be using the car next She said that she would be
Changes Friday." using the car next Friday.
To
Conditional Continuous
Changes in Modals
CAN changes into He said, "I can drive a car". He said that he could drive a car.
COULD
MAY changes into He said, "I may buy a He said that he might buy a
MIGHT computer" computer.
MUST changes into HAD He said, "I must work hard" He said that he had to work hard.
TO
These Modals Do Not Change: Would, could, might, should, ought to.
Would They said, "we would apply for They said that they would apply for
a visa" visa.
Could He said, "I could run faster" He said that he could run faster.
Might John said, "I might meet him". John said that he might meet him.
Should He said, "I should avail the He said that he should avail the
opportunity" opportunity.
Grade 7-English 7
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Changes for Imperative Sentences
Imperative sentences consist any of these four things:
a. Order
b. Request
c. Advice
d. Suggestion
Most commonly used words to join clauses together are ordered, requested,
advised and suggested. Forbid(s)/ forbade is used for the negative sentences.
Order ordered
Direction directed
Suggestion suggested to
Warning warn
Exclamatory Sentences
Exclamatory sentences express emotions. Interjections such as Hurrah, wow, alas,
oh, ah are used to express emotions. The word "that" is used as join clause.
Rules for Conversion of Exclamatory Direct Speech Sentences into Indirect Speech
Sentences
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Mood of Sentence in Direct Speech Reporting verb in indirect verb
Interrogative Sentences
Interrogative sentences are of two types:
1. Interrogative with auxiliaries at the beginning.
2. Interrogatives with who, where, what, when, how etc., i.e. wh questions.
Rules for Conversion of Interrogative Direct Speech Sentence into Indirect Speech
Sentences
There are some rules to change direct to Indirect speech of Interrogative sentence:
RULES
o Helping verbs (is, am, are, was, were) are used after the subject.
o Adverbs and pronouns are converted according to the table 1 and table 2
respectively.
Grade 7-English 9
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Punctuation in Direct Speech
In direct speech, various punctuation conventions are used to separate the quoted
words from the rest of the text: this allows a reader to follow what's going on.
Here are the basic rules:
RULES EXAMPLES
If the direct speech is broken up by information 'You're right,' he said. 'It feels
about who is speaking, comma (or a question mark strange.'
or exclamation mark) is used to separate the two 'Thinking back,' she said, 'he didn't
reported speech expect to win.'
Grade 7-English 10
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
The following table will enable to find the kind of sentence:
What, When, How etc., (Wh or How + Helping Verb + Subject + Main Verb + ...?)
Source: Jim Scrievener, “Direct and Indirect Speech Theory,” Online Labs for schools -
Developed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and CDAC Online Lab, 2015. Accessed July 29,
2020. https://cdac.olabs.edu.in/?sub=84.
SUM UP
Grade 7-English 11
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
To change from Indirect to Direct Speech, the rules of the Direct Speech are
applied in the reverse order.
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to" in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or whether etc." wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense wherever the reporting verb is in
the past tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in the question.
Activity 3.1
FILL ME IN!
Directions: Copy the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct verb or pronoun to
complete the reported speech in your English notebook.
1. Direct Speech: Father says, “We will deliver the materials in the office.”
Reported Speech: Father says that they ____ deliver the materials in the
office.
2. Direct Speech: You said, “I am not the one who ordered the food.”
Reported Speech: You said that you ____ not the one who ordered the food.
3. Direct Speech: “You must work harder to achieve your goals in life,” my
grandfather told me.
Reported Speech: My grandfather told me that ____ must work harder to
achieve my goals in life.
4. Direct Speech: The teacher said, “You have to complete the needed data
before you submit the survey form.”
Reported Speech: The teacher said that I _____ to complete the needed
data before I submit the survey form.
5. Direct Speech: “Have you brought with you the toys?” Annie asked.
Reported Speech: Annie asked if I _____ brought the toys with me.
Grade 7-English 12
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Activity 3.2
LET US TRANSFORM!
Directions: Copy the sentences in your notebook. Then, transform the direct speech into
indirect speech and vice versa.
Activity 3.3
PASS THE PASSAGE
Directions: On your English notebook, write a short passage about your own experience.
Use at least five (5) direct speeches and five (5) indirect speeches in your
passage. Choose from the topics below.
REFLECT
REFLECT
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in your
English notebook.
For items 1-3. Which among the choices is the correct reported speech of the given direct
speech?
For items 4-6. Which among the following is the correct direct speech of the given
reported speech?
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
6. My father asked if I wanted to celebrate my birthday at the beach.
A. “Do you want to celebrate your birthday at the beach?” my father asks.
B. My father asked, “Do you want to celebrate your birthday at the beach?”
C. My father asked, “Do I want to celebrate my birthday at the beach?”
D. “Let’s celebrate your birthday at the beach,” my father asked.
For items 7-8. What pair of verb and pronoun must complete the sentence?
8. Direct Speech: The man asked, “How many cans did they open?”
Reported Speech: The man asked how many cans _____ _____.
A. they, open C. they, opened
B. we, open D. we, opened
10. All of the following are reported speeches EXCEPT ONE. Which one is it?
A. The speaker said that he was very proud to be a product of his Alma Mater.
B. The mayor announced that classes were suspended due to the typhoon.
C. “Only ten will be accommodated today,” the secretary emphasized.
D. The class president told her classmates to make a straight line going to the
clinic.
Grade 7-English 15
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
GLOSSARY
Direct Speech – is used to convey the message of the speaker in his own
actual words without any change to another person
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
ANSWER KEY
Try This
Activity 1
1. direct speech
2. reported speech
3. reported speech
4. direct speech
5. direct speech
6. reported speech
7. direct speech
8. reported speech
9. direct speech
10. reported speech
Do This
Activity 2 FIND ME!
Varied Responses
Explore
Varied Responses
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Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Activity 3.3 PASS THE PASSAGE
Varied Responses
Reflect
Activity 4 LET’S REFLECT!
Varied Responses
REFERENCES
Jim Scrievener, “Direct and Indirect Speech Theory,” Online Labs for schools - Developed by
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and CDAC Online Lab, 2015. Accessed July
29, 2020. https://cdac.olabs.edu.in/?sub=84.
Grade 7-English 18
Competency: Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)