GIVE RESPECT.

EDUCATE OTHERS.
LEAD.
1
 Hello, Ana!

Hi, Dom!
 Do I look good?

Your eyes look

huge today!
 What?


I wasn’t talking
about my eyes!
 DIRECT
INDIRECT SPEECH
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, I can:

a. arrange letters that are connected to direct and indirect

speech through an activity Jumbled Letters;
b. identify direct and indirect speech through class
discussion; and
c. give the importance of direct and indirect speech
through unfinished statements.
ACTIVITY
JUMBLED LETTERS
 DIRECT
INDIRECT SPEECH
DIRECT SPEECH
• also called direct quotation
• is the actual speech quoted from the speaker

I am Gwini.
DIRECT SPEECH
When we use direct speech in our writing:

• the exact words spoken must be put inside speech marks “ ”

• the first spoken word must have a capital letter
• when a new speaker begins, we must start a new line
DIRECT SPEECH
EXAMPLES
DIRECT SPEECH
I’ve hurt my
leg!

“I’ve hurt my leg!” moaned the boy.

DIRECT SPEECH

Can you take a

deep breath?

“Can you take a deep breath?” asked the doctor.

DIRECT SPEECH
I like this dress.

The woman said, “I like this dress.”

INDIRECT SPEECH
• also called indirect quotation or reported speech
• is the speaker’s speech reported by the third person

He said he is
Gwini.
INDIRECT SPEECH
When we use indirect speech in our writing:

• we don’t use speech marks

• we usually have to change pronouns and verb tenses
• wedon’t have to start a new line when we report a new speaker’s
words
INDIRECT SPEECH
EXAMPLES
INDIRECT SPEECH
I’ve hurt my
leg!

The boy moaned that he had hurt his leg.

INDIRECT SPEECH
Can you take a
deep breath?

The doctor asked the boy if he could take a

deep breath.
INDIRECT SPEECH
I like this dress.

The woman said that she liked the dress.

PRONOUNS
Direct Indirect/ Direct Indirect/Reported
Speech Reported Speech Speech Speech
I He, she Me Him, her

We They Us Them

You He, she, they You Him, Her, them

My His, her Mine His, hers

Our Their Ours Theirs

Your His, her, their Yours His, hers, theirs

VERB TENSES
Direct Speech Indirect/Reported Speech
Present Simple Past Simple
She said, “It’s cold.” She said it was cold.

Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense

She said, I’m teaching English She said she was teaching English online.
online.”

Present Perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense

She said, “I’ve been on the web She said she had been on the web since 1999.
since 1999.”
 Direct Speech
Use the correct punctuation to write what is being said.

I’ve caught a The train

fish. will leave in
ten minutes!

I love
ice
cream.
Do you
I am a know
clever what
girl. type of
angle
this is?
 Indirect Speech
Use the correct punctuation to report what was said.

I’ve caught a The train

fish. will leave in
ten minutes!

I love
ice
cream.
Do you
I am a know
clever what
girl. type of
angle
this is?