Hello!

"WILL I PASS THE

TEST?"
MA'AM ASKED IF
SHE WILL PASS
THE TEST.
 direct and
REPORTED
SPEECH
direct OR reported SPEECH

• Trisha asked me if I had gotten home

safely.
• Carla says, "I am a woman."
 Direct speech
• Quoted Speech
• Quoted from the original source.
• Enclosed by quotation marks “…..”
 Direct speech example

The boy said, "I ate pancakes."

speaker exact words of the speaker
inside the quotation marks
 Direct speech example

Lisa said, “Our concert is next year.”

speaker exact words of the speaker
inside the quotation marks
 REPORTED speech
• Indirect Speech
• A report on what someone else said or
wrote without using the exact words.
• There are no quotation marks.
 reported speech example

The boy said, "I ate pancakes."

The boy said that he had eaten pancakes.

 reported speech example

Lisa said, “Our concert is next year.”

Lisa said that their concert is next year.

LET'S TRY!
Identify if the statement is direct or reported
speech.

1. Bambam said, "I want a pizza."

2. Jennie asked me if I had printed out the
activity.
3. Yeji said, "I am fine."
Identify if the statement is direct or reported
speech.

direct 1. Bambam said, "I want a pizza."

reported 2. Jennie asked me if I had printed
out the activity.
direct 3. Yeji said, "I am fine."
How can we change from
direct speech to reported
speech?
rules TO FOLLOW IN CHANGING
DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED
SPEECH.
1. Remove the quotation marks and comma then
add “that” after reporting verb
2. Change in pronoun
3. Change in verb tense
4. Change in situations
1.Remove comma and add “that” after the
reporting verb and remove quotation marks.

Direct speech
Bambam said, “I want to eat a pizza.”
Reported speech
Bambam said that he wanted to eat a pizza.
CHANGE OF PRONOUNS
SINGULAR
I, you ------------- he, she
My, your ----------- his, her

PLURAL
We, you ---------- they
Our, your ----------- their
2.Change the Pronouns.

Direct speech
Bambam said, “I want to eat a pizza.”
Reported speech
Bambam said that he wanted to eat a pizza.
3. If the reporting verb is in Present or Future
tense, the verb tense in reported speech is not
changed.

Direct speech
Jennie says, “I’m present!”
Reported speech
Jennie says that she is present.
3. If the reporting verb is in Present or Future
tense, the verb tense in reported speech is not
changed.

Direct speech
Jisoo says, “we’re busy with the concert.”
Present tense

Reported speech
Jisoo says that they are busy with the concert.
3. If the reporting verb is in Past tense, then the
reported verb will be changed depending on its
tense.

Direct speech
Rosie said, “I want a popcorn.”
Past tense
Reported speech
Rosie said that she wanted a popcorn.
PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE

Is ------------------------- was
are ----------------------- were
have/has --------------------- had
will ----------------------- would
can ----------------------- could
may ---------------------- might
shall --------------------- should
 Exception to the rule

3. Change of Tenses
If reported speech expresses universal truth or
habitual fact, the verb tense in the reported
speech is not changed.
 example

She said, “There are 12 months in a year.”

She said that there are 12 months in a year.

 4. Changes in Situations

Direct speech
Kim said, “I did this assignment yesterday.”

Reported speech
Kim said that he had done that assignment the day before.
 4. Changes in Situations

Direct speech
Kim said, “I did this assignment yesterday.”

Reported speech
Kim said that he had done that assignment the day before.
Other significant word changes
4. Changes in Situations

Direct speech
Jk said, “We tried this last week.”

Reported speech
Jk said that they had tried this the week before.
rules TO FOLLOW IN CHANGING
DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED
SPEECH.
1. Remove comma and the quotation marks then
add “that” after reporting verb
2. Change in pronoun
3. Change in verb tense
4. Change in situations
Yes/no questions
For yes/no questions, add “if or whether” instead of “that”
and change the position of the verb and the noun/pronoun.

Leo asked Lily, “Will you come to the party?”

verb pronoun

Leo asked Lily if she would come to the party.

For yes/no questions, add “if or whether” instead of “that”
and change the position of the verb and the noun/pronoun.

Sehun asked Luhan, “Are you going to cook?”

verb pronoun

Sehun asked Luhan if he was going to cook.

 Wh -
questions
For WH Questions, change the position of the
verb and the noun/pronoun.

The teacher asked us, “what are you doing?”

verb pronoun

The teacher asked what we were doing.

For WH Questions, change the position of the
verb and the noun/pronoun.

Mom asked, “When will you clean your room?”

verb pronoun

Mom asked when I would clean my room.

 Change the position of the verb and the
noun/pronoun.

Yes/no question - use if/whether

WH – questions - use the wh-word

Imperative
sentence
(command)
In imperative command, the reporting verb said or said to is
changed to ordered or commanded.

The librarian said to me, “Keep quiet.”

The librarian ordered me to keep quiet.

In imperative command, the reporting verb said or said to is
changed to ordered or commanded.

Mom said to me, “Open the door.”

Mom commanded me to open the door.

 Imperative
sentence (request)
In imperative request, the reporting verb said or said to is
changed to requested.

He told me, “Please call me.”

He requested me to call him.

In imperative request, the reporting verb said or said to is
changed to requested.

Anna said to me, “Please explain the passage.”

Anna requested me to explain the passage.

Exercise!
 locate the direct speech in the passage below and
transform it into indirect speech.
Once upon a time, a little red hen scratched around the barnyard when
she found some wheat grains. She called her neighbors and said, "If
we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me
plant it?"
"I will not," said the cow.
"Neither will I," said the duck.
"I won't either.", said the pig.
"Not me," said the goose.
Then the little red hen said she would plant the wheat herself.
assignment
create a short story using direct and
indirect speech.
thank you!