Direct and Reported

Speech
PREPARED BY: GINALEE L. AZARCON,
LPT
 LESSON OBJECTIVES
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

• Identify the features of direct and reported speeches.

• Differentiate direct and reported speeches.
• Change direct speech to reported speech.
• Use direct and reported speech in sentences .
 What’s the tense
1. I shut the door because I lost my patience.

2. She only understood the movie because she had bought the book.

3. They walked in the park and talked about the future.

4. She loved him from afar.

5. He promised her the moon and the stars but left her in the end.
 Past perfect tense
Used to make it clear that one event happened before
another in the past. It does not matter which event is
mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one
happened first.
 Formula in Forming the Past Perfect Tense

Subject + had + past participle

She had given him her heart when he
decided to leave her.

I had shut the doors of my heart when he

came back.
 Formula in Forming the Past Perfect Tense

Subject + had + past participle

He had betrayed her several times when he
realized he loves her.

Kristine had seen me approaching before

when I noticed her.
WAS/WERE+V1+ WILL+BE+V1+
ING ING

HAD+V3
WILL/SHALL/
HAVE+V3

HAD+BEEN+V1+I WILL/SHALL/
NG HAVE+BEEN+V1+I
NG
 Direct speech
If the reporting verb is
repeats or quotes No change in the
found at the beginning of
exact words of the words of the
the sentence a comma is
speaker and are put speaker.
placed after it to separate it
within quotation
from the second part of the
marks. (” “).
sentence.

Simon said, "There is a fly in my soup."

"There is a fly in my soup," said Simone
 Reported speech

Usually used to talk Also called indirect The reported speech is

about the past so the speech. introduced by the
tense of the verb in conjunction
the R.S. is changed No comma is that/if/to/what/when,
from the Present to placed after the etc.
the Past. reporting verbs.
Examples:
She said that he was a cheat.

We told her that he was not sincere.

They said that she was a fool.

 Remember!

The tense in REPORTED SPEECH is ONE tense back

in time in DIRECT SPEECH.
 Direct speech to reported speech and vice versa
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH EXPLANATION

Simple Present Tense Danny said that he travelled a lot Simple Present tense changes to
“I travel a lot in my job,” Danny in his job. the simple Past tense.
said.
If something is still true retain
“I adore Chacha,” Bree told me. Bree told me that she adores the simple present tense in the
Chaha. RS.
Present Continuous Tense Kaye told me to be quite because Present continuous changes to
“Be quite the baby is sleeping,” the baby was sleeping. the past continuous.
Kaye told me.

SIMPLE PAST Bella said that she had lived in Simple Past changes to the Past
“We lived in China for 5 years,” China for 5 years. Perfect.
Bella said.
 Direct speech to reported speech and vice versa
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH EXPLANATION

Past Continuous Tense
“I was walking down the road
when I saw the accident,” said
the witness.
Present Perfect Tense
“They have always been very
kind to me,” Paulo said.
The witness said he had been Past Continuous tense changes to
walking down the road when he the Past Perfect Continuous.
had seen the accident.
Paulo said they had always been Present perfect tense changes to
kind to him. the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect Tense She said they had eaten when Past Perfect Tense DOES NOT
“They had eaten when I arrived,” she arrived. CHANGE in REPORTED
she said. SPEECH.
 QUICK RECAP
1ST 3RD
Tenses of the Verb Reported Speech

2ND
Direct Speech
 QUIZ
PART 1
INSTRUCTIONS: IDENTIFY THE TRANSITIONAL
WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE SETENCES. WRITE
ONLY THE ANSWER ON YOUR PAPER.
PART 1
PART 1
 QUIZ
PART 2
INSTRUCTIONS: CHOOSE THE CORRECT
TRANSITIONAL WORD IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES. WRITE ONLY THE ANSWER ON
YOUR PAPER.
PART 2
PART 2
ANSWERS PART 1
ANSWERS PART 1
ANSWERS PART 2
ANSWERS PART 2
THANK YOU!
Any questions? Don't hesitate to
ask for help
QUESTIONS?
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