SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
ENGLISH 7

I. Objectives
Explain the difference between Direct and Reported Speech.
Change direct sentences to indirect sentences (EN7G-III-e-2.3)

II. Subject Matter

Topic:
Direct and Reported Speech
References:
http://www.studyandexam.com/direct-indirect-speech.html
Materials:
PowerPoint Presentation
Video
III. Procedure

 Awareness
Prayer
Checking of Attendance
Checking of Assignment
Recap of the previous lesson

 Activity
I am going to let you watch a video and you are going to answer
these questions afterwards;
o What is the video all about?
o What can you say about their technique or way of delivering a
report?
o Why proper reporting is important?
 Analysis
Upon watching the video, you might not notice but there are lines that
are reported directly and indirectly. Anchors often use this whenever
they are delivering reports in live television.

 Abstraction
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

1. When the actual words of the speaker are reproduced, it is called direct speech.
Example: He said, ‘I am going to school.’

2. When the main idea of a speaker’s words is reported by another person and the
exact words are not quoted, it is called indirect speech or reported speech.
Example: He said that he was going to school.

Rules:
1. Question marks and exclamation marks are not used in reported speech.
Examples: ‘Is it bleeding very much?’ Mr Sharma asked. (direct)
Mr Sharma asked if it was bleeding very much. (indirect)

2. In reported speech, the reporting verbs like asked/enquired, commanded/

ordered/requested, advised/suggested, exclaimed/shouted, etc are often used
in place of the reporting verb ‘said’ to convey the mood of the spoken words.
Examples: Ramesh said, ‘How hot the soup is!’ (direct)
Ramesh exclaimed that the soup was hot. (indirect)
 3. The tense of the verb in the reported speech is in the past tense. However, if the
verb in the reported speech is stating a universal truth, a habit, a constant
situation, the tense of that verb does not change:

Examples: The boy said, ‘I brush my teeth every day.’ (simple present tense)
The boy said that he brushes his teeth every day. (simple present tense)

4. In an indirect or reported question, the subject comes before the verb, not after
it. You do not use the helping verb ‘do’ to form reported questions.

Example: Paul said, ‘What time does the bus come?’ (direct)
Paul asked what time the bus came. (indirect)

5. The pronouns are also changed in reported speech. Pronouns of the first person
are changed as below:

Examples: He said, ‘I am bored.’ (direct)

He said that he was bored. (indirect)

While converting direct speech into indirect speech, the tense of the verb must change
accordingly:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Simple Present Simple Past
Simple past Past Perfect
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present perfect Past Perfect
Shall Would
May Might
Can Could
Will Would

Words indicating ‘nearness’ of time and place are changed to words indicating
‘distance’ of time and place:
Direct speech - Indirect speech
This — that
These — those
Here — there
Now — then
Today — that day
Tomorrow — the next/following day
Yesterday — the day before/the previous day

 Application
o Convert the following direct sentence to indirect sentence.
1. He shouted, “Let me go.”
2. Raja said to John, “Go away.”
3. I said to you, “I do not believe you.”
4. Reena said, “I am very busy now.”
5. “Who are you, sir, and what do you want?” they asked.
IV. Evaluation

Directions:
Write the letter of the correct conversion of the quoted statement.

1. “I read varied material,” Barbara said. Barbara said

A. That she reads varied material.
B. To read varied materials
C. That she has read varied material.
D. That she read varied material.
2. Mother said, “ Learn to make your own decisions”. Mother told us
A. To learn to make our own decisions.
B. That we learn to make our own decisions.
C. Learn to make your own decision.
D. Whether we learn to make our own decisions.
3. “How would you describe me?” Tonette asked. Tonette asked
A. How would you describe me.
B. If how I would describe him.
C. How I would describe him.
D. That I would describe him.
4. “Have you passed the examination?” I asked Cherry. I asked Cherry
A. Had she passed the examination
B. Have she passed the examination.
C. If she passed the examination.
D. If whether she passed the examination.
5. “The Philippines lies north of the equator”, Romy explained. Romy explained
A. The Philippines lay north of the equator.
B. That the Philippines lay north of the equator.
C. If the Philippines lies north of the equator.
D. That the Philippines lies north of the equator.

IV. Assignment

Direction: Write the correct conversion of the following quoted statements.

1. “Close the door!” the guard ordered the prisoner.

2. “The car is waiting for us,” he informed her.
3. “How much will the string beans cost?” she asked.
4. “Gold is mined in Baguio,” the guide said.
5. “Please hang this by the window”, Mother requested.

Prepared by:
DONNABELLE P. CABRAL
Subject Teacher

Checked:
LOIDA R. VOCES SONIA G. JAIME FLOR R. ONG
Secondary School Principal-I SHS Dept. Head JHS Dept. Head