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Quarter 1 – Module 5
DIRECT & REPORTED
SPEECH

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English – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
First Quarter – Module 5: Direct and Reported Speech
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 English
First Quarter – Module 5
(Direct and Reported Speech)

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Table of Contents
Introductory Message ……………………………………………………. i-iii

What I Need to Know Objectives…………...…………………………….1

What I Know Pre-test…………………………………………… 2-3

Lesson 1 IDENTIFYING DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH

What’s In Review……………………………………………. 4
What’s New Analyzing Conversations……………………….. 5
Activity 1: Guess Me!........................………….. 6

Lesson 2 CHANGING DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH

AND VICE VERSA
What is It Discussion- How to Change a Direct Speech to
a Reported Speech and vice versa…………..7-10

What’s More Activity 2: Change Me More!............……………11

What I Have Learned Generalization……………………………………..12

Activity 3: Sum it Up & Reflect! ……………….…12

What I Can Do Reporting to a Friend……...................................12

Summary ……………………………………….……………...13
Assessment Post-test…………………………………………14-16

Additional Activities Posting Famous Quotations in FB……...............17

Answer Key ……………………………………………………….18

References ……………………………………………………….19
Introductory Message

For the learner:

Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Direct
and Reported Speech!
 Communication is a process of transmitting information from a sender to a
receiver. It involves one speaker, a message and a listener. A message will be
successfully transmitted if both the speaker and the listener are involved in the
process. How? A speaker must be a good speaker. He must talk in such a way that
he is clearly understood by the listener. On the other hand, a listener must not ignore
what the speaker has said. He must be quick to grasp the ideas without leaving any
trace to destruct the thought of the message.

Brian Tracy expressed that “Communication is a skill that one can learn. It
resembles to learning how to ride a bicycle. If you’re willing to work and learn for it,
you can quickly improve the nature of all aspects of your life”.

This module is designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for you become a good communicator. You will be guided to process the contents of
the learning resource while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or

Know competencies you are expected to learn
in the module.
What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to
check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip
this module.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you
link the current lesson with the previous
one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such
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as a story, a song, a poem, a problem
opener, an activity or a situation.
What is It This section provides a brief discussion
of the lesson. This aims to help you
discover and understand new concepts
and skills.
 What’s More This comprises activities for independent
practice to solidify your understanding
and skills of the topic. You may check
the answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Have This includes questions or blank
Learned sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the
lesson.
What I Can Do This section provides an activity which
will help you transfer your new
knowledge or skill into real life situations
or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate
your level of mastery in achieving the
learning competency.
Additional In this portion, another activity will be
Activities given to you to enrich your knowledge or
skill of the lesson learned. This also
tends retention of learned concepts.
Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in
the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module. The

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following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use your English notebook in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
 3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. This is to help you
improve your communication skills that would be of great help in reaching the lives of
others. Remember that you are not alone, you need to go along with anybody in the
society for you to become part of it. As such, you must know how to be a good
speaker and an alert listener who has the skill to transfer ideas to another without
leaving the thought of the message being delivered. As you go along with this
module, you will meet some activities creatively done by your teacher to sharpen all
those skills mentioned above.
The module is divided into two lessons, namely:
 Lesson 1 – Identifying Direct and Reported Speech
 Lesson 2 – Changing Direct Speech to a Reported Speech and vice
versa

After going through this module, you should be able to change a direct speech to
a reported speech and vice versa appropriately in varied contexts (EN7G-III-e-3)
Specifically, you should be able to:
1. define direct speech and reported speech;
2. identify the difference between direct and reported speech;
3. change a direct to a reported speech and vice versa when:
a. reporting to a friend;
b. posting famous quotations;
c. changing reported remarks to direct speech;
4. familiarize the rules for changing direct speech to reported speech.

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 What I Know

Before doing all of the target activities mentioned in the previous page, you will
answer first the given statements. This is to test of what you have learned about the
topic.
Note: Write all your answers in your English notebook.
A. Identify the given statements as Direct Speech or Reported Speech.
1. “I am a Filipino,” Daniel said.
2. Daniel said that he is a Filipino.
3. “I haven’t seen our Grade-7 English teacher,” Francisca said.
4. Gayle said that she liked cookies.
5. “I am ready to go to school,” Tom said.
6. “It is too early to take a bath,” Rupert said.
7. Our Barangay Chairman said that he would give face masks to the
youth.
8. “Students are very eager to go back to school,” the school principal
said.
9. The teacher said that the online class will start immediately.
10. “You need more rest,” the doctor said.

B. Change the direct speech into reported speech and vice versa. Choose from the
given sentences. Write the letter only.

______11. “Proverbs reflect our culture and identity,” Jorge said.

A. Jorge said that many things reflect proverbs.
B. Jorge said that our culture and identity reflect proverbs.
C. Jorge said that we can reflect culture and identity through
proverbs.
D. Jorge said that proverbs reflect our culture and identity.

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______12. The Grade 7 adviser mentioned that the class’ surprise visit to the
hospital had a wonderful effect to the sick student.
A. “The wonderful effect was surprised by the Grade 7 adviser,” the
class mentioned.
B. “The class’ surprise visit to the hospital had a wonderful effect to the
sick student,” the Grade 7 adviser mentioned.
C. “The Grade 7 adviser was surprised by the wonderful effect,” the
class mentioned.
D. “The Grade 7 adviser had a wonderful effect to the surprise visit to
the hospital,” the Grade 7 adviser mentioned.
______13. “There are many helpful Grade 7 students in our school,” the School
Principal stated.
A. The School Principal stated that there are many students in the
helpful school.
B. The School Principal stated that there were many helpful Grade 7
students in his school.
C. The School Principal stated that there are many helpful School
Principals in the school.
D. The School Principal stated that there are many schools for the
helpful Grade 7 students.
______14. “I took piano lessons,” he said.
He said that he ________ piano lessons.
A. taken B. took C. has taken D. had taken
15. “I will get it,” she said.
She said that she_________ get it.
A. will B. won’t C. would D. wouldn’t

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 Lesson Identifying Direct and Reported
1 Speech

Have you tried to retell the message which your friend told you? Were all the
ideas completely stated? If your answers are all yes, then you are a good listener! As
a Grade 7 student, it is very important to know how to transfer the message to
another person. This module teaches you how to do it. You will be guided on how to
apply the rules when you retell the message to another person. To start, let us
discuss first the difference between direct speech and reported speech. This lesson
will help you how to identify it.

What’s In

You have here a short dialogue between Teacher Marie and the student
named Ben. Read it and find out what are those underlined words.
A.

“I take the Ben said that

garbage in the he took the
trash can,” Ben garbage in
Ben said. the trash can. Teacher Marie

Ben said that

“I took the he had taken
garbage in the the garbage in
trash can. the trash can.

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 Teacher Marie
Ben

The underlined words are verbs. In your previous lesson, Quarter 1- Module 4, you
learned already what verbs are and when to use its past and past perfect tense.

Your knowledge of the tense of the verb will be very helpful in our topic, “Direct and
Reported Speech.” Before going further about it, let us know first what is a direct
speech as well as the reported speech. Are you now ready?

What’s New

You here another short dialogue between Teacher Marie and the
student named Ben. Read it and find out what they are talking.
B.

“Our classmate is Ben said that their

sick and he is in the classmate was
hospital,” Ben said. sick and he was in Teacher Marie
Ben the hospital.

“We visited our Ben said that they

classmate in the had visited their
hospital,” Ben classmate in the
said. hospital.

What I Know
A.
1. A. Direct
Speech
2. B. Reported
Speech
but when he saw
them, he was so
happy.
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 Teacher Marie
Ben

What positive value is reflected in the conversations between Teacher Marie and
Ben? Have you visited your friend, classmate or anybody who was sick at home or in
the hospital? Is it really helpful to be caring to someone who is in need?
Being very helpful, kind, caring, loving or showing concern to our fellowmen is a
good value. Our ancestors (old family members) have some values which we should
preserve and apply for us to become productive Filipinos

Now, let us analyze Ben and Teacher Marie’s conversations.

1. How are the lines of Ben presented? How about Teacher Marie’s?
2. What tense of the verb was used in the lines of Ben? Teacher Marie?
3. Which of the characters used direct speech? Reported speech?

Note that Ben’s lines are original lines based on how the speaker mentioned it. They
are enclosed with a quotation marks. Those lines are examples of direct speech.

A direct speech is a sentence that gives a statement or thought in its original form
according to how the original speaker said that.

Examples: “Our classmate is sick and he is in the hospital,” Ben said.

“We visited our classmate in the hospital,” Ben said.

Now, look closely at Teacher Marie’s lines. The quotation marks and the
comma were omitted. The word “that” was added. The tense of the verb was
changed and also the pronoun. Those lines are examples of reported speech.
A reported speech is a sentence that expresses the content of a statement
without quoting just like what is done in direct speech.

Examples: Ben said that their classmate was sick and he was in the hospital.
Ben said that they had visited their classmate in the hospital.

Activity 1: Guess Me!

A. Read the sentences below. Identify which sentences are DIRECT SPEECH
and which are also REPORTED SPEECH. Write your answers in your English
notebook.

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 1. She said she was a nurse.
2. “I’m a nurse,” she said.
3. “I’m not going,” he said.
4. She said Tony had done it.
5. He said he wasn’t going.

B. Copy the paragraph in your notebook. Underline the direct speech once and
underline twice the reported speech.

The National Power Corporation said that for as long as waterfalls don’t run
dry, we can be assured of hydroelectric power. “We can make the awesome heat
energy from the earth, feared so much in volcanoes, and work to our advantage,”
Arturo P. Alcaraz said.
People opposed to the nuclear plants remark that we should learn from the
mistakes of other countries and not run the risk of radiation leaks which have
proven to be deadly.

Lesson
Changing Direct Speech to Reported Speech
2 and vice versa

On lesson 1, you have learned the difference between a direct speech and a
reported speech. Now, you will learn how to change a direct speech to a reported
speech and vice versa (reported speech to direct speech). Here is the deeper
explanation about it.

What is It

When changing direct speech to reported speech, the following should be

observed:
1. The quotation mark and the comma are no longer used in the reported
speech.
Example:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

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 “Grandmother teaches me how to Sheila said that her grandmother
cook,” Sheila said. taught her how to cook.

2. Follow the format of the introductory words in the Reported Speech:

noun/ pronoun + said

Example:
Direct Speech Reported Speech
“Grandmother teaches me how to Sheila said that her grandmother
cook,” Sheila said. taught her how to cook.

“Grandmother teaches me how to She said that her grandmother

cook, “she said. taught her how to cook.

3. The word that is used to introduce the reported statement.

Example:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“Grandmother teaches me how to Sheila said that her grandmother
cook,” Sheila said. taught her how to cook.

4. The verb form is changed in the direct speech to the reported speech.

a. Present tense to Past tense

Examples:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“Dad teaches me how to swim,” Sheila said that her dad taught
Sheila said. her how to swim.

“The child knows the answer,” Betty said that the child knew the
Betty said. answer.

“The fisherman catches fish,” The boatman said that the

The boatman said. fisherman caught fish.

b. Past Tense to Past Perfect Tense

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 Examples:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“Grandmother taught me how to Sheila said that her grandmother

cook,” Sheila said. had taught her how to cook.

“The child knew the answer,” Betty said that the child had
Betty said. known the answer.

“The fisherman caught fish,” the The boatman said that the
boatman said. fisherman had caught fish.

c. Present or future modals to past modals

Examples:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“I can dance,” the girl said. The girl said that she could
dance.
“The visitor may come in our
school,” the teacher said. The teacher said that the visitor
might come in their school.
“They will clean the classroom,”
Peter said. Peter said that they would clean
the room.

Refer to the table below which shows present or future modals to past
modals:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

can could
may might
will would
shall should

5. The pronoun also changes:

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 Examples:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

. “Our friend is sick and he stays Jay said that their classmate was
at home,” Jay said. sick and he stayed at home.

“We visited our classmate in the Ben said that they had visited
hospital,” Ben said. their classmate in the hospital.

“You can do this,” my classmate My classmate said that he could

said. do that.

When changing the reported speech back to its direct speech, follow the
steps below:

1. Analyze the sentence first. Underline the thought of the sentence.

Example: The class monitor said that the students were all present.

The underlined words is the thought of the sentence.

2. Capitalize the letter of the first word of the underlined words. Enclose quotations
marks (“”) and put comma before the close quotation.

Example: “The students were all present,”

3. a. Change the verb: past tense to present tense; past perfect tense to past
tense.

Example: “The students were all present,”

Answer: “The students are all present,”

b. Change also the modal: from past to present

or future modal.

Example: The girl said that she could dance

Answer: The girl said that she can dance.

Note: Replace the pronoun she with a pronoun I in the sentence.

Example: The girl said that she could dance.

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 “I can dance,”

4. After doing all the steps, add: noun/ pronoun + said then put a period.

Examples: “The students are all present,” the class monitor said.

“I can dance,” the girl said.

What’s More

Activity 2: Change Me More!

Analyze the given sentences on numbers 1-5. Change the direct speech to reported speech.
Write all your answers on your notebook.

Example: “I can see the ship in the harbor” she said.

Answer: She said that she could see the ship in the harbor.

1. Ben said, “I brought five apples.”

_______________________________________
2. Lito replied, “My family accepted the apples.”
_______________________________________
3. “I like to eat rice,” Oscar’s son said.
_______________________________________
4. “He goes to church,” Cesar stated.
_______________________________________
5. Jay’s friend reported, “Five men helped carry the sacks of rice.”
_______________________________________

For numbers 6-10, write the reported speech to its direct speech.

Example: She said that she could see the ship in the harbor.
Answer: “I can see the ship in the harbor,” she said.

6. His son pointed out that he was happy when his classmates visited him.
_________________________________________
7. The father of Jose said that Jose’s friends were good.

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 _________________________________________
8. Jose stated that the team was ready to play.
_________________________________________
9. The children mentioned that they had played in the farm.
_________________________________________
10. Jessa said that she fed her pet.
_________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Sum it up & Reflect!

Directions: Fill in the blanks to complete the short sentences below. These sentences
summarize our topic in this module.

A_________ is a sentence that gives a statement or thought in its

original form according to how the original speaker said it and
a___________is a sentence that expresses the content of a statement
without quoting just like what is done in direct speech.

Question. Why is there a need for us to accurately state or change the direct speech
to the reported speech pattern?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Read the given situation below:

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 An incoming Grade 7 student went to CNCHS. He asked Teacher Marie, a
Grade 7 teacher, about the steps on how to enroll. Here is what Teacher Marie told
him:
As soon as you
I will give you
are done texting,
the text format.
you will inform me
You shall follow
immediately so
the directions
you will be
and send the
included in the list
important
of enrollees as
information to
incoming Grade7
the given cellular
Supposed you were that student in the
student.
number.
situation, tell your friend what the Grade 7 teacher told you. Use the
reported speech.

Write your answers in your English notebook.

Summary

Learning Direct and Reported Speech is timely because of the common

distorted information or some fake news that we can read from the different social
media platforms nowadays. This allows us to learn how to correctly and accurately
change the direct speech (quoted statement) to reported speech. This reminds us
that we need to give accurate information based from what is actually the real
statements’ thought of the speaker. If we will mistakenly change its thought, a big
tendency that miscommunication will occur because of misinterpretation.

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 Assessment

Directions: Change the direct speech to a reported speech. Write your answer in your
English notebook.

1. “I’m a nurse,” she said.

A. She said that she was a nurse.
B. She said that he was a nurse.
C. She said that you were a nurse.
D. She said that they were nurses.
2. “I’m not going,” he said.
A. He said that she was going.
B. He said that he wasn’t going.
C. He said that they weren’t going.
D. He said that you were going.
3. “Tony did it,” he said.
A. He said that Tony had done it.
B. He said that Tony has done it.
C. He said that Tony have done it.
D. He said that Tony do it.
4. “I ate the pie,” Alvir said.
A. Alvir said that he ate the pie.
B. Alvir said that he eats the pie.
C. Alvir said that he had eaten the pie.

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 D. Alvir said that they had eaten the pie.
5. “I am here in the church,” Gerlie said.
A. Gerlie said that she was in the church.
B. Gerlie said that she is in the church.
C. Gerlie said that she was not in the church.
D. Gerlie said that you were in the church.

6. “Stop making that noise,” she said.

A. She said to stop that noise.
B. She said that stop that noise.
C. He asked to stop that noise.
D. He asked stop that noise.

7. “I do not need this book,” I said to him.

A. I told him that I do not need that book.
B. I told him that I did not need that book.
C. I told him that I did not needed that book.
D. I told him that I have no need of that book.

Directions: Change the reported speech to its direct speech. Write your answer in
your English notebook.

8. She said that she had read it.

A. “I have read it,” she said.
B. “I had read it,” she said.
C. “I do read it,” she said.
D. “I read it,” she said.
9. He said that he had bought a car.
A. “I bought a car,” he said.
B. “I buy a car,” he said.
C. “I bring a car,” he said.
D. “I brought a car,” he said.

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10. She said that she liked ice cream.
A. “I like ice cream,” she said.
B. “I liked ice cream,” she said.
C. “I take an ice cream,” she said.
D. “I took an ice cream,” she said.

11. He said that he had taken English lessons.

A. “I had taken English lessons,” he said.
B. “I took English lessons,” he said.
C. “I take English lessons,” he said.
D. “I studied English lessons,” he said.
12. Daniel said that he could speak perfect English.
A. “I can speak perfect English,” Daniel said.
B. “I could speak perfect English,” Daniel said.
C. “I can talk perfect English,” Daniel said.
D. “I have talked perfect English,” Daniel said.
13. He said that he might be late.
A. “I may be late,” he said.
B. “I can be late,” he said.
C. “I might be late,” he said.
D. “I could be late,” he said.
14. She said that she should call her mother.
A. “I should call my mother,” she said.
B. “I can call my mother,” she said.
C. “I shall call my mother,” she said.
D. “I could call my mother,” she said.
15. He said that he could swim.
A. “I could swim,” he said.
B. “I can swim,” he said.
C. “I will swim,” he said.
D. “I would swim,” he said.

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 Additional Activities

A. Below are the famous Philippine quotations. Post these in your Facebook account. Take a
screenshot of your post and send it to your English teacher. Use direct speech and reported
speech.

Post #1: Change the quotation into reported speech.

1. “Poverty is not an obstacle to one’s ambition to serve his country.”
-Apolinario Mabini
Post # 2: Change the reported speech into direct speech.

2. “It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great idea.”

-Rizal
Note: If you don’t have a Facebook account, draw the FB chart and write your comment. Use
direct and reported speech. You may cut your picture and paste it in the picture box.

Answer Key

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References

Fermin, Edison A. 2017. English 7 Learner’s Material. Pasig City: FEP

Printing Corp.

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Tayao, Ma. Lourdes G. 2002. Meeting My Needs for English. Quezon City:
Rex Printing Company, Inc.

Ulit Enriqueta V. 1998. Workbook in English. Quezon City: JTW Corp.

Tracy, Brian. N. d. Accessed May 14, 2020.

http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/communication-quot

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