Direct and Indirect Speech

2. Use the appropriate
suprasegmentals:
pitch, stress, juncture, intonation,
etc.
EN9OL-IVg-1.14:
Change direct/qouted and indirect
speech and vice versa EN9G-IVg-1:
Objectives:

3. Let us play
Pass the message
Mechanics: By group (5 representatives/group)
1. I will tell a phrase and you will pass the message
backward.
2. The last person to receive the message will write
exact words on the board.

4. Ms. Mila said,
“____________________.”
Message relay:
“I am definitely fine”
“Forever do exist”
“Things happen for a reason”
“Positivity is beauty”

5. GIVE EMPHASIS ON THE UNDERLINED SYLLABLE
IN THE FOLLOWING:
DEFinitely
forEVer
HAPpen
posiTIVity / POSitivity
bEAUty
aMAZing

6. Stress is the relative emphasis that
may be given to certain syllables in
word, or to certain words in a
or sentence.
Also, they are longer and have a
higher pitch.

7. In the following examples, stressed syllables are in
CAPITAL letters:
PHOtograph (first syllable)
PENcil
MARyland
comMITtee
phoTOgraphy
soCIety
volunTEEr
photoGRAphic
inforMAtion

8. LISTEN CAREFULLY:
example
Most 2-syllable nouns
Noun & Adj. mostly
on the first syllable
PRESent, EXport, CHIna, TAble
Most 2-syllable adjectives
PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer,
HAPpy
Stress on first
syllable
Rule example
Most 2-syllable
verbs(verbs are stressed
in the second syllable)
preSENT, exPORT, deCIDE,
beGIN

9. 1. Noun: INcrease; addition/enlargement in size
“There’s been an INcrease in the number of
students”, the Department reported.
2. Verb: inCREASE; greater/more in quantity
*Krishna said,“The number of goods are
inCREASing.”
**Krishna said that the number of goods were
inCREASing.

10. 3.import
Noun: IMport (goods and services)
Myrna says, “This is a cheap
IMport.”(quoted)
Verb: imPORT (bring in from abroad)
*“They imPORT their oil from the UK”, said
she.
** She said (that) they imPORTed their oil
from UK. (Reported)

11. What did you observe from the given examples.
*“They imPORT their oil from the UK”,
said she. (quoted)
** She said (that) they imPORTed their oil
from UK. (Reported)

12. READ:
Pitch is the rise and fall of our voice when we speak,
sometimes called "highness" or "lowness.“
The use of pitch is called intonation
1.I BOUGHT a SHIRT on TUESday.
2.Can I BORROW your PEN?

13. Does pitch, intonation, stress, and junctures
affect the meaning of a certain line?
Yes/No? __________
Why?_____________________
Let us learn more about changes in a
sentence when reported or quoted.

14. DIRECT OR THE QUOTED SPEECH
• It is the exact words of the speaker
• It is also enclosed with quotation marks
• It is started with capital letters within the sentence
INDIRECT OR THE REPORTED SPEECH
• It is the exact words of the speaker but preceded with “that” before its’ words
• It is not enclosed with quotation marks
• Notice the changes in tenses of verbs/nouns and more

35. ‘Have you listened to any David Bowie albums?”
She asked me __________________________________.
A. that I had listened to any David Bowie albums.
B. where I had listened to any David Bowie albums.
C. if I had listened to any David Bowie albums.
D. if David Bowie was an alien who went back to his
home planet.

36. Note:
It isn’t always necessary
to change the tense if
something is still true
now

38. GROUP ACTIVITY:
LET
“THE HAT”(OER)
CHOOSES YOUR GROUP
MEMBERS

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Activity:
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