English GRAMMAR Direct And Indirect Speech
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English GRAMMAR
Direct And Indirect Speech
Grade 8
Facilitator: Ms Alia Hilal
March 5,2011
AIMS
Enabling the students to
Improve punctuation
Conversion of speech
Dialogue writing
OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
Use punctuation marks effectively
Transform direct speech to indirect speech
Enhance their skills in doing narration
Rules applied on tenses
Simple present
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect
continuous
Simple past
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect
continuous
Simple past
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
No change
No change
Further changes
Today
Tomorrow
Yesterday
This year
Can
Shall
Will
May
Now
That day
the next day
The previous day
That year
Could
Should
Would
might
Then
How to change the sentences
He said, “We are going home.”
He said that they were going home.
She said, “Do you go to park everyday?”
She asked if I go to park everyday.
Ali said, “I have worked hard for the
match.”
Ali said that he had worked hard for the match.
He said, “We have been doing the practice since
yesterday.”
He said that they had been doing the practice
since the previous day.”
More Examples
“Sun
rises in the East.", teacher said.
Teacher said that the Sun rises in
the East.
She said, “What a wonderful idea!”
She exclaimed with joy that it was a
wonderful idea.”
He said, “I was tired yesterday.”
He told that he had been tired the
day before.
Points to Ponder
Learn
to recognize tenses before
attempting to speech.
Follow the rules of change.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
The End