English GRAMMAR English GRAMMAR Direct And Indirect Direct And Indirect

SpeechSpeechGrade 8Grade 8

Facilitator: Ms Alia HilalFacilitator: Ms Alia Hilal

March 5,2011 March 5,2011

AIMSAIMSEnabling the students toEnabling the students to Improve punctuationImprove punctuation Conversion of speechConversion of speech Dialogue writingDialogue writing

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

Students will be able toStudents will be able to Use punctuation marks effectivelyUse punctuation marks effectively Transform direct speech to indirect Transform direct speech to indirect

speechspeech Enhance their skills in doing Enhance their skills in doing

narrationnarration

Rules applied on tensesRules applied on tenses Simple presentSimple present Present continuousPresent continuous Present perfectPresent perfect Present perfect Present perfect

continuouscontinuous Simple pastSimple past Past continuous Past continuous Past perfectPast perfect Past perfect Past perfect

continuouscontinuous

Simple pastSimple past

Past continuousPast continuous

Past perfectPast perfect

Past perfect continuousPast perfect continuous

Past perfectPast perfect

Past perfect continuousPast perfect continuous

No changeNo change

No changeNo change

Further changesFurther changes Today Today TomorrowTomorrow YesterdayYesterday This yearThis year CanCan ShallShall WillWill MayMay NowNow

That dayThat day the next daythe next day The previous dayThe previous day That yearThat year CouldCould ShouldShould WouldWould mightmight ThenThen

How to change the sentencesHow to change the sentences He said, “We are going home.”He said, “We are going home.” He said that they were going home.He said that they were going home. She said, “Do you go to park everyday?”She said, “Do you go to park everyday?” She asked if I go to park everyday.She asked if I go to park everyday. Ali said, “I have worked hard for the Ali said, “I have worked hard for the

match.”match.” Ali said that he had worked hard for the match.Ali said that he had worked hard for the match. He said, “We have been doing the practice since He said, “We have been doing the practice since

yesterday.”yesterday.” He said that they had been doing the practice He said that they had been doing the practice

since the previous day.”since the previous day.”

More ExamplesMore Examples

““Sun rises in the East.", teacher said.Sun rises in the East.", teacher said. Teacher said that the Sun rises in Teacher said that the Sun rises in

the East.the East. She said, “What a wonderful idea!”She said, “What a wonderful idea!” She exclaimed with joy that it was a She exclaimed with joy that it was a

wonderful idea.”wonderful idea.” He said, “I was tired yesterday.”He said, “I was tired yesterday.” He told that he had been tired the He told that he had been tired the

day before.day before.

Points to PonderPoints to Ponder

Learn to recognize tenses before Learn to recognize tenses before attempting to speech.attempting to speech.

Follow the rules of change.Follow the rules of change. Remember, practice makes perfect.Remember, practice makes perfect.

The EndThe End