1. English GRAMMAR Direct And Indirect Speech
Grade 8
Facilitator: Ms Alia Hilal
March 5,2011

2. AIMS
Enabling the students to
Improve punctuation
Conversion of speech
Dialogue writing

3. OBJECTIVES Students will be able to Use punctuation marks effectively
Transform direct speech to indirect speech
Enhance their skills in doing narration

4. 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
No change

5. 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

6. 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.”

7. 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.

8. Points to Ponder
Learn to recognize tenses before attempting to speech.
Follow the rules of change.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
The End