1. Presentation on Narrative Style By Mohammed Belal Uddin
Senior EnglishTeacher
Chittagong Cantonment Public College.

2. TEACHER IDENTIFICATION
Mohammed Belal Uddin
Senior Teacher
Chittagong Cantonment Public College

3. Learning outcomes
After this lesson students will be able to
Change direct speech to indirect speech and vice-versa
Use punctuation marks
identify sentences, tense, moods, persons, cases
Make a conversation .

4. Punctuation Marks used in Narration
“ ” . ! ?
Inverted Comma
Question Mark
Full stop
Exclamatory Mark
Comma

5. how to identify Sentences
Verb
Let
Do not
Never ! ?
May ……………
Assertive Sentence
Interrogative
sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Imperative Sentence
Optative sentence

6. Introduction to persons
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

7. Narration Direct speech Indirect speech
He said to me, “I am reading the Quran.”
speaker
listener
Reporting verb
Reported speech

8. Narration Rule:1 Assertive Sentence এর পরিবর্তে Said to
Told + that + sub+…….. বসে
She said to me, “I am practicing yoga”
She me she was practicing yoga.
told
that

9. Asked +if/ wh-word+ subject+…..
Rule :2
Interrogative
এর পরিবর্তে
Asked +if/ wh-word+ subject+…..
Said to
The old woman said to her, “Can you help me?”
The old woman her she could help her.
asked if

10. Ordered/requested/advised/forbade +to /not to + V1
Rule :3
Imperative sentence
Said to
এর পরিবর্তে
Ordered/requested/advised/forbade +to /not to + V1
The man said to them, “Be careful and stay safe”.
ordered
The man them be careful and stay safe. to

11. Prayed/wished + that + subject……
Rule :4
Optative Sentence
Prayed/wished + that + subject……
Said to
এর পরিবর্তে
He said , “May Allah help me.”
He Allah might help him.
prayed
that

12. Exclaimed with joy/ sorrow + that + subject + …
Rule : 5
Exclamatory sentence
Exclaimed with joy/ sorrow + that + subject + …
এর পরিবর্তে
Said to
He said to me, “How helpless the children are!”
that
exclaimed with sorrow
He ………………………… …the children were very helpless.

13. Direct speech Indirect speech 1st person Changing of persons Us ourMy
Changing of persons Me Us
our
Direct speech
Indirect speech
1st person
বক্তার person I he He
said to me, “ read in class 8.”
He told me that…….. read in class 8. me
Said to
“I read in class 8.”

14. I said to , “ have done well.” her You she
2nd person
Direct speech
Indirect speech
2nd person
শ্রোতার person
I said to , “ have done well.”
her
You
she
I told her that……..had done well
I said to her
“You have done well.”

15. Tense ও অন্যান্য word এর পরিবর্তন
Direct speech
Indirect speech
1.V1/vএর সাথে s/es V2
2.V2
Had+v3
3.Am/are/is
Was/were
4.Was/were
Had been
5. have/has
Had
6.Do not/does not
Did not
7.Did not
Had not +v3
Would
8.Shall/will
9.Can/may
Could/might

16. Tense ও অন্যান্য word এর পরিবর্তন
Direct speech
Indirect speech
12. yester day
The previous day
13. tomorrow
The next day/the following day
14. now
Then
There
15. here
16. come Go
17. this
That
18. thank you
Thanked
19. sir
Respectfully/politely/with respect/
20. good morning/ evening/afternoon
Wished…….gm/ge/ga.

17. Tense ও অন্যান্য word এর পরিবর্তন*
Must
Had to/must
Today/this day
That day
The last night
The previous night
These
Those/(the হয় adjএর ক্ষেত্রে)
welcomed
Welcome
Before
Ago
Thus
so,in that way

18. Other rules of changing direct speech into indirect speech

19. Change the narrative style of the following text.
evaluation
Change the narrative style of the following text.
“What’s your program after the examination? asked Salam. Kamal said, “I’ve not yet decided. Can you suggest any?” “Let us go on a picnic,” said Salam. “What an excellent idea! I shall certainly join you,” said Kamal
Salam
asked
Kamal
what
his program
was
after the examination.
Kamal
replied
that he
had not
yet decided
and
asked
him if he
could
suggest any.
Salam proposed to Kamal
that
they
should
go on a picnic.
Kamal exclaimed with joy
that it
was a a
a very a a a a a a a

20. From Your Model Question Book MQ No: 1,2,3,4,5
Home Work
Practice the followings
From Your Model Question Book
MQ No: 1,2,3,4,5

21. Thank you
Very much