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5. Gulliver told the Lillputians to stay away from the sea.

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6. The king said that he was the greatest.
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B. Complete these sentences in direct speech.

1. The teacher sternly told the students, “ ________________________________________
2. The boss angrily shouted, “ __________________________________________________
3. The thief pleaded, “ ________________________________________________________
4. The manager confirmed, “ ___________________________________________________

5. The driver warned, “________________________________________________________
6. Mother asked me, “ ________________________________________________________
7. She suggested, “ ___________________________________________________________

8. He rudely replied, “ ________________________________________________________
C. Change the speech of these sentences.

1. She said, “I will be dancing at the function tomorrow.”
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2. Rohan promised, “I will clean my room tomorrow.”
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3. They said, “We will plan our next trip to the Alps.”

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4. Mother told me, “Boil the peas tomorrow.”

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Listening & Speaking Time

The teacher will conduct a pair activity for oral practice of various forms of narration.
He/She will write on the blackboard/smart board four situations of narration indicated
by its key terms: Tense, Pronoun, Time and Space. The teacher will give one of these Direct and Indirect Speech
key themes to the students. He/She will ask one student to speak out a sentence of
direct speech. He/She, then, will ask the second student to speak out a corresponding
sentence in indirect speech, he/she will also point out that the narrative piece of direct
speech is shown within inverted commas in writing.
For example: The cue assigned  Tense
First student: I say, ``You are going to be the monitor of the class.''’’

I said, ``You are going to be the monitor of the class.’’''
I shall say, ``You are going to be the monitor of the class.''’’
Second student: I say that you are going to be the monitor of the class.
I said that you were going to be the monitor of the class.

I shall say that you are going to be the monitor of the class.
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