1.

Use a particular kind of

sentence for a specific purpose
and audience
- Changing direct question to
indirect discourse
( EN6SS-IIIb.1.8.2)
By:
HERMINIA C. SERION
Vallehermoso Central Elementary School
 Change the following questions to statements

1. Is solving a percentage a difficult lesson?

2.Were the utensils used after the party kept
clean?
3. Has Mark found his lost Dalmatian dog?
4. Did Ezra take her Vitamin C. today?
5. Are distinguished guests always seated in front?
 Jazz Chant
What time is it?
What time is it?
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Hurry up! Hurry up!

What time is it?

What time is it?
Please hurry up
I know it’s time
Don’t want to be late
 Read the Dialog
Mother: Lisa, have you done your homework?
Lisa: I have, Mom. I did it before I watched TV program. But
there’s a question I haven’t answered.
Mother: What is that?
Lisa: Is the earth a perfect sphere?
Jisoo: No, it’s not. It’s oblate spheroid. We took it up in Araling
Panlipunan.
Lisa: Ok. I’ll take your words. I know you very well. You read a lot.
Jisoo: By the way, did anyone see my Araling Panlipunan book?
Mother: I saw it this morning. I put it in your cabinet.
Answer the following questions:

1. Who had homework about the shape of

the earth?
2. What was Jisoo’s answer to that question?
3. Draw on the board what an oblate
spheroid looks like.
 Take note of the following questions used in the
dialogue.

1. Mother asked, ”Lisa have you done your

homework? ”
2. Jisoo asked,”Did anyone see my
Araling Panlipunan book?”
3.Lisa asked,”Is the earth a perfect
sphere?”
Study how these questions can be changed to indirect
ones.
Generalization
In changing direct question to indirect discourse use the following patterns:
A. For a direct discourse with a second person

Quoted Tag + second person + if + Subject + Verb

( following the tense of the in the quoted tag)

B. For direct question expressing general truth

Quoted Tag + if + Subject + Verb ( no change in the tense)

C. For direct question not expressing general truth

Quoted Tag+ if + Subject + Verb( following the tense in the
quoted tag)
 Period(.) is used to end each
indirect discourse.

 Thereare also changes made in the

pronouns used.
Complete the indirect questions to indirect
by filling in the blanks with the missing
words.
1. Mrs. Faustino asked, “Are all volcanoes in Camiguin active?”
 Mrs. Faustino asked _______________ in Camiguin _______ active.
2. “Nante, have you found the map?” asked Father
 Father asked____________________________ found the map.
3. “Will we all join the trip to Subic?”asked Celia.
 Celia asked___________________________all join the trip to Subic.
4. “ Is Mt. Apo the country’s tallest mountain?” asked Emilia.
Emilia asked _____________________________ the country’s tallest
mountain.
1. Mrs. Faustino asked, “Are all volcanoes in
Camiguin active?”
 Mrs. Faustino asked if all volcanoes in Camiguin
are active.
2. “Nante, have you found the map?” asked Father
 Father asked Nante if he had found the map.
3. “Will we all join the trip to Subic?”asked Celia.
 Celia asked if they would all join the trip to Subic.
4. “ Is Mt. Apo the country’s tallest mountain?”
asked Emilia.
Emilia asked if Mt Apo is the country’s tallest
mountain.
How should anyone ask when
looking or asking for something?

He should ask politely

 Evaluation
 Change each direct question to indirect discourse. Write
the letter of the correct answer.
1.”John, has Lola Ludi gone back home?”asked Aunt Gilda.
A. Aunt Gilda asked John if Lola Ludi had gone back
home.
B. John aked Aunt Gilda If Lola Ludi had gone back
home.
C. Lola Ludi asked John if Aunt Gilda had gone back
home.
D. Lola Ludi asked Aunt Gilda if John had gone back
home.
2.” Is Dr. Jose Rizal our national hero” asked a pupil.
A. A pupil asked if Dr. Jose Rizal was our national hero.
B. A pupil asked if Dr. Jose Rizal is our national hero.
C. A pupil asked if Dr. Jose Rizal our national hero.
D. A pupil asked if Dr. Jose Rizal were our national hero.
3. The manager asked,” Is everyone attending the meeting?
A. The manager wanted to know everyone attending the meeting.
B. The manager wanted to know if everyone is attending the
meeting.
C. The manager wanted to know if everyone was attending the
meeting.
D. The manager wanted to know who is attending the meeting.
4. The principal inquired,”Did the teachers
report yesterday?”
A. The principal inquired the teachers if they
reported yesterday.
B. The principal inquired yesterday if the
teachers reported.
C. The principal inquired did the teachers
report yesterday.
D. The principal inquired if the teachers
reported yesterday.
Rewrite the short story by changing direct question to indirect
discourse
One full moon , a mother and her child were sitting by the window,
staring at the sky.
“ Mother, is it true there is a man in the moon?” asked the child.
The mother replied,”No, it isn’t true. No one can ever live in the
moon.”
The child asked her mother again,”Has anyone been there?”
“Yes”, answered the mother, “astronauts travel to the moon.”
“I wish I were an astronaut”, the child whispered.