Making Reported Speech: Direct Commands and Reported Commands Primary 5 (Basic 5) Second Term Week 1 English Studies

MAKING REPORTED COMMANDS: DIRECT COMMANDS AND REPORTED COMMANDS PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) SECOND TERM WEEK 1 ENGLISH STUDIES

ENGLISH STUDIES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) 

THEME – STRUCTURE

TOPIC – MAKING REPORTED SPEECH (COMMANDS) 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Direct Commands and Reported Commands

3. Rules for Reported Commands

4. Practice Exercise/Homework/Test Questions and Answers

5. Summary

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Explain the meaning of direct commands.

2. Explain the meaning of reported commands.

3. Identify direct commands in sentences.

4. Change direct commands to reported commands.

5. Use reported commands in sentences correctly.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils already understand simple sentences. This lesson helps them report what someone has said using correct grammar.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Flashcards with commands

2. Whiteboard and marker/chalkboard and chalk

3. English textbook

4. Sentence charts

5. Pupils’ notebooks

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION

Reported speech is used to tell someone what another person said without using their exact words.

When we report commands, we are reporting instructions or orders given by someone.

DIRECT COMMANDS

A direct command is the exact words used when giving an instruction.

Examples:

• Sit down.

• Open your book.

• Clean the board.

REPORTED COMMANDS

A reported command is when we report what someone said to another person.

Examples:

• The teacher told us to sit down.

• She asked him to open his book.

• The man ordered them to clean the board.

RULES FOR REPORTED COMMANDS

• Use reporting verbs like told, asked, ordered.

• Add to + verb in the sentence.

• Remove quotation marks.

• Change pronouns when necessary.

IMPORTANCE OF THE LESSON

This lesson helps pupils to:

• report instructions correctly.

• improve speaking and writing skills.

• understand how to change direct speech to reported Speech.

• communicate clearly in English.

Pupils should listen carefully and practise changing direct commands to reported commands.

EXAMPLES: DIRECT AND REPORTED COMMANDS

1. Direct: Clean the board.

Reported: The teacher told me to clean the board.

2. Direct: Bring your book.

Reported: She asked him to bring his book.

3. Direct: Stop talking.

Reported: The man ordered them to stop talking.

PRACTICE EXERCISE/TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/ASSIGNMENT

A. Change to Reported Commands

1. Sit down.

2. Open your book.

3. Clean the board.

4. Close the door.

5. Bring your bag.

B. Choose the Correct Answer

6. Come here. → The teacher told me ___ come here. (a) at (b) for (c) to

7. Write your name. → She asked him ___ write his name. (a) to (b) of (c) in

8. Stop talking. → The man ordered them ___ stop talking. (a) from (b) to (c) on

9. Go home. → He told us ___ go home. (a) to (b) for (c) at

10. Read the book. → The teacher asked the pupils ___ read the book. (a) in (b) from (c) to

C. Complete the Sentences

11. The teacher told us to ______ down.

12. She asked him to ______ the door.

13. The man ordered them to ______ quiet.

14. Mother told me to ______ my room.

15. The boy asked his friend to ______ the book.

ANSWERS

Section A

1. The teacher told us to sit down.

2. She asked him to open his book.

3. The teacher told us to clean the board.

4. The man told us to close the door.

5. He told me to bring my bag.

Section B

6. C

7. A

8. B

9. A

10. C

Ssction C

11. sit

12. close / open (depending on context; correct expected: close or open based on teacher’s instruction)

13. remain

14. clean

15. read

SUMMARY

Pupils learned that direct commands are spoken instructions, while reported commands are used to report what someone has said using different words.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. The teacher introduces the lesson by giving simple instructions:

• Close your book.

• Sit down.

• Open the door.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen and carry out the instructions.

2. The teacher explains that these instructions are called direct commands.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen attentively and repeat the term “direct commands.”

3. The teacher explains direct commands with examples.

Examples:

• Sit down.

• Open your book.

• Clean the board.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils identify them as commands.

4. The teacher explains reported commands as words used to report what someone said.

Examples:

• The teacher told us to sit down.

• She asked him to open his book.

• The man ordered them to clean the board.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen and repeat the examples.

5. The teacher demonstrates how to change direct commands into reported commands.

Examples:

• Sit down. → The teacher told us to sit down.

• Open your book. → She asked him to open his book.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils observe and practise orally.

6. The teacher explains important rules:

• Use told/asked/ordered

• Add to + verb

• Remove quotation marks

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils write the rules in their notebooks.

7. The teacher gives more examples for practice.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils change direct commands to reported commands.

8. The teacher corrects pupils’ mistakes and guides correct answers.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils repeat correctly.

9. The teacher asks pupils to give their own examples.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils construct sentences orally.

10. The teacher summarizes the lesson by reviewing direct and reported commands.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils participate in the summary and answer questions.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils,

1. What is a direct command?

2. What is a reported command?

3. Change: “Sit down.” into reported command.

4. Change: “Open the door.” into reported command.

5. Mention one verb used in reported commands.