ENGLISH DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH: a free printable worksheet with grammar explanations and exercises
ENGLISH DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH
Level:
This lesson can be used on all ages of intrmediate to advanced students.
Target:
The aim of this lesson is to teach students how to use the DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH in English.
Preparation:
First print the activity sheet. Photocopy one activity sheet for each student in the class.
Introduction:
After going through your regular review and teacher talk. Tell the students that you’re going to learn and practice the use of DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH in English.
Procedure
Go through the grammar and the exercises together.
Wrap Up
Ask the students if they have any doubts.
Thank them for coming to the lesson.
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Here is the link to an online game: Reported Speech – Grammar Game for ESL.
We use reporting verbs like ‘say’, ‘tell’ or ‘ask’ to report what someone else said as a direct speech. Hence, reported speech is alternatively referred to as indirect speech. Since inderect speech is often use to talk about the past, we normally change the tense of the spoken words. We change the reporting verb when we introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used when turning direct speech into indirect speech.
Here is a link to an online game to play in group: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/18354
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