None of my pdfs are intended to replace the teacher this is an. As a bonus, there are three roleplays for practicing reported speech on the second on the second page that can be done in pairs. Change the following sentences into reported speech and learn with english online exercises. With a partner, or in groups of three, students turn the movie little red fairytale l3u6l2 into a dialogue, changing the reported statements to direct speech. Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example im going to the cinema tonight.
To revise reported speech, introducing several reporting verbs. Thank you andream for pointing this out, it has now been fixed. Reported speech worksheets, pdf exercises, handouts to print. Student a should listen to the reported speech and convert it to direct speech and fill in the words missing in the speech bubbles. As you watch the video, look at the examples of reported speech.
Future perfect simple and continuous progressive tense. Reported speech is a very rich grammar area to teach because. Reported speech reported statements when do we use reported speech. Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. Say vs tell exercises subjunctive that clause reported speech examples 1 1.
Ideal for preintermediate or intermediate students. Reported speech tips and activities onestopenglish. The powerpoint takes you through the rules in some detail. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is used to tell somebody else what another person said. English esl reported speech worksheets islcollective. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can use, reported speech correctly. And once youve tried some of them in your classroom, were sure youll agree with thousands of other teachers all over the world, whove said. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
Formal and informal english politeness or colloquial language future continuous tense. Reported speech or indirect speech free english grammar. Using reported speech in english can sometimes be difficult for nonnative speakers as we usually change the verbs, pronouns and specific times. In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is further back in the past e. Files included 8 directandreportedspeech1examplesandexplanation. When the main idea of a speakers words is reported by another person and the exact words are not quoted, it is called indirect speech or reported speech. All downloads are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results. Frank said that he wanted to take a vacation around the world. Reported speech pdf worksheets english vocabulary and.
Direct speech i am going to the store sentences have reported speech she said she was going to the store equivalents. Frank said, i want to take a vacation around the world. Nonspeech oralmotor exercises nsomes refer to oral activities that are believed to influence speech production without actually executing speech forrest, 2002. Famous quotes read the following quotes by famous people. British broadcasting corporation 2007 grammar challenge reported speech practice activities. I dont mind making jokes, but i dont want to look like one marylin monroe 3. Its a very easy piece of grammar to locate and exploit with texts.
Direct and reported speech worksheets with optional. Age categories are key stages 2 and 3 england, but its unlikely to be needed much before year 5. Students might be surprised to see just how accurate he was about certain things. Show the students the reported speech side of the card. He said that it must be pretty late and he really must go. Now, this activity requires some preparation on my part, namely writing on one side of a card reported speech and, on the other side, direct speech of the same sentence. A keen grasp of correct tense usage, as well as the ability to correctly shift pronouns and time expressions, is essential when using reported speech. Present simple reported statement exercise quite easy in pdf here. See the sentences below with direct and indirect speech forms, these are great references to understand the difference. Reported speech from present simple questions write the questions using reported speech with answer key and grammar note on page 2 intermediate level approximately 10 15 minutes. The use of nonspeech oralmotor exercises among indian.
Explain that the students are going to play a similar game in groups. For some students, the best way to learn reported speech is by reading the statements they have to report. Esl reported speech activity reading, writing, listening and speaking low intermediate b1 30 minutes. The sentences on their worksheets can be given in reported speech for them just to read out and convert back to direct speech in their heads while trying to work out which typical sentences or more challenging be given as direct speech for them to convert to reported speech when they tell them to their partner as in the games above. Treatment of dysarthria, 7390 american speechlanguage. Images are fairly lowresolution and wont lend themselves to much photocopying. Useful for eliciting the reported speech form and great for clt teensadults classes. For the first game, prepare a set of index card each with a direct speech statement on one side and the indirect statement on the other. Each card consists of a quote and an illustration providing some context to the quote. When the actual words of the speaker are reproduced, it is called direct speech. In this engaging reported speech activity, students interview a partner and then report the questions and answers from the interview to a new partner. I always used to get stuck for interesting games that involved reported speech and so tended to skip through that unit of the book quite quickly and then spend far too much time on the first conditional just because it is so much fun.
She begins with a definition and description of the range of activities both nonspeech and speechlike that are typically considered to be oral motor treatment. Free reported speech worksheets says, weve got 195 reported speech worksheets just for you. They include activities like lateral tongue sweeps, pursing and puckering of lips, puffing of cheeks, blowing, and sucking. Pdf nonspeech oral movements and oral motor disorders. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. The big picture images and reported speech introduction.
Say, tell, speak, talk activity stay safe and healthy. The activities here are divided into different kinds of drill, ways of. Rs004 reported speech indirect commands intermediate. Reported speech, which is also known as indirect speech, conveys the meaning of what was said earlier without a wordforword quote. None of my pdfs are intended to replace the teacher this is an answer to the person who said that my worksheets were no good. Tips and ideas from kerry maxwell and lindsay clandfield on teaching reported speech. Keep reading to understand how to use reported speech and download this free english lesson. Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said. Use, amend or delete the lo and success criteria according to your schools house style. Watch our esol presentation on reported speech to find out more.
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 38, students take note of the questions and demands written by nikki and reported by ben, and practice reported questions in. Divide the students into pairs a and b and give each student a corresponding. Click here to read the explanations about reported speech reported statements. If you like this esl speaking activity to help your students practice reported speech, then youre going to love this book. Reported speech with explanations, examples and exercises. Convert into reported speech easy english lesson and exercises i am a teacher of english at a highly appreciated school and doing the job i love. A quick explanation of how reported indirect speech works, and then a comic where the students have to convert direct to indirect speech. Adjective and adverbs downloadable pdf worksheets for english language learners intermediate level b1 home b1 grammar reported speech reported speech b1. Reported speech learnenglish teens british council.
Im planning to include statements, questions, commands, suggestions, offersetc. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is commonly used in spoken conversations to report what others have said. Heres a list of all the reported speech exercises on this site. An easy activity to teach reported speech cut out the squares and play following the rules of the game memory.
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