Next, the player tries to find the sentence by turning over one of the reported speech cards. If the player turns over the corresponding card, the student keeps the pair of cards and has another turn. If the two cards don't match or the player's sentence is not the same as what's on the reported speech card, the player turns the two cards back over.
The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. Oh Really? In this fun reported speech game, students have to try to remember what their classmates said. The students begin by reviewing expressions to show interest and surprise, e. Next, tell the students that they are going to tell each other something interesting or surprising and that they have to try to remember what each person said. The students memorize the sentence on their card and then stand up and walk around the class, saying their sentences to each other.
Students use an expression for showing interest or surprise each time they hear a sentence. When the students have all spoken to each other, they write down what their classmates told them using reported speech, e. The student with the most correct sentences is the winner. Somebody told me that Students start by moving around the classroom asking questions and completing their worksheets with yes answers. In groups, students then take it in turns to report back the information they found out about their classmates using reported speech.
Students do this without saying the classmate's name. Instead, they use the phrase 'Somebody told me that The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. You said Here is a free reported speech game to play in class.
In the activity, students play a miming game where they guess what their classmates were told to do using reported speech. One student begins by picking up an imperative card and whispering the command on the card to their partner. Their partner mimes the command to the other pair of students. The other pair watches the mime and tries to guess what the student told their partner to do.
The pair then uses reported speech to say what they think the command was, e. The pair has one minute to guess what the student told their partner to do. If they manage to do this and make a suitable sentence with reported speech, they score a point. The pairs then swap roles and the process is repeated. The pair with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Report This. In this reported speech speaking activity, students interview a partner and then report the questions and answers from the interview to a new partner.
Students take it in turns to ask a partner the questions on the worksheet and write down their answers in note form next to the questions. When the students have finished, they work with a new partner and take it in turns to report the questions and answers from the interview to their new partner using reported speech, e. Afterwards, students give feedback to the class on their interviews.
Reporting Modal Verbs. Each member of your class gives one piece of advice to the person while the rest of the class writes down what their classmate said. Once everyone has given their advice, each member of the class shares the two to three best pieces of advice offered by the class. For this fun activity, write a list of superlative adjectives on small slips of paper and put them in a bag.
Write several people your students probably know their mother, sibling, teacher, best friend, etc. Each person takes a turn pulling one slip of paper from each bag and then putting those words into the following sentence: the … thing ….
With your class, brainstorm a list of occasions they have probably experienced, for example a birthday, a graduation, a Sunday morning, etc. Then have each person share with a partner something someone told them on one of those occasions using reported speech without revealing what the occasion was. Once they guess correctly or get the answer wrong three times, students switch roles. Assign each person in your class to a partner for this conversation activity. One person stays seated while the other person mingles with the other minglers in class.
The seated person asks his partner to find someone who…. Once the mingler finds someone who meets the criteria, she returns to her partner and reports what the class member said e. MinYoung said she used to have a dog. The two players then switch roles and the sitter becomes the mingler. Students continue to switch roles and talk to their classmates until time is up. If you enjoyed this article, please help spread it by clicking one of those sharing buttons below.
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