Resource centre - Reported speech
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| Aim | To practise reported speech |
| Activity | Students listen and write down a sentence which they later report back to the teacher |
| Organisation | Individual / whole class |
| Preparation | Make one copy of the sentences below and cut them up |
| What do I do? | 1 Give one sentence to each student. 2 Students A reads out their sentence to their whole class, others write it down. 3 Student B reads out their sentence to the whole class, others write it down and this continues until all of the sentences have been read out. 4 Pick a student at random to report what one student said. Correct the response as appropriate, presenting / eliciting the form. Repeat with another student |
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She’s studying in Paris She went there 5 years ago They have traveled all over the world I will meet you at 6 o’clock We have a class every Monday They’re going to Barcelona next week I can come on Tuesday He had seen the movie before |
























