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BusyTeacher.org says, “We’ve got 195 reported speech worksheets just for you!” And once you’ve tried some of them in your classroom, we’re sure you’ll agree with thousands of other teachers all over the world, who’ve said, “BusyTeacher.org is a great site for ESL resources!”

All cheesiness aside, reported speech can be a little confusing for some ESL students, but it’s simple to teach if you have the right tools. Just about every language involves some form of reported speech - so once your students get the general idea, they should be off and running with any activities you give them. The question is, how can you make sure you give them a solid foundation in English reported speech?

By starting with BusyTeacher.org worksheets, of course! When you use some of these 195 worksheets along with the more rigorous exercises in your textbook, your students will quickly gain experience in all the ways English can be used to report speech. Then it’s time to turn them loose on some of the fun activities and games you’ll find on this page, so they can start using reported speech in sentences and descriptions.

It doesn’t matter if you’re teaching basic reported speech to ESL level-one beginners, or practicing advanced reported speech with your level-five students - you’ll find worksheets here that are perfectly adapted for your students’ skill and experience. And whether you want to quiz them with some fill-in-the-blank or multiple-choice worksheets, help them analyze reported speech in English-language movies and TV shows, or get them up and active with some reported speech games, BusyTeacher.org has got the right worksheets for you.

Working through a special themed unit? We love that! We’ve got worksheets based on work and school vocabulary, animals, cartoon characters, emotions, movies, and much more. BusyTeacher.org even has worksheets that target specific aspects of reported speech, like direct speech, reporting verbs, and impersonal report structures. We’ve got a reported speech worksheet for everybody, from ESL beginners to advanced students; from classes full of kids to business English seminars.

Not sure where to start with our 195 reported speech worksheets? Try looking through the top ten most popular ones, or searching using the bar at the top of the page. Or if you’d prefer to just browse, all our worksheets are easy to preview as thumbnail images, or with our handy “Quick View” feature, which lets you get a one-click preview of each worksheet before you download it.

And just so you know, every worksheet you’ll find here is totally free to download, share, and duplicate. That’s thanks to our international community of ESL teachers, who’ve created each of these worksheets themselves, and tested them in their own classrooms. Want to say thanks? Why not share a worksheet of your own? Just click the “Submit a worksheet” button at the bottom of this page to get started.

BusyTeacher.org’s 195 reported speech worksheets await - so start scrolling! We’re sure your students will love the worksheets you find.

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Mixed Rephrasing 2

Mixed Rephrasing 2

, Reported Speech
This is the 2nd ws to practise rephrasing. There are two exercises for students to change passive sentences into active ones & reported sentences into direct ones. Thanks Phillip Martin for cl ...
8 Views 12,079 IntAdv
Social Media

Social Media

This is not an in- depth look although with more time it could be used to help write a letter to Facebook for instance or together with a look at the film the Social Network. This tries to look at ...
6 Views 19,079 Pre-IntInt
Reporting Statements

Reporting Statements

» Reported Speech
This PowerPoint slide show gives students a brief idea what reporting statements is. By following 5 steps, students can easily change directed speech into reported speech. Each step has an exercis ...
10 Views 8,772 ElemPre-Int
Mixed Rephrasing 1: Active to Passive & Direct to Reported Speech

Mixed Rephrasing 1: Active to Passive & Direct to Reported Speech

, Reported Speech
In this worksheet there are two exercises to practise rephrasing. In 1 the students have to rewrite active sentences into passive ones and in 2 they have to change direct sentences into reported s ...
11 Views 25,684 IntAdv
Reported Speech 1 Bach

Reported Speech 1 Bach

» Reported Speech
exercises on reported speech, sentences to rephrase in affirmative, negative, questions, orders, etc... Short sentences that students find easy to rephrase when they start learning the reported sp ...
7 Views 19,840 Adv
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Direct to Reported Speech Board Game for Revision

Direct to Reported Speech Board Game for Revision

» Reported Speech
This is a board game for revising and practicing the reported speech (introductory verb is in simple past) with MUST, CAN, MAY, WILL, SHALL, MIGHT, OUGHT TO, COULD, SHOULD, and WOULD as the report ...
7 Views 26,155 IntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Click!

Movie Worksheet: Click!

This worksheet provides comprehension activities about the movie Click! The activities should be carried out before and while watching this movie. It includes various types of actvities, such as m ...
6 Views 14,234 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: The Art Teacher

Song Worksheet: The Art Teacher

This exercise was originally intended for a group of upper-intermediate students. My aim was to get students to pay attention to the story behind the lyrics, paying attention to the use of verb te ...
4 Views 9,045 Adv
Reporting Verbs Crossword

Reporting Verbs Crossword

Reported Speech,
Useful exercise to practise report speech by means of different reporting verbs. Students need to identify the appropriate verb to be used in each of the sentences and write it in the grids and th ...
14 Views 16,864 Pre-IntInt
Reported Speech Intermediate Worksheet

Reported Speech Intermediate Worksheet

» Reported Speech
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the reported speech. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to rewrite the sentences beginning with the given words. The worksheet is avai ...
12 Views 18,591 Pre-IntInt
Direct Speech Worksheet

Direct Speech Worksheet

» Reported Speech
This is pretty simple worksheet for teaching or revising the direct speech. Students are asked to write sixteen different sentences in the direct speech. The worksheet is recommended for pre-inte ...
16 Views 80,404 Pre-IntInt
Listening Exercise - Filthy Cities: Revolutionary Paris

Listening Exercise - Filthy Cities: Revolutionary Paris

Using a youtube upload of this fun BBC documentary about 18th century Paris to complete a gap fill exercise, an exercise to expand vocabulary/English phrases, plus general questions on the dialogu ...
9 Views 14,379 IntAdv
Prcatice on Reported Speech

Prcatice on Reported Speech

Some more practice on Reported Speech. This is for pre-intermediate to Intermediate level for non English Speakers, especially for EFL students. The max time allotted to complete this exercise is ...
14 Views 14,631 BegElemPre-IntInt
Reported Speech & Classics

Reported Speech & Classics

» Reported Speech
This is a worksheet for practising reported speech. The extract is from the story Ghost in the House. The students are asked to rewrite the extract observing the rules of transformation from dire ...
3 Views 13,900 Int
Reported Speech Song Worksheet: Love Potion No.9 by the Searchers

Reported Speech Song Worksheet: Love Potion No.9 by the Searchers

Reported Speech,
An old but funny song by the Searchers which can be used to teach students Reported Speech. Let your student listen to the song first, then find an example of Reported speech, convert two sentence ...
7 Views 19,199 Pre-IntInt
Persepolis: Movie Analysis

Persepolis: Movie Analysis

After watching the movie Persepolis, students answer questions based on it and work on vocabulary. Persepolis is also a movie that can be worked for different subjects such as social studies, they ...
4 Views 11,285 Pre-IntIntAdv
Reported Speech Worksheet IV

Reported Speech Worksheet IV

» Reported Speech
REPORTED SPEECH: this worksheet contains detailed information about the rules of reported speech (reporting verbs, transforming direct into indirect speech, rules of transformation of various tens ...
72 Views 101,585 Pre-IntIntAdv
Direct & Reported Speech Rephrasing

Direct & Reported Speech Rephrasing

» Reported Speech
This ws consists of 2 exercises to revise reported & direct speech. In exercise 1 the students have to rewrite 16 direct sentences into reported speech. In 2 they have 15 reported sentences to ...
17 Views 43,245 IntAdv
Reported Speech: Useful Tips

Reported Speech: Useful Tips

» Reported Speech
This is a very useful hand-out for Ss who are learning what and how to change from direct speech into indirect one - sometimes also called 'reported speech'. When reporting speech, a few changes ...
7 Views 14,482 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Reported Speech (tables)

Reported Speech (tables)

» Reported Speech
This worksheet will be a great help while teaching reported speech. Rules are organized into tables which are easy to use and even easier to explain. It may help to transfer direct speech into ind ...
25 Views 62,554 Pre-IntIntAdv
Video Worksheet: Friends - Ross and Rachel Take Emma to the Playground

Video Worksheet: Friends - Ross and Rachel Take Emma to the Playground

In this worksheet you will find 5 exercises: 1) previewing: sudents predict what is going to happen by writing a tick next to their choice; 2) a listening ex. in which students listen and tick the ...
67 Views 106,220 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Reported Questions [Practice]

Reported Questions [Practice]

Reported Speech,
This worksheet follows my presentation. The examples have been taken from the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". There are two pages, each having fifteen sentences for practice. I hope y ...
11 Views 23,321 Pre-IntInt
Reported Questions [Presentation]

Reported Questions [Presentation]

» Reported Speech
This presentation follows the one on reporting statements, commands and requests. This time I have decided to use examples from the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". It includes explana ...
12 Views 17,529 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

Song Worksheet: Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

This worksheet is aimed to Spanish-speaking learners who are learning English as a foreign language. It deals with listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, the simple past tense and report ...
5 Views 13,964 ElemPre-Int
Reported Speech Intermediate Worksheet II

Reported Speech Intermediate Worksheet II

» Reported Speech
A worksheet for intermediate students on reported speech. There are two pages with different activities in which students are asked to complete each sentence by reporting what was said using 'sai ...
12 Views 14,812 IntAdv

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