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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.
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This is a worksheet for practising reported statements, commands and requests. It accompanies my ppt and could be used after presentation. It also contains sentences taken from "The Little Prince" ...
This is a presentation on reported statements, commands and requests. It includes necessary explanations and a lot of examples. All used examples in direct speech have been taken from the book &ld ...
A detailed lesson about reported speech, how tenses and modals change from dirrect to indirect speech. It can be used by both teachers and learners. However, it doesn't contain any exercises ...
This worksheet focuses on the use of reported speech/direct speech. Students will practice speaking through some discussion about the lyric theme; they will have the opportunity to practice gramma ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching reported speech. There´s a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by 4 activities in which students are asked to put statements, questions ...
The worksheet is better used as final test after discussing grammar topics such as conditionals, reported speech and passive voice. The level is intermediate but, depending on your students' level ...
Two worksheets for practising transforming sentences from direct into reported speech and vice versa. Distribute worksheet A to one half of the class (they should report the dialogue in their note ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising reported speech. There are two actives in which students are asked to put the sentences into reported speech replacing the verb said by a suitable re ...
I use this game fairly often, students like it, even adults. You can practise any grammar structure with it, this one is for reported/embedded questions. They call out coordinates by making correc ...
Here is another set of 24 flashcards, this time for practising reported questions. There are 12 cards containing yes/no questions and 12 containing wh-questions. They can be used after the student ...
Here is a set of 24 flashcards for practising reported statements, commands and requests. Cut them and laminate them. You can use them any way you want. I usually put my students into groups of si ...
Gives an accurate overview about general rules + demonstrative examples (without questions and orders) + some tricky exercises including a key. Recommended for ESL learners aged around 13 to 14 y ...
With these grammar pages you can have a deep revision on reported speech. The first two pages provide some explanation and the rest provide the practice. The one who finishes these pages can certa ...
Worksheet with essential information about Reported/Indirect Speech included in the topic "Leisure time". Besides the table with main changes, the worksheet includes exercises. Directed to pre-int ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising reported speech. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to complete the sentences with one of the reporting verbs given in the correct f ...
This is a 3-page worksheet for teaching reported speech. The first page is basically just a grammar with detailed explanations and example tenses followed by 2 different activities in which stude ...
There is a number of sentences in direct speech (Kate tells about herself, about her life, her likes etc. Your class should transfer these sentences from direct speech into reported speech. Kate ...
The worksheet explains some of the most common impersonal report structures, how and in what registers they are used. It also contains 20 sentences for paraphrasing for exercise. Some sentences ca ...
THis worksheet provides a revison for direct questions and indirect questions and a revision for The Simple Present and Present Cont. Tense.Suitable for intermediate level.It can be used a ...
This is a worksheet suitable for elementary students, for revising reported speech. There 4 different activities in which students are asked to put statements, questions and commands into reporte ...
It is a brief presentation with all the possible uses of reported speech, statements, commands, requests and so on.It will help students of intermediate level to summarize the theory given in book ...
In this ws the students have to change reported statements, questions and special uses into direct speech and correct some sentences if necessary. A good follow-up activity to my the direct to rep ...
4 different exercise to practise reported speech.
The students have to
1) rewrite direct statements;
2) if & wh-questions;
3) special forms (orders, invitations, requests...) into reported ...
A fully animated PowerPoint presentation, with audio, for teaching or revising the reported speech. Students are asked to choose the most suitable option to complete each sentence. Recommended fo ...
The last of the series of worksheet about reported speech to provide students with practice about reported structures. After having done the 3 previous, independent ws, it's time to summarize and ...
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