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    This document provides teaching materials for an activity that practices changing direct speech to reported speech. Students are divided into groups and each group is given two sets of cards - one with direct speech phrases and one with the corresponding reported speech versions. Taking turns, students draw a direct speech card and change it to reported speech, then try to find the matching reported speech card. If correct, they keep the pair. The activity helps students practice transforming direct speech into reported speech.

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    This document provides teaching materials for an activity that practices changing direct speech to reported speech. Students are divided into groups and each group is given two sets of cards - one with direct speech phrases and one with the corresponding reported speech versions. Taking turns, students draw a direct speech card and change it to reported speech, then try to find the matching reported speech card. If correct, they keep the pair. The activity helps students practice transforming direct speech into reported speech.

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    Reported Speech Card Games

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    TEACHER’S NOTES

    WO RKSH EE TS , ACTIVITIES & GAMES Double Trouble

    Activity Type Introduction


    Grammar and Speaking In this direct and reported speech game, students change direct
    Game: pelmanism, speech into reported speech.
    reforming sentences,
    controlled practice (group Procedure
    work)
    Divide the students into groups of three.

    Focus Give each group a set of direct speech cards and a set of reported
    speech cards.
    Direct speech

    Reported speech Ask the students to shuffle each set of cards and spread them out
    face-down on the table in two sets.

    Aim Players take it in turns to turn over a direct speech card and read
    what's on the card, e.g. "I like pizza", she said.
    To play a pelmanism
    game where you change The player then changes the direct speech into reported speech,
    direct speech into e.g. 'She said that she liked pizza'.
    reported speech.
    Next, the player tries to find the sentence by turning over one of
    the reported speech cards.
    Preparation
    Make one copy of the If the player turns over the corresponding card, the student keeps
    cards for each group the pair of cards and has another turn.
    of three and cut as
    indicated. 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
    Keep the (shorter) two cards back over, keeping them in the same place.
    direct speech cards and
    (longer) reported speech Players must correctly say the reported speech before they try to
    cards separate. find the corresponding card.

    If a player is unable to correctly form the reported speech, the


    Level direct speech card is turned back over and play passes to the next
    student.
    Pre-intermediate (A2)
    The game continues until all the cards have been matched.
    Time
    The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game
    20 minutes wins.

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    REPORTED SPEECH

    WO RKSH EE TS , ACTIVITIES & GAMES Double Trouble

    "I am reading a book", he said. He said that he was reading a book.

    "I live in the town centre", she said. She said that she lived in the town centre.

    "Learning English is easy", they told


    They told us that learning English was easy.
    us.

    "I didn’t like chocolate when I


    The boy asked me if I liked chocolate.
    was younger", he said.

    "I'll be using the car next Friday", she She said that she would be using the car
    said. nextFriday.

    "We are working on the project They told me that they were working on the
    together", they told me. project together.

    "I drink five cups of coffee a day", she


    She said that she drank five cups of coffee a day.
    said.

    "I will be late", he explained. He explained that he would be late.

    "I will be in London on Saturday", she She said that she would be in London
    said. onSaturday.

    "Noah bought a new car", he said. He said that Noah had bought a new car.

    "We have been waiting for hours", They said that they had been waiting forhours.
    they said.

    "I have been to Italy", she told me. She told me that she had been to Italy.

    "I can match the cards together", he He told them that he could match the
    told them. cardstogether.

    "I haven't seen Sophia," he explained. He explained that he hadn't seen Sophia.

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