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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S What did they say?

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this reported speech game, students report back answers to
Game: asking and questions and race to complete sentences about what people said.
answering questions
from prompts, writing Procedure
sentences, controlled
and freer practice (group Divide the class into groups of three or four.
work)
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.

Focus First, students write down the name of a student that is not in
their group at the beginning of each sentence on their worksheet.
Reported speech
Tell the group members to write the same names in the same
order.
Aim
To report back answers to Next, give each group a set of questions.
questions using reported
speech and complete Explain that the students are going to report back answers to
sentences about what questions using reported speech and race to complete their
people in the class said. worksheets with sentences about what people in the class said.

A student from each group reads the first question and memorizes
Preparation it. The student then looks at the name at the beginning of the first
sentence on their worksheet (e.g. Sophia) and goes to the group
Make one copy of the
where the person is located to ask them the question.
worksheet for each
student. Also, make one
Example:
copy of the questions for
each group of three or
Student: How long have you been studying English?
four.
Sophia: I have been studying English for five years.

Level If the person is away asking a question to another group, the

student must wait until the person returns to their group before
Intermediate (B1) asking the question.

The student then returns and reports back the answer to the
Time group using reported speech, e.g. 'Sophia said that she had been
45 minutes studying English for five years'.

Everyone in the group then writes down what the student said on
their own worksheet.

When all the group members have written the sentence, the next
student asks the second question to the person whose name is
written at the beginning of the second sentence and so on.

The first group to complete their worksheets with grammatically

correct sentences wins the game.

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 REPORTED SPEECH

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S What did they say?

A. Write down the name of a student that is not in your group at the beginning of each
sentence.

B. Complete the sentences with the information that is reported back to you.

1. ........................... said that ....................................................................................

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3. ........................... said that ....................................................................................

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20. ........................... said that ....................................................................................

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 REPORTED SPEECH

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S What did they say?

Questions

1. How long have you been studying English?

2. What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow?

3. What were you doing at 7 p.m. yesterday?

4. What are you going to do after class?

5. How many times have you been abroad?

6. What are you going to do tomorrow?

7. What job would you like to have in the future?

8. Do you live in a house or an apartment?

9. How often do you cook?

10. What kind of films do you like?

11. How do you usually travel to class?

12. Where do you live?

13. How are you feeling today?

14. What hobbies did you have when you were a child?

15. What is your favourite drink?

16. What do you like about studying English?

17. How often do you go to the beach?

18. Can you play a musical instrument?

19. What time do you normally wake up?

20. Where were you born?

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