Take one of the sheets, fold

it in half and write your

name down on one half,
please.
 gossip
To activate background knowledge through personal experience.
 • talking about others and/or
telling a third party what
someone said, ordered,
claimed etc.
Gossiping

To make the connection with Reported Speech.

Reported
speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWeqeQkjLto

To provide the lesson with context.

Could we have used only say and tell?
What is the effect of using more relevant reporting
verbs?

Added meaning .
 • Direct speech: I like ice
cream.

Revising
Reported speech • Present Tense
• Reported speech:
She says (that) she likes ice
cream.

To activate background info on the subject.

Revising
Reported Usually, the tense goes back in time
speech (backshifting)

reporting verb  past tense, then usually

we change the tenses in the reported speech
To activate background info on the subject.
 • Direct speech: I like ice
cream.
Revising • Reported speech:
Reported She said (that) she liked ice
speech cream.

To activate background info on the subject.

 • Present Simple  Past Simple
• Present Continuous Past
Continuous

Revising • Past Simple  Past Perfect

Simple
Reported
speech • Past Continuous  Past Perfect
Continuous
• Present Perfect  Past Perfect

To activate background info on the subject.

 • Will  Would
• Can  Could
Revising
Reported • May  Might
speech • Must  Must, Had to

To activate background info on the subject.

 • Would  Would
• Could  Could
Revising
Reported • Might  Might
speech • Should  Should

To activate background info on the subject.

 There are numerous reporting verbs
Verbs followed by that + clause (* can be
followed by a person)
Advise* Believe Claim Deny Expect*
Reported Forbid* Imply Mention Notify Object
speech Promise* Reassure* Suggest Threaten*
E. g.
Sue denied that she had taken the pen.
Sally reassured us that she had taken the
medicine.
To generate practice output.
 There are numerous reporting verbs
Verbs followed by person + to
Advise Forbid Invite Persuade Instruct
Reported Order Remind Warn Urge
speech E. g.
Jean advised Bill not to cook the fish
for too long.

To generate practice output.

 There are numerous reporting verbs
Some reporting verbs introduce
a wh- clause
Suggest Wonder Explain Know Exclaim
Reported Ask
speech E. g.
Ann exclaimed how funny it was.

To generate practice output.

 There are numerous reporting verbs
Reporting Verbs followed by ‘to + infinitive’
Reported Threaten Refuse Swear Promise
speech E. g.
She refused to stay for dinner.

To generate practice output.

 There are numerous reporting verbs
Verbs followed by (preposition) + ‘–ing’
Deny Suggest Complain (about) Insist
(on) Apologise (for) Admit (to)
E. g.
Reported Lucy denied stealing/having stolen the
speech money.
She only apologised for taking the bracelet.
She admitted to stealing his book.
Other variations:
She admitted to having stolen his book.
She admitted that she had stolen his book.
To generate practice output.
 Card game – Group Work
Please form groups of 4 – once cards are extracted, you have got
3 minutes to decide who’s who in your group.
Two hats contain cards with direct speech sentences. Two students (A, B)
are asked to draw cards – each draws one card from one hat. Then each
student is asked to pick a “friend”, a story-teller, the one who will report.
So A’s friend will report to the class what A “has said” and then B’s friend
will report B’s reply to the “audience”. The “story tellers” will have to
“act out” the reported lines as actors talking to the public. ( Do your
best! Aren’t you talented?!) The reported sentences will be written on the
board.
To provide a relaxed, fun method of practicing the grammar structure by means of ‘randomly’ formed
dialogue.
 Grammar Practice
Pair Work

Page 202, in your textbooks, ex 1a, and b when you

are done.

To practice grammar and get immediate feedback on the item to practice.

 Homework

Solve ex.2, page 202 in your textbooks, paying attention to

the rules of Speech Reporting you have revised through
guided meaningful practice in class.

To further practice paying attention to the rules of Speech Reporting and using various Reporting
Verbs.