Let’s reflect

• Why are stories told?

• What were stories told in
the olden days?
• Do you like telling stories
or hearing them?
 Tuesday, May 7th

Unit 9 vocabulary-
reporting verbs and adverbs
Identify the Describe the meaning Create a story using
difference between of a variety of reporting verbs and
direct and indirect reporting verbs. adverbs.
speech.
 Estos verbos son los que

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/2451324/grammar/say-vs
https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g11-report
utilizamos en el estilo indirecto.
Reporting verbs

• Estilo directo: María said: “ I like your T-

shirt ”.
• Estilo indirecto: María said that she liked
your T-shirt.
ing-verbs-exercise.php

Los verbos tell (contar) y say

(decir) son los más comunes en el
estilo indirecto.
-tell
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Listen and highlight:
Examples of direct speech.
Examples of indirect speech.
Reporting verbs.
Extra: can you explain the meaning of these verses?
o Learned our lessons through the tears.
o When thunder clouds start pouring down / Light a fire they can't put out
o Son, don't let it slip away.
Which one of these stories is more
interesting? Why?
What do the words in bold mean?
WB page 76,
ex. 2 and 3.
 Let’s write a small story
•Write a small story in pairs. You
will have to make sure:
• You both write it down.
• You use at least 3 reporting
verbs.
• Use past tenses.
• Add 2 more reporting verbs. 5 in
total.
• Introduce a sentence using
indirect speech.