Reported Speech – Advanced Grammar Lesson – 1 Hour
Reported speech is a rule heavy grammar topic, so one of the best ways to introduce the topic is through guided discovery and speaking practice!
Guided discovery is when you allow students to discover rules on their own rather than telling them the rules. Use the following worksheet to allow students to discover the rules for reported speech on their own before putting it into action.
1. Allow students to answer the first three pages of the worksheet on their own or in small groups.
Do not do the practice page until you have checked their answers for the guided discovery.
2. Check their answers together as a class using the PDF or PPTX presentation.
When students have answered all the guided discovery questions, you can show them the rules/answers using the following presentation.
3. Give students a chance to practice reported speech using the fourth page of the worksheet.
When you have finished learning all of the rules, try answering the practice questions. (You can find this practice on the last page of the PDF worksheet.)
Directions: Change the sentences from direct speech to reported speech.
- He asked her, “Do you like pizza?”
- “I am going,” she said.
- “Where is he?” they asked.
- “I ate at the shopping mall,” Tim said.
- “We can read a book,” he said.
- “I will visit you next week,” Anita told George.
- “That dinosaur is so cute,” said the child.
- “What are we waiting for?” she asked.
- “Did they finish their homework?” asked the teacher.
- She asked her, “Have you ever tried sushi?”
4. Let students use the discussion question to practice reported speech.
After students have had some practice, try answering these discussion questions, which are also in the reported speech PPTX/PDF.
And it’s as simple as that!
By allowing the students to discover the rules slowly on their own, it’ll make it easier to remember and head off a lot of the confusion that comes with harder topics like reported speech.
I hope this lesson helped you and your students!
