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    This document provides instructions and examples for teaching reported speech. It includes: 1) An activity where students work in pairs to write notes between exes wanting to get back together using reported speech. 2) An activity where students tell lies about each other to third parties and then confront the liar if they hear a lie about themselves. 3) An activity where students take turns making statements and contradicting each other to practice reported speech.

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    When we report someone’s words we can do it in two ways. We can use direct speech with quotation marks (“I work in a bank”), or we can use reported speech (He said he worked in a bank.)

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    This document provides instructions and examples for teaching reported speech. It includes: 1) An activity where students work in pairs to write notes between exes wanting to get back together using reported speech. 2) An activity where students tell lies about each other to third parties and then confront the liar if they hear a lie about themselves. 3) An activity where students take turns making statements and contradicting each other to practice reported speech.

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    Reported Speech - Activate Theory

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    This document provides instructions and examples for teaching reported speech. It includes: 1) An activity where students work in pairs to write notes between exes wanting to get back together using reported speech. 2) An activity where students tell lies about each other to third parties and then confront the liar if they hear a lie about themselves. 3) An activity where students take turns making statements and contradicting each other to practice reported speech.

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    Teaching Reported Speech 1) Imagine you are the go-between in a relationship between two people who have just

    split up. You are delivering a message from one person to the other saying why he/she wants him/her back. ork in pairs and write your message as a note. e.g. !an" #$y heart is broken%. !an said his heart was broken. &nn" #I don't believe him(% &nn answered she didn't believe you. !an" #I have been thinking of her all the time.% !an said he had been thinking of you all the time. &nn" #)e's lying as usual.% &nn said you were lying as usual. !an" #I can't sleep because of it.% !an said he couldn't sleep because of it. &nn" #*ake a sleeping pill+ it will help you fall asleep.% &nn gave you that piece of advice to take a sleeping pill+ it would help you fell asleep. !an" #I will do anything to have her back% !an said he would do anything to have you back. ,ead out your message. &s a class- decide whose note is the saddest. .) ork in pairs. *ell each other two lies about other students in the class. /.g. 0inda sleeps with a teddy bear. $ingle and tell each other the lies you heard about them. If you hear a lie about yourself- confront the liar. If you are accused of lying- deny it. !iana" 0inda- ,obert said you slept with your teddy bear. 0inda" )ey- ,oberto. hy did you tell !iana I slept with my teddy bear1 ,oberto" I didn't say you slept with your teddy bear now+ I said you had slept with a teddy bear when you were a child. 2eorge cheated at the $ath test. !iana" 2orge- ,obert said you had cheated at the $ath test. 2eorge" )ey ,oberto. hy did you tell !iana I had cheated at the math test1 ,obert" I told her you had cheated at the $ath test because I saw you.

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    rite some statements. *ake turns to contradict me.

    e.g. T: I'm married.

    A" 4ut you told me you were not married- you were single. T" 5h- dear( It's raining. B" hat1( *hey said it would be sunny. T" $y brother's a barman. 6" 7o way( You said he was a fireman last week. *" *he meeting is on the .8th D" 4ut you said five minutes ago that the meeting was on the 19th. rite five similar sentences. In pairs- take turns to read out your sentences and contradict each other.

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