Reported Speech Lesson Plan British Council. So direct speech is what someone actually says. All of our lessons are designed around themes engaging and relevant to secondary learners and can be used to complement your school curriculum giving students an opportunity to develop their english language and skills in motivating and enjoyable ways.
We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. I then start by introducing the context of the a first date in a cafe brainstorming ideas about who the people might be and what they might talk about in this situation. I also remind students that reported speech is rarely a word per word account but often more of a summary of what was said.
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Say tell ask etc and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech. Learn english with the british council and you ll be learning with the world s english experts. In this lesson plan adaptable for grades 3 8 students paraphrase statements using reported speech and use context to distinguish shades of meaning among reporting verbs. Students enjoy the show as they listen carefully for reported speech.
