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    This document provides teaching materials for an ESL activity where students change direct speech into reported speech by playing a matching game. It includes a description of the activity, the language focus, aim, preparation required, level, time needed and provides direct speech and reported speech sentence cards to use in the game.

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    This document provides teaching materials for an ESL activity where students change direct speech into reported speech by playing a matching game. It includes a description of the activity, the language focus, aim, preparation required, level, time needed and provides direct speech and reported speech sentence cards to use in the game.

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    This document provides teaching materials for an ESL activity where students change direct speech into reported speech by playing a matching game. It includes a description of the activity, the language focus, aim, preparation required, level, time needed and provides direct speech and reported speech sentence cards to use in the game.

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    TEACHER'S NOTES

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Double Trouble

    Activity Type Introduction


    Reading, speaking and In this reported speech teaching activity, students play a pelmanism
    matching activity, group game where they change direct speech into reported speech.
    work
    Procedure
    Language Focus Divide the students into groups of three.
    Direct speech
    Give each group a set of direct speech cards and a set of reported
    Reported speech speech cards.

    Ask the students to shuffle each set of cards and spread them out
    Aim face down on the table in two sets.

    To play a pelmanism Players take it in turns to turn over a direct speech card and read
    game where you change what's on the card, e.g. "I like pizza", she said.
    direct speech into
    reported speech. The player then changes the direct speech into reported speech,
    e.g. 'She said that she liked pizza'.

    Preparation Next, the player tries to find the sentence by turning over one of
    Make one copy of the the reported speech cards.
    cards for each group
    of three and cut as If the player turns over the corresponding card, the student keeps
    indicated. the pair of cards and has another turn.

    Keep the (shorter) If the two cards don't match or the player's sentence is not the
    direct speech cards and same as what's on the reported speech card, the player turns the
    (longer) reported speech two cards back over, keeping them in the same place.
    cards separate.
    Players must correctly say the reported speech before they try to
    find the corresponding card.
    Level
    If a player is unable to correctly form the reported speech, the
    Pre-intermediate (A2)
    direct speech card is turned back over and play passes to the next
    student.
    Time
    The game continues until all the cards have been matched.
    20 minutes
    The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game
    wins.

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    REPORTED SPEECH

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Double Trouble

    "I am reading a book", he explained. He explained that he was reading a book.

    "Where do you live?", she asked me. She asked me where I lived.

    "Learning English is easy", they told


    They told us that learning English was easy.
    us.

    "Do you like chocolate?", the boy


    The boy asked me if I liked chocolate.
    asked me.

    "I'll be using the car next Friday", she She said that she would be using the car next
    said. Friday.

    "We are working on the project They told me that they were working on the
    together", they told me. project together.

    "I drink five cups of coffee a day", she


    She said that she drank five cups of coffee a day.
    said.

    "I might be late", he explained. He explained that he might be late.

    "I will be in London on Saturday", she She said that she would be in London on
    said. Saturday.

    "Noah bought a new car", he said. He said that Noah had bought a new car.

    "We have been waiting for hours", They complained that they had been waiting for
    they complained. hours.

    "I have been to Italy", she told me. She told me that she had been to Italy.

    "I can match the cards together", he He told them that he could match the cards
    told them. together.

    "I haven't seen Sophia," he explained. He explained that he hadn't seen Sophia.

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