Prepared by: Amna Tabasum

Subject: English {ESL}

Topic: Indirect Speech

Date: 15-01-2015

Level: Intermediate
Resource: White board, cards
Objectives: Students will be able to understand the indirect Skills: Grammar
speech and use it correctly.

Time

10 minutes

Content
Stage
Engage

Teaching Procedure

Aim

Student
Activity

Time: 45 minutes
Assumption: some students might make mistakes
in changing pronouns and tense.

Aid

Assessment

Problems
Anticipated

Solution

Introducing Topic
-Teacher asks the students what
they usually do on week end?
-S1 I Play football
-S2 I go shopping
-S3 I go to the park
-Asks another students to report
what S1 said
-Asks different students to report
what other students do every
weekend
-Teacher plays Chinese whisper
with students
-Tells a student to whisper a
question to the student sitting
next to him and it continues until
last one gets it.
-The last student has to report the
question correctly and if he does it
correctly he becomes the first
student to whisper and if he fails
he will be out.

Topic: Indirect Speech Intermediate level

To give students an
idea of the topic.

P a g e 1 of 3

Pupils will
listen and
interact with
teacher and
fellow
students.

Q&A

Observation

Initially there
would be some
difficulty in
becoming
familiar with the
topic.

Teacher will
reword their
statements to
make the
concept clear.

Course: TFEL

15 minutes

Study

- Teacher explains how to report

the given statements
- Ex I a saw famous presenter
yesterday.
- He saw a famous presenter
yesterday
- Draws two lines on the board
- One indirect and other direct
- Explains changes
- I becomes he
- Change the tense simple present
to simple past
- Past to past perfect
- Present continuous to past
continuous
- Here changes to there
- Yesterday to day before
- Tomorrow to the next day
- So on

20 minutes

Activate

Controlled practice
-Teacher divides the groups into
three or four
-After introducing the topic
neighbors having problems
-Teacher distributes problems
cards to two students in the
groups
-The third person acts as a
mediator between them
-The teacher explains that warring
students are not on talking terms
-E.g: He said that you wouldnt
stop playing the music loudly
-He said that you wouldnt pay
the water bills on time

Topic: Indirect Speech Intermediate level

To emphasize the
grammatical rules and
make them remember
the rule.

To check their
comprehension.

P a g e 2 of 3

Eliciting from
students by
Q&A

Students will
be actively
involved

White
board

White
board

Observation
Q&A

Observation
Q&A

Some students
may not
response.

Making
interaction more
effective.

Some students
might make
errors in making
indirect speech.

Drilling will be
done to help
student
memorize the
rules.

Course: TFEL

- The teacher observes and may

swap role around at any stage
-Another situation can be given
problems between colleagues
-She said that you wouldnt come
on time
-She said that you always leave
your reports incomplete etc.

References:
1. http://www.onestopenglish.com/grammar/grammar-reference/verbs-and-tenses/reported-speech-tips-and-activities/152843.article
2. Intermediate Communication Games (Wright and Rinvolucri)

Topic: Indirect Speech Intermediate level

P a g e 3 of 3

Course: TFEL