Reported Speech with Olivia Rodrigo (B1 & B2 editions)

Reported Speech activities

B1 Version
This has been made by me to be used in conjunction with chapter 11 of Think 2 (Level B1, second edition), but you could use the reported speech grammar and song alone or with your textbook if it has one on reported speech. The Think book isn’t essential.

Files / Activities:

Document 1:

• Grammar lesson on reported speech
• Olivia Rodrigo Song “Good 4 U” reported speech activity
• Say vs Tell with reported speech (5 pages)

Document 2:

• Reported Speech preparation for the class test (2 pages)

(I used to have the actual vocab and grammar test uploaded but removed in case my students found it online!)

I have created sentences then reported speech on those sentences to get students to understand the rules (e.g. present simple -> past simple etc), then they complete the table with the rules.

Then students have the reported speech version of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 u” that I invented, which they need to convert into direct speech, then they can listen to the song and verify if it’s correct or not. There is one bad word in the song (the F word), but just once! The song is embedded into the Microsoft Word document.

There is also a basic guide on say / tell with reported speech (which is better in conjunction with Think 2)

**B2 Version
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Similar to above but it doesn’t include say/tell and goes deeper with reported questions, imperatives and requests. This is based on Think 3 (B1+/B2)

It also has a gap fill based on songs by Dua Lipa & Bon Jovi.
Group 1 has a piece of paper with the lyrics for Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now”. Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” has gaps. Group 2 has the exact opposite.

Group 1 has a slip of paper with the lyrics to enter in the reported forms for Dua Lipa; group 2 for Bon Jovi. After they finish the students in each group swap, then the students in group 2 need to fill in the lyrics based on their classmates’ reported speech versions. After we listen to both songs and check.