Practise reported speech and especially different reporting verbs in the ESL classroom with this hard-core song, Talked until dawn by Alan Smith Robertson. The lyrics of this song include 11 different examples of reported speech with 10 different reporting verbs: said, asked, told (x2), apologised for, agreed to, promised that, admit, confessed, begged me to…
Practice the interrogative and/or reported speech in your ESL class with this song, Mother by Pink Floyd. The questions that appear in these song lyrics are: do you…, should I…, will they…, is it…, will she… & did it… This song is also great for reported speech practice because the lyrics represent a conversation between…
Practice reported speech in your ESL class with this song, Always on the Run by Lenny Kravitz. The lyrics include only examples of direct speech, but they allow students to convert these direct phrases into indirect speech. Note that the lyrics of this song are in direct speech; most of the phrases don’t need any…
Practice reported speech in your ESL class with this song, Joking by Donnie Iris. These song lyrics use quite a lot of reported speech: “asked” (x2), “said” (x5) & “told” (x3). There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics Remember last…