Description

Age: 18-100
ESL level: CEFR A2-B1
Type: peer interview (6 pages in pdf format to be printed and cut up into cards + one page with the instructions)
Target language: indirect questions, reported speech

Description of activity:
Students work in pairs. They get a set of direct questions and ask each in turns, but instead of using direct questions they transform them into indirect ones, starting with:
– I’d like to know…
– Can I ask you…
– I was wondering…
– Can you tell me…
There are 108 questions to choose from.
The activity can be expanded to a practice session after teaching reported speech (see instructions in the file).

Time: 30+ min
Font: Bodoni 72 Oldstyle, Garamond