This is a song based activity to practice reported speech.

In groups, your students will familiarise themselves with the song and eventually have a race to report it back to you.

"Paul said that the previous day, all his troubles had seemed so far away.
He said that, at that point, it looked as though they were there to stay."

You may never listen to this song in the same way again.

It is a fun concept which can work with a huge number of songs. We have used “Yesterday” by The Beatles, however this is simply an example, so feel free to take it and adapt it to any song that works for you. All you need is a copy of the lyrics.

Full instructions on how to run the activity can be found in the document.

reported-speech-the-beatles-the-previous-day_156975.docx

Reported Speech - The Beatles - "The Previous Day"

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Let's do English ESL general grammar practice. This is a song based activity to practice reported speech.

In groups, your students will familiarise themselves…