📝 Created by: El Arby Ameur | 📅 August 2026 | 🌐 lesson.tn

📖 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Word count: ~1000 words

🗣️ Reported Speech Speaking Game: Telephone Activity

Level: B1-B2 | Activity Type: Whole class, Chain activity

Grammar Reported Speech reported speech speaking game

🎲 How to Play the Reported Speech Telephone Game

Students sit in a circle. The first student whispers a sentence to the next student. That student reports what they heard to the next student using reported speech. The chain continues until the last student says the final reported message aloud.

Example:
Student 1 whispers: "I am happy."
Student 2 reports: "He said that he was happy."
Student 3 reports to Student 4: "She said that he had said that he was happy."
(The chain continues...)
Starters

I am feeling tired today.

Starters

I will come to the party tomorrow.

Starters

I have finished my homework.

Starters

I can speak three languages.

Starters

I love eating pizza.

Starters

I am going to the cinema tonight.

Starters

I saw a great movie yesterday.

Starters

I need to buy a new phone.

🏆 Variation 2: Interview Chain

Student 1 asks Student 2 a question. Student 2 answers. Student 3 reports the question and answer. Continue around the circle.

Student 1: "Where do you live?"
Student 2: "I live in London."
Student 3: "He asked where she lived, and she said she lived in London."
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