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REPORTED SPEECH SONG 1973 by JAMES BLUNT worksheet
Students are presented with the lyrics of the song in Reported Speech. Before they listen to it, they have to turn the lyrics into DIRECT SPEECH to get the original of this beautiful song. My students always love and enjoy doing this sort of activity: grammar+music.
Level:intermediate Age: 14-17
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"Would" to talk about past habits or repeated actions posted by
piet88
This is great idea and a good way to use this song. Thanks. Just to clarify something for non-native speakers, when he sings "I would call you up every Saturday night" it is not an offer as it says in the reported speech on the worksheet. This is a good example of “would” to talk about past habits or repeated actions. It is the same as “I called you up every Saturday night” or “I used to call you up every Saturday night”. Unlike “used to” we can’t use “would” to talk about a past state. This British Council webpage explains it well: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/past-habit- E2 80 93-used-towouldpast-simple