Verb Patterns with Reporting Verbs Activities
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Five card games to practice reporting verbs plus gerund, plus infinitive, etc, with both controlled practice and freer speaking practice activities.
Lesson Plan Content:
Verb Patterns with Reporting Verbs Activities
Put the words that you are given into columns by what follows them (“to + verb” etc). Some
columns should be longer than the others.
Use the verb pattern heading cards to help check your columns, then check with an un-
cut-up copy of the worksheet or as a class.
Test each other on the words:
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Read out a card and see if your partner can complete it
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Read out just the verb on the card (without “someone”, “of”, etc) and see if your partner
can complete it
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Choose one category and help your partner make as many examples as they can
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Choose one of the four categories in the table below and help your partner make
examples
Brainstorm verbs into these four categories:
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
Verb patterns with reporting verbs pelmanism
Turn all the verb cards face down and take turns trying to find pairs of cards which take the
same verb pattern. Stop when only the cards without matches are left.
Verb patterns with reporting verbs snap
Deal out the cards and take turns putting the top card from your pack face up on the table,
without looking at it beforehand. If the last two cards take the same verb pattern, race to
shout “Snap!” If you are right, you can take all the cards on the table. If you are wrong, the
cards stay there and you need to give a card to the other player(s) as punishment.
Verb patterns with reporting verbs storytelling 1
Use the verb cards as you take turns continuing a story, making sure that you use the
correct verb pattern each time.
Verb patterns with reporting verbs storytelling 2
Use the verb patterns cards as you take turns continuing a story, making sure that you use
a correct verb with each.
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Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2020
Cards to cut up/ Suggested answers
The easiest words at the top or most difficult at the bottom can be left out.
+ to do
+ doing
ask someone
tell someone
thank someone for
agree with
encourage someone
invite someone
apologise for
complain about
offer
promise
recommend
suggest
beg someone
command someone
reject
admit to
order someone
encourage someone
blame someone for
confess to
remind someone
warn someone not
propose
support
threaten
claim
object to
insist on
persuade someone
profess
justify
advocate
Verb patterns cards
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
+ someone to do
+ to do
+ … + doing
+ doing
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Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2020
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