Telling a Prank Story
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Telling a Prank Story

Want to tell funny stories in English more naturally? This B1 lesson, Telling a Prank Story, helps adult learners practise reported speech through real-life prank scenarios. Using a viral video, students explore direct and indirect speech, notice grammar changes, and retell events in their own words. The lesson combines discussion, listening, and storytelling, helping learners build confidence in speaking while mastering key structures for sharing experiences clearly and engagingly.

Skills

  • Can describe events, real or imagined.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss the questions with your group.

1
Have you ever played a prank on a friend or family member? What did you do?
2
How do you feel when someone pranks you - do you usually laugh, or do you get upset?
3
Where is the line between a funny prank and one that goes too far?
4
How do you think social media has changed the way people play pranks on each other?
5
What kinds of pranks are popular in your country or culture?
2

Watch the video. How do people prank their loved ones? How do you feel about this use of AI?

3

Match the examples of direct speech from the video to their reported speech equivalents. Note down the changes that happen to the original grammar and vocabulary when we change a sentence into reported speech.

4

Rewrite the following sentences from the video using indirect speech.

5

Watch the video again. Choose one example of a prank and write down what the people said. Retell the prank to a partner using reported speech.

6

Tell your own prank story.