ask want tell + not + infinitive Add Activity for practice.pptx

Activity to practice reported speech with imperative forms.

1. 📺 Fun Ads for Grammar & Persuasion ask / want / tell + (not) + infinitive

2. Old Spice – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE Use: 0:00 – 0:45 Discussion: • What does the ad tell viewers to do? • What does it want you to believe about the product? • Rewrite one line using ask / want / tell + (not) + infinitive.

3. Snickers – Betty White Football YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ya0-OZ58s Use: 0:00 – 1:00 Discussion: • What problem does the ad show? • What does the ad want you to do after watching? • Write a negative version (e.g. They told me not to play hungry).

4. Budweiser – Wassup! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTZCgsZGeA Use: 0:15 – 0:55 Discussion: • What are the friends asking each other? • What does Budweiser want you to do by showing this? • Create a 'bad ad' version (e.g. They told people not to hang out).

5. Nike – Just Do It YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3jJ29oE8Zg Use: 0:00 – 0:40 Discussion: • What action does Nike tell you to do? • How would you rewrite 'Just do it' using tell / want? • What would be a funny negative version? (They told me not to do it.)

6. Coca-Cola – Share a Coke YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YEfzeEClhY Use: 0:10 – 0:50 Discussion: • What does the ad ask people to do? • What does it want you to feel about Coke? • Make a new slogan with not to: Coke tells you not to …