Grammar - Reported speechTask 1Read the story in a and write the actual words of the conversation bThe marriage proposalJohn greeted Moria and asked how she was. b. John:" Hello, Moria. HowShe told him she was fine and asked about him. Moria:” I’m He said that he felt because they were together again. John:” I feel because we He added that It had been a long time since their holiday It’s been in Paris. She said she had loved every minute in Paris and Moria: “ I loved that she would never forget it . She asked if they I’ll nevercould go back there next spring. He said that he loved herCan we He asked if she would marry him and come to John:” I Moria.Paris with him for their honeymoon. She said that she would Will you and that she loved him, too Moria:” Oh yes,yes, I

are youfine

wonderfulare together again

a long time since our holiday in Paris

every minute in Parisforget it

go back there next springlove you marry me and come to Paris with me for our honeymoon

will. I love you too

Prepared questions

1. How do we change the tense in reported statement?

2. What are reporting verbs?

Unit 12Grammar - Practice

Unit 12Grammar - Practice

NOTE Tell must be used with a direct object: she told him. Say

does not have a direct object she said. It can be used with an indirect object she said to him

Not only is the ‘ one tense back ‘ rule followed, but the word order changes to that of a statement.

If is used when there is no question word.

Change these sentences into the reported statementHe told me:” I will leave here on Wednesday”He told me that he would leave here on WednesdayMy father said to me:” You have to go to bed early”My father said to me that I had to go to bed early.She told her mother:” I am going to get married in May”She told her mother she was going to get married in May.

Mary said : “ I can speak a little bit Chinese”Mary said she could speak a little bit Chinese.Barry told his girlfriend: “ I miss you so much”Barry told his girlfriend that he missed her so much

Unit 12Grammar - Practice

Who is speaking? Find the lines in the text that report these sentences.

1‘ You have to go to prison for 14 days’

.‘It’s terrible. We can hear them shouting from the bus stop.

.Please will you stop making a noise? My baby can’t get to sleep.

4.‘Stop making that noise’

Judge Pickles ordered them to spend 14 days in prison.

Mrs iris Fish asked them to stop because her baby can't sleep

Mr Fish told them to stop making that noise

Unit 12Grammar - Practice

Which verbs can be used to report the direct speech in the sentences below ? Put a letter a-j in the box

Tell order remind beg advise

ask invite warn refuse offer

a. Please cab you translate this sentence for me?” Maria said to Mark

b. “ don’t forget to send Aunt Maud a birthday card” Mary said to her son

c. Sign on the dotted line: the post man said to me

d. Please, please, please marry me.I can’t live without you “ John said to Moria

e. Please come to our weeding” John said to his boss

f. I’ll pay for the next round” Mark said

g. Don’t run round the edge of the swimming pool or you’ll fall I” Mary said to her children

h. I won’t go to bed” Bobby said

i. You should talk to your solicitor“ Ben said to

j” take that chewing gum out of your mouth immediately” the teacher said to Jo

c j b d i

a e g h f

Unit 12Listening and speaking

The class is divided into two groups

Group A : Listen to Pauline Peters and take notes what about what she says happened

Group B: Listen to Iris Fish and take note about what she says happened

Iris Fish They argued every nightMr and Mrs Peters were at workThey argued about television programsShe had thrown a chair at Mr FishThey were selfish and did not care about the baby

Pauline Peters They sometime argued about money- They were both unemployedThey watched quietly in the evenings- She admitted shouting at Iris-She dined throwing the chair - She apologized for waking up the baby and said she loved babies

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REPORTED STATEMENTS

The usual rule for reported statement is that the verb form moves back one tense when the reporting verb is in the past tense

The verb say and tell are used to report statement but other verbs can be also used

“ I ’ve lost my wallet”

He said / complained that he had lost his wallet

REPORTED QUESTIONS

In reported questions the word order is like a statement . Verbs other than Ask can be used.

“ When are you leaving?”

He asked me when I was leaving

REPORTED COMMANS

These are formed with the infinitive with to. The verb ask and tell are used to report commands but other verbs can be used as well according to the meaning

“Sit down and be quiet”

He told them to sit down and be quiet

Unit 12Vocabulary and Pronunciation

Use your dictionary to sort the following words and phrases into three categories: BIRTH –MARRIAGE-DEATH

Cot bouquet funeral to get engaged grave pregnant godmother

To have a baby nappy reception cemetery best man grief to bury widow

Maternity leave wedding bonnet christening bridegroom pram

Mourners honeymoon to get divorced wreath coffin sympathy

to exchange ringsBIRTH

Cot

Nappy

Pram

Pregnant

Bonnet

Godmother

Christening

To have a baby

Maternity leave

MARRIAGE

Wedding

Bouquet

Reception

Widow

Honeymoon

To get engaged

Best man

Bridegroom

To get divorced

To exchange rings

DEATH

Grave

Grief

Wreath

To bury

Mourners

Coffin

Funeral

Cemetery

Widow

Sympathy

Work in pairs and tell your pattern what you know about the day you were born?

For example:

My grandmother thought that I was a girl but my grandfather was quite sure that I was a boy .

My mum was so happy that she forgot the name which my parents wanted to call me.

Today we read CHAPTER1- I WAS BORN from the story “ David Copperfield so work in groups and try to write down some information about CHARLES DICKENS- the writer- .

Born in 1812- died in 1870

One of the greatest novelists of Victorian England

Best known novels: David Copperfield, Olive Twist, etc

Be unusual for his time because of writing about social injustice

Be able to describe people in very comical and colorful ways

1. Betsey Trotwood: forceful, confident, strong, impatient, bossy, insensitive, severe.

Mrs Copperfield: shy, frightened, weak, miserable, flustered, meek

2. “Posthumous” means that David was born after the death of his father.

3. Because it is the day of David's birth.

4. This refers to the trial of giving birth. David’s mother is afraid that she will die while having a baby.

5. Because his mother was so frightened at Betsey Trotwood's visit that she went into labour and had the baby on that very Friday

6. Because she looks so young.

7. She is very young widow

she is about to have a baby and she thinks she might die giving birth

Betsey Trotwood is a frightening character

8. She is absolutely that the baby will be a girl.

Work in groups to discuss these questions:

1. What “ mistake in life” might have happened to Miss Betsey Trotwood?

2. What do you think will happen next?

Suggested answers:

1. Betsey Trotwood wants the baby to be a girl so badly that it seems that she has no time for boys and men. Perhaps this is because she has been badly treated by a man. There might be a particular reason why she has never married

2. The baby will be born and it will be a boy. David’s mother may die. Betsey might bring up the baby etc…

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1.She clearly thinks that he is stupid. It seems she doesn’t like men . He is very frightened of her. She treats him very sternly

2. Betsey is talking about the baby when she asks ‘ How is she?’ . Mr Chillip thinks that

She is talking about the mother

3. No, she doesn’t because she is so angry that it is a boy

4. She hits him with her hat or bonnet because she is so furious when he explains that the baby is the baby is the boy.

5. She is not interested in a boy baby . She is used to getting her own way , and this has not happened.

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Work in groups to answer the following questions:

1. What do you think of Betsey Trotwood's behavior?

2. Do you think David Copperfield ever meets his aunt?

Suggested answers1. Betsey Trotwood's behavior is very strange and insensitive to Davis’s poor

mother. She acts like a spoilt child, who has not got her own way2. Maybe , later in his life David lives with his aunt. And she turns out to have a

heart of gold.

Find words in two parts mean the same as the following:

Part 1:

Shy =

Uncertain=

Was used to =

Part 2:

Gentle =

Most humble =

Strictness=

Hat =

Hit =

Disappeared =

timid

doubtfulWas accustomed to

mild

meekest

bonnet

severity

aimed a blowvanished

Pre- reading task

Listen to a poem by W H Auden(1907- 1973) called BLUE. Try to understand the poem. It is a love poem

What has happened? How does the writer fell about the world now?

The poet’s loved one has died. He can not understand how the world continues to go on . It all seams meaningless

Answer the questions:

1. He wants the rest of the world to stop because he fells so grief- stricken

2. The lines of the first verse describes things that could possibly happen. The lines of the second and last verse describe impossible things

3. Verse three

4. This means that quite ordinary thinks look different. The whole world looks beautiful even if it is really not. Nothing can make you feel happy. The poem describes the opposite of this when you loose the person you love, nothing looks good and everything makes you feel unhappy. You can not find a reason for living , and yu wonder how anyone can

Unit 12Everyday English

I’m sorry

I’m so sorry

Pardon?

I’m so sorry

Excuse me

Pardon?

Pardon?

I’m sorry

what

Correcting mistakes in the letter page 124Work with your partner to practice

exercise 3 page 125Review Grammar, vocabulary you learn

from the course.

CONGURLATION FOR FINSHING THE COUSRSE

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