Grade 11 unit 5- E. Language focus

Grammar: Reported speech with infinitives... Cam advised Tam to wash her hair Advise ,expect, invite, order, persuade, remind, request, tell, want.... “My sister, you should wash your h

Monday, October 26 th 2009

Co Loa high school

Unit 5: ILLITERACY

Period 5: Language focus

I Pronunciation: / pl / - / b l / - / pr / - / br /

a Listen and repeat.

b Practice reading aloud the dialogue.

II Grammar: Reported speech with infinitives.

a S + Verb + Object + to infinitive

Reported speech:

Cam

Cam advised Tam to wash her hair

Advise ,expect, invite, order, persuade, remind, request, tell, want

“My sister, you should wash your hair or my mother will scold you ”

Reported speech:

The man

The man threatened to beat the little boy

S+ Verb + to infinitive

agree, demand, hope, threaten, volunteer

“I’ll beat you !”

Revise : Time and place changes in reported speech

now – then

today – that day

Tonight – that night

Here - there

This – that : this week that week

These - those

tomorrow - the following day

- the next day

- the day after

Yesterday – the previous day

- the day before

Next week - the following week

- the next week

- the week after

Exercise 1.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the words given.

Example:

“Don’t climb the

window, it’s

dangerous !”

The woman warned the boy not

to climb the window.

1 They promised to come back again.

2 The lifeguard advised us not to swim too far from the sea

3.John asked Peter to close the window.

4.The teacher encouraged Eric to join the football team

5 John promised to give it to him the next day

6 My mum wanted Lan to become a doctor.

7 My sister reminded me to lock the door before going to school.

8 His boss advised him to go home and rest for a while

Exercise 2: Write the following sentences in reported speech,

using the right form of the words given in the brackets

Example:

“Be careful

of the trap !”

The dog warned the kitten to be

careful of the trap.

1 He advised me not to drink too much beer.

2.She invited me to come and see her whenever I Want 3.John wanted me not to smoke in his car.

4 He told Sue to give him her phone number.

5.He reminded me to give the book back to Joe

6 He promised not to do it again.

7.He agreed to wait for me.

8.John asked me to lend him some money.

Comprehension exercise

Choose the best answer to each question (a),(b),(c) or (d)

1 “Would you like to spend the weekend with us?” They her to spend the weekend with them

a advised b ordered c invited d begged

c invited

2 “Could you open the window please ?” She him to open the window.

a reminded b ordered c asked d warned

3 “Go to bed immediately !” Mary’s mother her to go to bed

immediately.

a advised b begged c threatened d ordered

d ordered

4 “Don’t forget to post the letter !” He me to post the letter.

a reminded b ordered c begged d asked

a reminded

5.” Park the car behind the van” The instructor .him to park the car behind the van.

a offered b told c asked d ordered

b told

6 “Please, please, turn down the radio ! ” Mark’s sister him to turn the radio down.

a reminded b ordered c asked d begged

7 “Don’t play with the matches They ‘re very dangerous.” The

teacher the children not to play with the matches.

a ordered b asked c warned d begged

c warned

8 “I won’t lend you any more money.” Mathrew to lend me any more money.

a offered b asked c refused d invited

b refused

9 The teacher said to her students” You need to study harder.” She him

to study harder.

a asked b advised c ordered d begged

10.” Stop or I will beat you” said the man The man to beat me if I didn’t stop.

a asked b warned c ordered d threatened

d threatened

Home work

Learn the structures and the verbs used in reported speech with

to infinitives

Revise the question form

Prepare reading part in Unit 6

Thank you very much !