unit 5: Illiteracy

"Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.→ The teacher told Joe to stop talking.. "Go to your room," her father said to her.. → Her father told her to go to her room.. "Mind your own busine

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What ‘s these pictures taking about?

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B Speaking

Task 1 Work in pairs.

Match each problem in A with its appropriate solution(s) in B.

Words

Task 2 Work in groups Talk about your school problems and offer solutions Use the suggestions in task 1.

A: Many children cannot buy all the required textbooks What do you think we should do to help them?

B: I think we should ask the school head-master to provide

free textbooks for students from low-income families.

C: We should collect used

textbooks for school libraries.

Example:

Task 3 Work in groups Think of three

or four problems your school is experiencing Talk about them and offer solutions You may use the clue below:

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Small playground.

Pollution because of the construction next to

school.

Hot in summer (not enough electric fans).

Cold and dark in winter

(broken windows,

windows lost blind).

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A: Brian, what is pretty presenting on Sunday?

/'braiən/ /'priti/ /'prezntiη/

B: She’ll teach us how to play English pronunciation games

A: What clothes are you going to wear, Pretty?

B: Please bring something not very precious.

/pli:z/ /briη/ /'pre∫əs/

REVIEW: Reported Speech

4 steps: from direct into reported speech

1 Changing the structure of the subordinate clause.

2 Introducing verbs and sequence of tenses.

3 Changing persons in adjectives and pronouns.

4 Changing place and time expressions.

Example:

“You aren’t alowed to eat these candies.”

-> Vyanh said (that) Truc wasn’t alowed

to eat those candies.

DIRECT SPEECH

am/ is/ are

has/ had

doshallwillcanmaymust

REPORTED SPEECH

was/ werehaddidshouldwouldcouldmighthad to

… days beforethe week beforethe following year

the next day / the following day

therethatthose

Requests in Reported Speech

• For pronouns and place / time expressions see

statements in reported speech Tenses are not relevant for requests – simply use ‚to‘ + infinite verb.

Example: She said, “Say hello to your mum.“

–> She asked me to say hello to my mum

• For negative requests, use ‚not to‘ + infinite verb.

Example: He said, “Don’t give up, Bob.“

–> He advised Bob not to give up

1 "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.

→ The teacher told Joe to stop talking

2 "Go to your room," her father said to her

→ Her father told her to go to her room

3 "Be patient," she said to him

→ She told him to be patient

4 "Don't touch it," she said to him

→ She told him not to touch it

5 "Don't do that again," he said to me

→ He told me not to do that again

6 "Sit down, Caron" he said.

→ He asked Caron to sit down

7 "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him

→ She warned him not to repair the computer himself

8 "Don't let him in," she said

→ She told me not to ler him in

9 "Mind your own business," she told him

→ She told him to mind his own business

10 "Don't go out without me," he begged her

→ He begged her not to go out without him

11 "Don't forget your bag," she told me.

→ She told me not to forget my bag

12 "Hurry up," she said to us

→ She told us to hurry up

13 "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said

→ She told the boys not to hurt themselves

14 "Give me the key," he told her

→ He asked her to give him the key

15 "Play it again, Sam," she said

→ She asked Sam to play it again

16 "Don't talk to me like that," he said.

→ He told her not to talk to him like that

17 "Take off your shoes," she told us

→ She told us to take off our shoes

18 "Don't give yourself up," he advised her

→ He advised her not to give herself up

19 "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said

→ The chemistry teacher told his students not to eat in the lab

20 "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said

→ The receptionist asked the guest to fill in the form

Eggplants Hazelnuts

Coconut Pineapple Cucumber

Mushrooms Bell pepper

water hyacinth

Pumpkin

Celery

Radish

1 “We’ll come back again.”

→ They promised to come back again

2 “You’d better not swim too far from the shore,”

the lifeguard said to us

→ The lifeguard advised us not to swim far from the shore

3 “Could you close the window?” John said to Peter

→ John asked Peter if he could close the window

4 “You should join the football team, Eric,” said the teacher

→ The teacher encouraged Eric

to join the football team

5 “I’ll give it to him tomorrow,” John said.

→ John promised me to give it to him the day after

6 “I’d like Lan to become a doctor,” my mum said

→ My mum wanted Lan to become a doctor

7 “Remember to lock the door before going to school,”

my sister said

→ My sister reminded me to lock the door before

going to school

8 “You should go home and rest for a while,” said the boss

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

1 “You should not to bring too much beer.” (ADVISE)

→ He advised me not to drink too much beer

2 “Come and see me whenever you want.” (INVITE)

→ He invited me coming and seeing him whenever I want

3 “Please don’t smoke in my car.” (ASK)

→ He asked me not to make noise

4 “Sue,give me your phone number” (TELL)

→ He told Sue to give him

her telephone number

5 “Don’t forget to give the book back to me.” (REMIND)

→ He reminded me giving the book back to joe

6 “I’ll never do it again” (PROMISE)

→ He promised not to do it again

7 “All right, I’ll wait for you” (AGREE)

→ He agreed to wait for me

8 “Please, lend me some money.” (ASK)

→ He asked me to lend him money