Rewrite the following questions in reported speech, using question words before to-infinitives.. 'How should we use this support service?' they wondered.[r]
Trang 2Matching the reported speech with the direct speech
1 She said she was too
tired and didn’t want to
go out.
2 She told me she
wanted to be a designer.
3 My parents said design
graduates wouldn’t find
jobs easily and they
wanted her to get a
medical degree.
a “I want to be a designer”.
b “Design graduates won’t find jobs easily
We want you to get a medical degree”.
c “I am too tired and
I don’t want to go out”
Trang 3I Reported speech
1 Forms
* Statements
S1 + said to/ told O + (that) + S2 + V (backshift)
* Wh- questions
* Yes/ No questions
S1 + asked O + wh + S2 + V (backshift)
S1 + asked O + if/ whether + S2 + V (backshift)
Trang 62 Practice: Ex 2/p29
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech
1 'We will visit you this week,' my parents told me
2 Our teacher asked us, 'What are you most worried about?'
3 'I'm so delighted I've just received a surprise birthday present
from my sister,' Phuong told me
4 'Kate can keep calm even when she has lots of pressure,' Tom said
5 'I got a very high score in my last test, Mum,’ she said
6 'Do you sleep at least eight hours a day?' the doctor asked him
My parents told me they would visit me that week.
Our teacher asked us what we were most worried about
Phuong told me she was so delighted because she had just
received a surprise birthday present from her sister
Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she had lots of pressure
She told her mother she had got a very high score in her last test. The doctor asked him if he slept at least eight hours a day
Trang 7II Question words + to-infinitives
to express difficult or uncertain situations
Example:
We don't know who we should contact.
→ We don't know who to contact
a clause
to-inf
Verb + Wh + to -inf
+ have no idea
Look out!
“why” cannot be used before a to-infinitive.
Trang 83 Rewrite the sentences using question words +to-infinitives.
1 I don't know what I should wear!
2 Could you tell me where I should sign my name?
3 I have no idea when we should leave for the bus
4 We're not sure where we should hang the painting
5 He wondered how he could tell this news to his parents
6 They can't decide who should go first
I don’t know what to wear
Could you tell me where to sign my name?
I have no idea when to leave for the bus
We are not sure where to hang the painting
He wondered how to tell this news to his parents
They can’t decide who to go first
Trang 9III Question words + to-infinitives
to report questions about sth that should be done
Example:
“What should I do?” she said
→ She wondered what to do
to-inf
Look out!
“if” cannot be used before a to-infinitive.
* Yes/No questions
Ex: ‘Should I tell my parents what I really think?’
she wondered
→ She wondered whether/ if to tell her parents
what she really thought
Trang 104 Rewrite the following questions in reported speech, using
question words before to-infinitives
1 'How should we use this support service?' they wondered.
-2 'Who should I turn to for help?' he asked.
-3 'Mum, when should I turn off the oven?' Mai asked her mother.
-4 'Where should we park our bikes?' asked Phong and Minh.
-5 'Should we call her now?' he asked.
-6 'What should we do to make Linh feel happier?‘ they wondered.
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Tip: You may use the following verbs: ask, wonder, (not) be sure, have no idea, (not) know, (not) decide, (not) tell.
They wondered how to use that support service.
Phong and Minh couldn’t decide where to park their bikes.
Trang 11Decide as a whole class five questions you want to ask about the teacher Then the class divides into two groups: one group stays inside the class and the other goes outside The teacher will tell each group the answers to the questions The class gets together again and in pairs you must report on what the teacher has told you
5 GAME
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR TEACHER
Do you have a pet?
If so, what is it?
What’s its name?
Trang 12• Redo the exercises
• Do exercises B5, 6, 7/p22
(workbook)