Solutions Intermediate 6D

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Indirect questions (6D)

week 13: pw Unit 5 and 6 (vocabulary - also from exercises!!

grammar: reported speech)

Jim said, "I work here every day."

1. Jim said that he works here every day."
2. Jim said that he works there every day."
3. Jim said that he worked here everyday."
4. Jim said that he worked there everyday."

"He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ tomorrow.

1. is coming
2. will come
3. would come

"I can see the clouds.".
He told me that she ________ the clouds.

1. can see
2. could see
3. can saw
4. could saw

"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".
He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work the next day.

1. is taking
2. was taking
3. will take

Julie: I want to go out.
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Julie said that I want to go out
2. Julie said that she want to go out.
3. Julie said that she wanted to go out.
4. Julie said that she had wanted to go out.

My cousins: We worked all night.
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. My cousins said that we worked all night.
2. My cousins said they had worked all night.
3. My cousins said they worked all night.

Turn into indirect speech:
Peter said to John: "Why are you so late?"

1. Peter asked to John why he so late was
2. Peter asked John how late he was
3. Peter asked John when he was late
4. Peter asked John why he was so late

Solutions

Open your book on page 57

For the next slides read the instructions on the slides first. These might be different from the instruction in your book. 

6D ex. 1
Writing not speaking!
Describe the picture. Do you think encounters between humans and aliens really happen? Give reasons for your opinion.

Write in complete sentences. Use at least 30 words.

6D ex. 2
Listen to the press conference with Vernon, a man who claims to have encountered an alien. Complete the reported questions (see book ex. 2) with the words below.

6D ex. 3
Listen again. Write the exact words spoken in questions 1-2-3-4-5-6.

Study your answers in ex. 2 and 3
Reported questions

The reporting verb is

1. ask
2. say
3. tell

Study your answers in ex. 2 and 3
Reported questions

The tense changes _______________ the same as for reported statements.

1. are
2. aren't

Study your answers in ex. 2 and 3
Reported questions

Pronouns and time expressions ___________ in the same way as for reported statements.

1. change
2. don't change

Study your answers in ex. 2 and 3
Reported questions

The subject comes ___________the verb.

1. before
2. after

When you report a question (tick all the correct answers):

1. It no longer has a question mark at the end
2. it does not have the form of a question
3. it follows all the other rules of Indirect Speech
4. the subject comes before the verb

Study your answers in ex. 2 and 3
Reported questions

We use ________ when we report yes/no questions.

1. if
2. that

6D ex. 5
Rewrite this question in Indirect Speech:.
"Were you scared?"

6D ex. 5
Rewrite as a reported question.
"Do you drink every night?"

6D ex. 5
Rewrite as a reported question.
"Will you give more interviews tomorrow?"

6D ex. 5
Rewrite as a reported question.
"Can you describe the spacecraft?"

6D ex. 5
Rewrite as a reported question.
"Are you telling the truth?"

6D ex. 6
Fill in the answers to ex. 6 here.