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UNIT12
UNIT12
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Reported Statements: Past Simple
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Reported Statements: Future Simple
3. "She'll be late."
She said ________________________________________________________
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11. "The Conservatives will win the next election."
She said ________________________________________________________
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REPORTED SPEECH
1. REPORTED STATEMENTS
10. ”I am sure I saw you here last week.” My father told Ben
2. YES / NO QUESTIONS
1. ”Do you live in the country Peter?” He asked me
3. WH-QUESTIONS
1. “Where did you find these trainers?” He asked me
6. What was she wearing when you saw her? The policeman asked me
7. What time does the plane arrive? They asked the manager
Reported Speech
Report the following statements.
He _______________________________________________
The inspector__________________________________________
They __________________________________________________
She ___________________________________________________
My dad _________________________________________
She ______________________________________________
7. The police said, “How long will you park here, sir?”
8. The zoo keeper said, “How much food did the tigers eat
yesterday?”
She _________________________________________________
SPEAKING
Did you hear Describing news
GRAMMAR
Reported speech
the news? LISTENING
News stories
READING
The nature of news
AEYWS
WARMUP
What's the best
VOCABULARY news you heard
this week?
Look at the picture. What do you see? Write the correct letter.
Then listen and check your answers.
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WEATHER FORECAST
7
57
58 BANK
90
|2 KTOB
JUST IN: POLICE ARREST BANK PRESIDENT
3 4 5E
6 TNEWs
Firefighters save
History Museum
2 Complete the chart with the words in the box. Then add more words from the picture.
editor update column politics blogger broadcast journalist business
O3 GROUP WORK How do you get your news? WhiCh is the most popular wav?
website social media " newspaper " television radio
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CONVERSATION
THAT"S GOT
TOBE A
MISTAKE!
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O1 Complete the conversation. Then watch and check your answers. Practice the
conversation with a partner.
a. reporter b. warn C. article
O2 PAIRWORK Practice the conversation again. Use the ideas below. Add your own ideas.
2 3
1
blogger tell
story
journalist inform
column
CONVERSATION TIP
GIVING MORE DETAILS
Give more details to explain the
a video of your information in a news story.
OVER TO YOU Work in pairs. Make
story. Where's this story from?
Conversation. Talk abouta news
Student A Share a news story. A nature magazine.
partner
Student B Ask about the story and where your The reporter said..
heard about it.
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Unit 12 Did you hear the news?
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Reported speech Grammar Reference page 125
Direct Reported
"Trees share information through It said (that) trees share information through their
their roots." roots.*
"What does that mean?" He asked what that meant.
"It isn't fair." He said (that) it wasn't fair.
"It came from a nature magazine." He said (that) it had come from a nature magazine.
"l spoke to a journalist at my house." She said she had spoken to a journalist at her house.
"Ill turn off the TV." She said (that) she would turn off the TV.
"He can afford it." She told him (that) he could afford it.
"Was the robber caught?" He asked if the robber had been caught.
"Where did you see the article?" She asked me where I had seen the article.
*When you want it to be clear that something is still true or a general truth, you don't need to make
tense changes.
2 Complete the reported questions with who, what, where, or if. Then write
the direct questions.
1. lasked her she got her news. "
2. He asked her kinds of shows she watched.".
3. She asked him he had ever gone snowboarding.
4. They asked her she would like to meet."
O3 CLASS ACTIVITY Ask and answer questions from activity 2 with a partner. Then tell the
class what you learned about your partner.
Mypartner told me he got his news from social media.
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