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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Game: Memorising
PRESENTATION

Task 1: Look at part of the conversation. Then match Minh's
uncle's direct speech with his reported speech.
Task 2: Complete the second sentences using the correct verb
form.
Task 3: Complete the second sentences with the words and
phrases from the box.
Task 4: Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it
means the same the first one.

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION
CONSOLIDATION

Reported speech (statements)

Task 5: GAME: He/She said that…
Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP

GAME: MEMORISING
RULE:

• Work in 4 groups.
• Look at the pictures in 30 seconds and try to remember
what each people said.
• Write down on the posters what each of the people in
the picture said.
• The group with the most correct answers is the winner.

GAME: MEMORIZING

WARM-UP
David

Ms. Brown
Tom

Peter

Sarah

Linda

WARM-UP

David

GAME: MEMORIZING
He said that
it was raining.

WARM-UP

Peter

GAME: MEMORIZING
He said that
he was busy.

WARM-UP

Linda

GAME: MEMORIZING
She said that
she was happy.

WARM-UP

Tom

GAME: MEMORIZING
He said that
he wanted to play.

WARM-UP

Ms. Brown

GAME: MEMORIZING
She said that
she had an idea.

WARM-UP

GAME: MEMORIZING
She said that
she liked English.

Sarah

PRESENTATION REPORTED SPEECH (STATEMENTS)

1 Look at part of the conversation in GETTING STARTED again. Then match Minh's
uncle's direct speech with his reported speech.

Minh: …My uncle said the robots would be able to mark our
work and give us feedback too.

PRESENTATION REPORTED SPEECH (STATEMENTS)
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REM

Reported speech is used to report what someone said.
1. Change the verb
Present simple
Past simple
form
Present continuous
Past continuous
will
would
2. Change time and
place expressions

3. Change pronouns

now
today/ this week
tomorrow
here
I

then
that day/ that week
the following day
there
he/ she

PRACTICE

1 Complete the second sentences using the correct verb form.
1. “I am a member of the IT club.”
 Minh said that he _______
was a member of the IT club.
2. “Mai will take an online course to improve her speaking.”
 Nam said Mai ______
would take an online course to improve her
speaking.
3. “I am talking to Phong on the phone.”
 Tom said he ___________
was talking to Phong on the phone.

PRACTICE

1 Complete the second sentences using the correct verb form.
4. “They are going to send me an email.”
were goingto send him an email.
 He said they _________
5. “I don't have an iPod to listen to music.”
 She said that she ___________
didn't have an iPod to listen to music.

PRACTICE

3 Complete the second sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
there

that year

that day

then

the next day

1. “I am having a science test tomorrow,” Mary said.
 Mary said she was having a science test _____________.
the next day
2. “The group is working on their project now,” Tom said
 Tom said the group was working on their project ________.
then
3. “Mai is reading about Thomas Edison today,” the teacher said
 The teacher said that Mai was reading about Thomas Edison
___________.
that day

PRACTICE

3 Complete the second sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
there

that year

that day

then

the next day

4. “They will invent a smart cooker this year, ” my mum said.
 My mum said that they would invent a smart cooker __________.
that year
5. “My teacher will park her car here,” said Mi
 Mi said her teacher would park her car ______.
there

PRACTICE

4 Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it means the same as the first one.
1. “We will live much longer in the future,” said the scientist.
=> The scientist said that we would live much longer in the future.
2. “Our school is going to have a new laboratory here, ”said our teacher.
=> Our teacher said that our school was going to have a new
laboratory there.

PRACTICE

4 Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it means the same as the first one.
3. “They are developing technology to monitor students better,”
my dad said.
=> My dad said that they were developing technology to monitor
students better.
4. “There are no classes tomorrow because our teacher is ill,” Tom said.
=> Tom said that there were no classes the next day because
their teacher was ill.

PRACTICE

4 Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it means the same as the first one.
5. “We want some students to join the science club next semester,”
the teacher said.
=> The teacher said that they wanted some students to join
the science club the next semester.

PRODUCTION

5

He/ She said that…

Work in pairs.
One student says a
sentence and the other
changes that sentence
into reported speech.
Then swap roles.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 What direct speech and reported speech are
 Rules of changing direct speech to reported speech

CONSOLIDATION

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Homework

- Learn the rules of changing direct speech
into reported speech by heart.
- Do the exercises in the workbook

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