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TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
UNIT 3: TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
Let’s look at the conversation in Getting started part again.
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She said she was too tired and didn’t want to go out.
She told me she wanted to be a designer.
My parents said design graduates wouldn’t find jobs easily and they wanted her to get a medical degree.
Mai: “ I`m too tired and don’t want to go out.”
Mai: “ I want to be a designer.”
Mai`s parents: “Design graduates won’t find jobs easily and we want you to get a medical degree.
1. Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED again. Underline the reported speech. Then rewrite in direct speech what Mai said to her brother Phuc and to her parents.
 Mai said she was too tired and didn’t want to go out.
Mai: “ I`m too tired and don’t want to go out.”
S1 + said (to/ told O) + (that) + S2 + V (past)
Some changes in the reported speech
1. Tenses: into past
2. Personal Pronouns:
3. Time, place …..
 Mai said she was too tired.
Mai: “ I am too tired.”
 Mai said to me she didn’t want to go out with me.
Mai said to me “I don’t want to go out with you.”
Mai: “ I am too tired today.”
 Mai said she was too tired that day.
Adv of time & adv of place in the reported speech
“What do you want to study, Mai ?” Nick asked
Nick asked Mai what she wanted to study.
S1 + asked O + wh + S2 + V (past)
Nick asked Mai “Do you want to study medicine?”
 Nick asked Mai if she wanted to study medicine.
S1 + asked O + if/ whether + S2 + V (past)
2. 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.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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1. “We will visit you this week,” my parents told me.
My parents told me that they would visit me that week.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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2. Our teacher asked us, `What are you most worried about?`
Our teacher asked us what we were most worried about.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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3. `I`m so delighted. I`ve just received a surprise birthday present from my sister,` Phuong told me.

-Phuong told me that she was so delighted because she had
just received a surprise birthday present from her sister.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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4. `Kate can keep calm even when she has lots of pressure,` Tom said.
-Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she had lots
of pressure.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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5. `I got a very high score in my last test, Mum,’ she said.
She told her mother that she had got a very high score in her last test.
2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
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6. `Do you sleep at least eight hours a day?` the doctor asked him.

The doctor asked him if he slept at least eight hours a day.
* Reported questions with Wh + to- V
S1 + asked + Wh + to- V
Mai wondered what she should do.
Mai wondered what to do
to V
Mai said “What should I do”.
to express difficult or uncertain situations
3. Rewrite the sentences using: Wh + to V
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.
4. Rewrite the following questions in reported speech, using
Wh +toV.
1. `How should we use this support service?` they wondered.
- They wondered
2. `Who should I turn to for help?` he asked.
- He had no idea
3. `Mum, when should I turn off the oven?` Mai asked her mother.
- Mai asked her mother
4. `Where should we park our bikes?` asked Phong and Minh.
- Phong and Minh couldn’t decide
5. `Should we call her now?` he asked.
- He was not sure
6. `What should we do to make Linh feel happier?‘ they wondered.
- They wondered
Tip: You may use the following verbs: ask, wonder, (not) be sure, have no idea, (not) know, (not) decide, (not) tell.
how to use that support service.
who to turn to for help.
where to park their bikes.
whether to call her then.
what to do to make Linh feel happier.
when to turn off the oven.
how we should use that support service.
Consolidation
Goodbye!
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