Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Jupiter

MATCHING

Unit 12​
Life on
other planets
A closer look 2

1. You may/ might have a little difficulty driving at
night.
2. I may/might have an allergy to shrimp. I have never
tried it.
3. We may/might go to London for a holiday, if we can
still afford it.
4. The examiner says we may leave when we're
finished.
5. I don't know, but I may/might go to the lecture
about UFOs.
6. Students may only borrow four books at a time.
7. There may/might be life on other planets.
8. Students over fifteen may bring a phone to school.

Reported Speech:
questions

2. Nick claimed that he had seen a UFO. Read the
interview between a reporter and Nick, and finish
the following sentences. 
Interviewer: So, what exactly did you see?
Nick: I saw a UFO. It landed in a grassy area.
Interviewer: What were you doing when you saw it?
Nick: I was going for a walk.
Interviewer: What did it look like?
Nick: It was very big and bright and it looked like a big
disc in the sky.
Interviewer: And what else did you see?
Nick: I saw aliens coming out of the UFO.
Interviewer: Did the aliens see you?
Nick: I don't know. When I saw them, I hid behind a
big tree.

1. The interviewer asked Nick what exactly he had
seen.
2. Nick answered that he had seen a UFO. He said
it had landed in a grassy area.
3. The interviewer asked what Nick had been
doing when he saw the UFO.
4. Nick said that he had been going for a walk.
5. The interviewer asked what it had looked like.
6. Nick said it had been big and bright and it had
looked like a big disc in the sky.
7. The interviewer also asked if the aliens had
seen him.
8. Nick told the interviewer that he had
hidden behind a tree.

4.  Read other questions by the interviewer. Rewrite
them as reported questions.
Lời giải chi tiết:
1. “Do you go for a walk everyday?”
=> The interviewer asked if he went for a walk everyday.
2. “Have you seen a UFO before?”
=> He asked if/ whether Nick he had seen the alien
before.
3. “How many aliens did you see?”
=> He asked how many aliens Nick had seen.
4. “Why didn't you take a photo of the aliens?”
=> He asked why Nick hadn't taken a photo of the alien.
5. “How long did the UFO stay there?”
=> The interviewer asked how long the UFO had stayed
there.
6.“Have you seen any UFOs since then?”
=> The interviewer asked if Nick had seen any UFO since
then.

HOMEWORK