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education David Spencer
Listening - Grammar in context 2
z- Reported speech - questions
la Look at these questions and statements.
Which are direct questions (DQ) and which
are reported questions (RQ)?
1 He asked her who Elena Ferrante
was.
2 He wanted to know if they were
fantasy novels.
3 Did many people read the first
book?
4 Are they fantasy novels?
5 He asked her whether many people
SPEAKING Discuss these questions. had read the first book.
1 What do you think a 'pen name' or 'pseudonym' is? 6 Who is Elena Ferrante?
2 Why do you think a writer might want to use a pen 7 Why do writers use pseudonyms?
name or pseudonym?
8 He asked her why writers used
2 @EJ Listen to a literature podcast. What three pseudonyms.
reasons do they give for a writer choosing to use a
pen name? Are they similar to your ideas in 1? lb Choose the correct alternative.
0 Exam tip 1 We change/don't change tenses, pronouns
and words like this and here in the same
In the next activity you listen and complete gaps in a
way in reported statements and reported
text or notes with the word(s) you hear. Is it possible
questions.
to predict the type of words that are missing? How?
2 We use/don't use question marks in reported
questions.
3 Listen again and complete the notes. Use just 3 We use/don't use the auxiliary verb do in
one or two words or a number for each gap. reported questions.
4 We put/don't put the verb before the subject
in reported questions.
Elena Ferrante is an (a).................................. writer who 5 We use/don't use if or whether in reported
wants to stay anonymous. questions when there is no question word
She wrote a famous novel called My Brilliant (who, what, why, etc.) in the original question.
(b) ..................................
Elena Ferrante thinks that finished books don't need 0 Check it page 120
(c) ..................................
People soon knew that JK Rowling was a woman when 2 Complete the sentences with a question word or
if/whether.
she appeared (d)..................................
Kathleen was her (e)......................................................... 1 They asked the novelist...................... her favourite
Robert Galbraith is JK Rowling's (f).................................. writer was. She said Tolkien.
Robert Galbraith writes (g).................................. fiction. 2 Kate asked Jenny...................... she wanted to do.
Robert Galbraith's first book sold (h)
3 Pat wanted to know....................... I had come, by bus
copies in the beginning.
or by car.
The presenter thinks that with works of fiction the main
thing to look at is (i).................................. 4 Ella asked me I wanted juice
Paula thinks that knowing about the life of the writer can and I said yes.
help you to (j)................................. the book. 5 My teacher asked me I hadn't been at
school the day before.
6 Karen's mum asked her........................................ she
4^ШИИЭ---------------------------------- x had had a good time.
7 They asked her........................................ she had read
In your opinion, is it important to know the book and she said no.
about the life of an author to understand
their work better?
What makes you say that?
Use ideas from the listening and other
information to justify your opinion. Then share
your ideas.
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Read the dialogue and write it in
reported speech.
Culture exchange
Three great British writers
Ruth: Why are the Bronte sisters so famous?
Teacher: Because it's amazing to find three sisters
who were all able to write masterpieces.
Ruth: What did they write?
Teacher: Emily wrote Wuthering Heights,
Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre and Anne
wrote Agnes Grey.
Ruth: Did they use pen names?
Teacher: Yes, at first, they called themselves
Acton, Currerand Ellis Bell.
Ruth: Were they old when they died?
5a SPEAKING As a class, decide on a fictional
Teacher: No, they weren't. They were 29, 30
character who you would like to interview. It can
and 39. be somebody from a novel, film, comic, TV series
Ruth: Is it possible to visit the place where ... or maybe a character from a book that you have
they lived? all read together at school.
Teacher: Yes, it is. Their home is now a beautiful
museum in Haworth in Yorkshire.
They lived there in the middle of the
19th century.
Collaborative project 5 page 135
Write what the people actually said in each
situation.
1 The actor asked the film director if he was making a
film at that moment. He said that he wasn't but that
he was going to start a new one soon.
Acto r: making a film now?
Film director: yomy to
start a new one soon.
SPEAKING
2 The writer asked the man if he had enjoyed her book.
He said that he thought it was the most beautiful Use it... don't lose it!
thing he'd ever read. 6a БЗШж
SPEAKING Choose a student to be the
Writer: character. Interview them and make a note of
Man: .......................................................... their answers to your questions.
3 The reporter asked the singer why she wouldn't
answer any of his questions. She told him that she 6b SPEAKING When you finish take it in turns to
only wanted to talk about her songs and that she report back the interview.
wasn't going to talk about anything else.
First we asked him if it was uncomfortable
Reporter:
to wear a suit made of metal. He said it was
Singer: much more comfortable than it looked.
4 The teacher asked the class whether they could write
an essay for the next day, but they replied that they
Then we wanted to know...
couldn't because they had to study for an exam and
they wouldn't have enough time.
Teacher: Reach higher > page 140
Class: ..........................................................
5 Emma wanted to know how many English novels I'd
read and I told her that I'd read lots.
Emma:
Me:
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