UNIT 9. Session 2

 

WHAT'S WRONG?

Listen to the song by The Black Eyed Peas 'Where is the love?'. What does the lyrics and video of the song transmit? Share with a classmate. 

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Listen to an interview to victims of worldwide known historical crimes. Complete each of the paragraphs belonging to speakers with the consequences these crimes had in their lives. 15'

Speaker 1 

Consequences: 

Speaker 2 . 

Consequences:

Speaker 3 . 

Consequences:

Now, through a Dictogloss process try to talk about all the stories you have heard with a classmate. Use the notes you have taken to help you. 10'

Graded version. Hints to complete the dictogloss activity. 

                                - Living in an enclosed places with no food and violence (1)

                                - He would talk to other people to distract himself (1)

                                - The society of the time would not allow her to attend school or to

                                    play with other kids in the neibourhood.  (2)

                                - She was most of the time with her mother helping her in the house 

                                    of another family (2)

                                - He only remembers a loud thud and being covered in dust. (3)

                                - After many years, he still has nightmares of that day. (3)

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TIME TO WORK ON THE TASK  15'

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RECALLING

We are going to review the grammatical element of reported speech. Then, take part of the transcript and report it. 

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. (Click here for more about using 'say' and 'tell'.) If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

• Direct speech: I like ice cream.
• Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'.

(As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.)

But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

• Direct speech: I like ice cream.
• Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

Tense	Direct Speech	Reported Speech
present simple	I like ice cream	She said (that) she liked ice cream.
present continuous	I am living in London	She said (that) she was living in London.
past simple	I bought a car	She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.
past continuous	I was walking along the street	She said (that) she had been walking along the street.
present perfect	I haven't seen Julie	She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.
past perfect*	I had taken English lessons before	She said (that) she had taken English lessons before.
will	I'll see you later	She said (that) she would see me later.
would*	I would help, but..”	She said (that) she would help but...
can	I can speak perfect English	She said (that) she could speak perfect English.
could*	I could swim when I was four	She said (that) she could swim when she was four.
shall	I shall come later	She said (that) she would come later.
should*	I should call my mother	She said (that) she should call her mother
might*	I might be late	She said (that) she might be late
must	I must study at the weekend	She said (that) she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend

* doesn't change.

Occasionally, we don't need to change the present tense into the past if the information in direct speech is still true (but this is only for things which are general facts, and even then usually we like to change the tense):

• Direct speech: The sky is blue.
• Reported speech: She said (that) the sky is/was blue.

MORE ON REPORTED SPEECH: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html

Report the following text. Dive it into shorted sentences and add reporting verbs if necessary. 

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