Showing posts with label reported speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reported speech. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Today's class

Hi, congratulations for your exam results, you did really well!

Today we are going to finish activities 2 and 3 on reported speech and technology-related vocabulary (posted on this blog on 3/29).

Please, complete them in word and send them to my gmail account, do not forget to include them in the template with your details.

Some listening practice:
These English listening activities are a series of audio activities that present situational English language between two characters. The language focuses on English language needed for daily communication. Try these five situations and check your score on-line.
Start now!

See you on Thursday, Jimena

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Reporting once again

Activity 3:

1. Watch the video.
2. Take down at least 6 characteristics of the gadget presented in the video (e.g. solar-powered).
3. Report the conversation between the two friends.
4. Choose one of your tech gadgets and describe it using 3 or 4 compound adjectives. Remember to use the correct order too.



Be ready to correct this next class.
See you, Jimena

More to report

Activity 2:
1. Watch this video.
2. Report the conversation between Jane and Christine.
3. List at least 10 technology-related terms mentioned in the conversation.




See you, Jimena

Revision on Reported Speech and class work for today

Notes on Reported Speech Notes on Reported Speech jcastel

Hi, as I promised, here go the notes on Reported Speech:

Let’s say you and your friend, Rebecca, are eating dinner at a restaurant on Saturday night. Rebecca tells you all about her boyfriend Joshua. She tells you what Joshua told her on Friday. She can say it in two ways.The first way is called “quoted speech.” Quoted or direct speech is EXACTLY what the person said. Here is an example:Joshua said, “I need to take a taxi.” According to the above sentence, Joshua said EXACTLY those words.The other way of repeating what a person says is called “reported speech.” Reported or indirect speech is NOT EXACTLY what the person said. It is like a summary or paraphrase of what the speaker said. Take a look at the following example:Joshua said that he needed to take a taxi. This is NOT EXACTLY what Joshua said.

Read these notes. You can view them here in different sizes and also e-mail o print them if you wish. I hope they help.


Activity 1:

1. Watch the video.

2. Pay attention to the differences between say and tell.

3. Report the conversation between the shop assisstant and the client. You may write it down or type it on Word (open a new window). We'll correct it in class today.

See you tomorrow, Jimena