Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Who said what? Write down what Hakika Singh and Dharamjit Mamdani said in the interview in “People Talking” (exercise 18 ). Use reported speech. 25 Write down the actual words that each person said (direct speech). Then check your answers with the passage in exercise 20 . 24 1 Joe said that he was sorry to call round without an invitation. 2 Joe said that he had only found out that day that they hadn’t known Jess had been playing for their team. 3 Mr Bhamra said that Jess had no time for games. 4 Jess said that playing for the team was an honour. 5 Mr Bhamra said that when he had come to the country, he hadn’t been allowed to play in any team. 6 Mr Bhamra said that none of their boys were in any of the football leagues. 7 Mr Bhamra said that he didn’t want to build up Jesminder’s hopes because she would only end up  disappointed. 8 Mrs Bhamra said that Hussain was a Muslim name and that their families were different. Example: Mr Singh said that the British government had been asking Indians to come to England to work. Reported speech: “We start school at 8.30.” He said that they start school at 8.30. (They still do.) “I’m going to London tomorrow.” He said that he’s going to London tomorrow. (It’s the same day and he hasn’t changed his mind.) The British government were asking Indians to come to England to work. A lot of children cannot go to school in the village. My wife has never really got used to life in England. My father never learned to read or write. When I came to Britain, people were very unfriendly and we couldn’t find anywhere to live. Unemployment is worse for us. There are groups of whites who go round attacking Asians. I became a bus driver. Note that sometimes the verb in direct speech does not change its tense even if the reporting verb is in the past. 81 4 Extensive unit 4: India Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv