English Unlimited HTL 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

105 Fiction and reality 08 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Do you think it’s OK to lie or should people always tell the truth? Write a blog entry on www.greylies.com. In your blog entry, you should: state your point of view concerning lies. discuss 2–3 different kinds of lies. justify your opinion whether it’s OK to lie or not. Give your blog entry a title. Write 120–150 words. WRITING 25 Listen to Keith talking to a friend, Naomi. What two lies do they talk about? Do you think each lie is serious? Is Keith’s story surprising? In reported speech, the verb usually changes one tense back (e.g. from past to past perfect), and other parts of the sentence can change as well, like pronouns and adverbs of time and place. What three changes do you see in Keith’s statement after the reporting verb? Underline them and their counterparts in Anna’s statement. LISTENING 26 TCD 2/22 GRAMMAR 27 Reporting speech Keith: Anna said that she had seen him in town with someone the day before. Anna: I saw Simon in town with someone yesterday. When we relate a conversation, we often summarise what people say with reporting verbs. Complete the sentences from the conversations with these reporting verbs in the correct form. agree ask explain promise say tell (2x) 28 Which verbs in A–D are followed by: 1 a question word? 2 to infinitive? 3 that …? Which two verbs are followed immediately by an object pronoun? Think about conversations you’ve had recently. Complete the sentences with your ideas. school relationships gossip about friends a 29 b a SPEAKING 30 Example: A: Barbara told me that she and her family are moving to London! B: Really? That’s exciting. Compare your sentences with a partner. Ask questions to find out more. b 1 My friend told … 2 At school recently, I promised … 3 A classmate asked … 4 I explained … 5 In a recent phone call, I said … 6 My … has agreed … But he said … A He that he hadn’t been sick really. He me that he had just needed to see his brother. C I him to tell me the truth. B I him what Anna had said. He why he had done it. D He not to do it again. I’ve to let it go this time. For a list of pronouns and adverbs of time and place that change in reported speech, go to Grammar reference , p. 160. Grammar reference and practice, p. 159. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv