Unit 8. The story of my village

Unit 8 The story of my village

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Unit 8 The story of my village
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I Pronunciation:
/au/: shout, loud, how, town, found
/ əu/:soul, show, most, close, coat
Notes:
/au/: ou, ow
/ əu/: o, ow,oa
* Practise the sentences.
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from the others.
fountain mouth loudly poultry
introduce potato rose motor
knowledge arrow bowl throw
towel crow drown slow
Unit 8 The story of my village
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II. Grammar:
1. Reported speech: Statements
Ex: “ I am a student,” he said.
He said he was a student.
“ They will come here tomorrow,” she said.
She said that they would come there the day after.
“ I don’t like going out at night,” she says to me.
She tells me that she doesn’t like going out at night.
* What are the rules in reported statements?

Unit 8 The story of my village
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II. Grammar:
1. Reported speech: Statements
Rules:
a. Reporting verbs: say, tell + O, talk to +O, talk
b. Verb changes:
* If the reporting verb is in the present tense, there is no tense change.
* If the reporting verb is in past tense, the verb in the reported clause moves “ one tense back”.

Unit 8 The story of my village
Language focus
II. Grammar:
1. Reported speech: Statements
Rules:
Reporting verb:
Verb changes
c. Pronoun changes:
Direct speech Reported speech
1st 3rd
2nd 1st, 3rd
3rd 3rd
d. Modal verb changes:
Direct speech Reported speech
will would
can could
should should
may might
Unit 8 The story of my village
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II. Grammar:
1. Reported speech: Statements
Rules:
Reporting verb:
Verb changes
Pronoun changes
Modal verb changes
e. Time and place changes:
Direct speech Reported speech
now, here then, there
today that day
yesterday the day before
tomorrow the day after
this, these that, those
last night the night before
next year the year after
ago before
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Exercise 1. Report the statements.
Answers:
An old farmer said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
She said she was going to Ho Chi Minh City soon.
I thought the film would be interesting.
She said she couldn’t help me because she had much work to do.
Rick told me that Ann had written Jim a letter.
He told me it had taken him three hours to get there because the roads had been muddy and slippery.
She said she thought it was a crazy idea and it wouldn’t work.
He announced that breakfast was served between 7:00 and 9:00.
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Exercise 2. Complete the sentences, using the correct form of say, tell, and talk.
Notes:
say + clause
tell + O + clause
talk to + O + about….
Answers:
1. told 2. said 3. said 4. told
5. talked
Unit 8 The story of my village
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II. Grammar:
2. Conditional sentence type 1: Real condition in present
Ex:
If I have enough money, I will go to Hue.
If he comes today, phone me at once.
If you study harder, you can be successful.
What are the form and the use of conditional sentence type 1?
Unit 8 The story of my village
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II. Grammar:
2. Conditional sentence type 1: Real condition at present
a. Form:
If clause: simple present tense.
Main clause: will/ can + bare- infinitive
imperative or request
b. Use: refer to a possible condition and a possible result at present or in the future.
c. Note: the difference between if and when:
When – clause refers to all time, not just the present or future.
Ex: When winter comes, it will be cold.
If I have free time tomorrow, I will visit you.
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Exercise 3. Make sentences, using if……..,will…
Exercise 4. Put when or if into each gap.
Answers:
If
When
If
If
when
Unit 8 The story of my village
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More practice
*Change the sentences into reported speech
“ It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday,” he said.
“ I don’t know what to o with all my fruits,” said Tom.
“ If you put on the kettle, I will make tea,” said Jane.
“ We can’t reach the top until this afternoon,” said the leader.
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Summary
The two sounds: / au/, / ?u/.
Reported speech with statements.
Conditional sentence type 1.
Unit 8 The story of my village
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Homework
Make two conditional sentences type 1.
Make two sentences using when.
Change those sentences into reported speech.