Unit 8: The Story of My Village

Unit 8: The Story of My Village Language Focus

Read this sentence: Brown knows Joe phones Sophie, but Sophie and Joe don’t know Brown knows.

phone cow /əu/ /au/

Listen and repeat /au/ /əu/ A B • Cow • Town • How • House • Cough • Mouse • Coat • Phone • Bone • Bowl • Note • Close

Don’t shout so loudly • /au/ /au/ • b. Ours is the nicest house in the town. • /au/ /au/ /au/ • c. At last we found the mouse under the couch • /au/ /au/ /au/ • d. Look at the red rose on the snow. • /əu//əu/ • e. Come over to the window • /əu/ • f. I’ll put my coat on and go out. • / au/ Practice the sentences

1. a. drove b. love c. woke d. hole Odd one out 2. a. snow b. low c. cow d. show 3. a. owl b. loud c. allow d . flow 4. a. foul b. group c. shout d. mouse

1.If the reporting verb is in the past tense (e.g., said, told), it is usual for the verb in the reported clause to move ‘one tense back’ Present Present perfect Past Ex: “I’m going” Reported speech: Statement Past Past perfect Past perfect he said he was going

2. If the reporting verb is in the present tense (e.g., says, asks), there is no tense change Ex: The train will be late 3. The one tense back rule also applies to reported thoughts and feeling. Ex: I thought she was married, but she isn’t. He says the train will be late

4. Typical pronoun, time, place and modal verb changes A. Pronoun changes Direct speech • I • we • mine • me/ you • us • ours • my • our • myself • he/ she • they • his/hers • him/her • them • theirs • his/her • their • himself/herself Reported speech

B. Time changes Direct speech Reported speech • Now • Two days ago • Today • Tonight • Tomorrow • Yesterday • Last night • Then • Two days before • That day • That night • The next/ following day • The day before • The night before

C. Places changes • Here • This place • These places • There • That place • Those place Direct speech Reported speech

D. Modal verb changes Direct speech Reported speech • Can • Will • may • Could • Would • might Note: Other modal verbs don’t change Should Might must

5.In formal situations, use ‘that’ after reporting verb. Ex: He told me (that) he would be home late.

6. The difference between “say”, “tell”, and “talk” • Say (without object)+ clause • Tell (with object) +clause • Talk (to somebody) about something

1. He/at home/today ->He said he was at home that day

2. He/ going to take/exam/tomorrow ->He said he was going to take exam the following day.

3.She/at home/ yesterday. ->She said she had been at home the day before.

2 3 1 6 4 5

1.“I’m going to Ho Chi Minh City soon” ->She said…. ->She said she was going to HCM City soon.

2. “The film will be interesting.” ->I thought…. ->I thought the film would be interesting.

3.“Anne has written Jim a letter.” ->Rich told me…. -> Rich told me that Anne had written Jim a letter.

4.“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home” -> An old farmer said…………… ->An old farmer said their lives to their children had changed a lot thanks had brought home

If clause

If it rains, she will stay at home. If clause Main clause Simple present Simple future This type of sentence implies that the action in the If- clause is quite probable

Exercise 3: Make sentence, using If……,……will…. Not go out so much do more home work pass the exam go to medical college become a doctor study medicine cure disease and help sick people

If I don’t go out so much, I’ll do more homework • If I do more homework, I’ll pass my exam • If I pass the exam, I’ll go to medical center • If I study medicine, I’ll become a doctor • If I become a doctor, I’ll be able to cure diseases and help sick people.

When- clause refers to “all time”, not just the present or future. They express a situation that is always true. It means whenever.

Homework • Do exercise 1,2,3 in text book (page 89->90)

Unit 8: The Story of My Village