Unit 10 Unit 10 What have I learnt? Can Do Skills
Listen to a radio news item. Read the questions below then listen again and make notes. 1 What time did the incident begin? 3 Who arrived at 3.45? 2 What two things made matters worse?
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4 What was the solution to the problem?
2 Listen to the news item again and choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to each of the following words. 1 deteriorated a) improved b) got worse c) followed 2 appealed a) refused b) demanded c) requested 3 detour a) change of route b) change of clothes c) change of mind 3 Show what each of these characters are like by describing one thing they do and one thing they say. Example: Serena is tidy. Serena folded her clothes carefully
and put them in a neat pile on the shelf. She said, “I’m just going to put everything away before I go to bed.”
1 Desmond is an untidy boy. 2 Hannah is always greedy. 3 Mrs. Clarke is an impatient person.
4 Choose the reported speech in which the verb tense and pronouns are correct. 1 “I am sorry,” Josh said.
3 “He sat down in the road,” Josh told Mom. a) Josh told Mom the cow had sit down in the road. b) Josh told Mom the cow would sit down in the road. c) Josh told Mom the cow had sat down in the road.
a) Josh said he is sorry. b) Josh said he was sorry. c) Josh said I am sorry.
4 “I have called the police,” said the driver. a) The driver said he would call the police. b) The driver said he had called the police. c) The driver said he has call the police.
2 Josh said, “The cow is scared.” a) Josh said the cow would be scared.
b) Josh said the cow is scared. c) Josh said the cow was scared.
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Read the Listening text from page 179.
• Reported speech: Remind students that they often need to change pronouns and when they change direct to reported speech.
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