Rewrite the sentences changing the reported speech to direct speech

Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.

1. ‘I didn’t finish the report yesterday,’ said Rebecca

Rebecca said.

2. ‘I’m having problems with my computer,’ she said.

She said.

3. ‘I haven’t been able to log onto the Internet this week,’ she told Ben.

She told.

4. ‘I’ll look at it for you sometime today,’ said Ben

Ben said.

5. ‘If you can mend my computer, I’ll cook you dinner,’ said Rebecca

Rebecca told Ben.

1. Aristotle believed dreams were an early warning system.

2. The professor explained that the scientific study of dreams had only begun in 1952.

3. Freud told his colleagues that he had had an unusually long dream the night before.

4. The researcher said scientists had already discovered the existence of REM.

5. Researchers believe we would learn more about our dreams if we wrote them down.

6. Freud believed his book on dreams contained the most valuable of all the discoveries he had made up to that moment.

Exercise 7 Reading aloud. Work in pairs. Take it in turns to practice reading the poem “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” by Roald Dahl. Try to read with as much feeling and humour as possible [6. p 86].

As soon as Wolf began to feel That he would like a decent meal, He went and knocked on Grandma’s door. When Grandma opened it, she saw The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin, and Wolfie said, ‘May I come in? Poor Grandmamma was terrified, ‘He’s going to eat me up!’ she cried. And she was absolutely right. He ate her in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and small and tough, And Wolfie wailed, ‘That’s not enough! ‘I haven’t yet begun to feel That I have had a decent meal!’ He ran around the kitchen yelping, I’ve got to have another helping!’ Then added with a frightful leer, ‘I’m therefore going to wait right here Till little Miss Red Riding Hood ‘Comes home from walking in the wood.’ He quickly put on Grandma’s clothes, (Of course he hadn’t eaten those.) He dressed himself in coat and hat. He put on shoes and after that He even brushed and curled his hair, Then sat himself in Grandma’s chair. In came the little girl in red. She stopped. She started. And then she said, ‘What great big ears you have, Grandma.’

‘All the better to hear you with,’ the Wolf replied ‘What great big eyes you have, Grandma,’ said Little Red Riding Hood. ‘All the better to see you with,’ the Wolf replied.   He sat there watching her and smiled. He thought, I’m going to eat this child. Compared with her old Grandmamma She’s going to taste like caviar.   Then little Red Riding Hood said, ‘ But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.’ ‘That’s wrong! cried Wolf. ‘Have you forgot ‘To tell me what BIG TEETH I’ve got? ‘Ah well, no matter what you say, ‘I’m going to eat you anyway.’ The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature’s head And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.   A few weeks later, in the wood, I came across Miss Riding Hood. But what a change! No cloak of red, No silly hood upon her head. She said, ‘Hello, and do please note My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.’

Exercise 8 Answer the questions about the text.

1. What is the moral or message of the original?
2. What does the poem suggest about modern girl?
3. Look at the following list of adjectives. In the traditional tales, which would apply to Red Riding Hood and which to the wolf?

innocent sly naive

cunning clever helpless

cruel evil greedy

cold-blooded quick-thinking weak

Exercise 9 Translate the text with the dictionary

Exercise 10 Complete each sentence using reported speech.

1. ‘Peter will be back soon,’ Tom said. Tom said that ___________________ back soon.

2. ‘Do you live far away?’ asked Fiona. Fiona asked me _________________ far away.

3. ‘Simon likes you a lot,’ said Roz. Roz told me ____________________ a lot.

4. ‘I have never been to Mexico,’ said Toni. Toni said ____________________ to Mexico

5. ‘I think Sheila’s working at home,’ said Graham. Graham thought that _____________ at home.

Exercise 11 Write a dictation

Exercise 12 Write a more up-to-date version of a folk tale or fairy story with which you are familiar. It is not necessary to write in verse! How do such stories often begin and end in English?

a) Choose the correct variant. “Stay in bed for a few days”, the doctor said to me.

a) The doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days.

b) The doctor ask me stay in bed for a few days.

c) The doctor told me stay in bed for a few days.

d) The doctor said me to stay in bed for a few days.

2. Choose the correct variant. “Don't shout”, I said to Jim.

a) I told Jim to shout.

b) I said Jim not to shout.

c) I asked Jim not to shout.

d) I told Jim not to shout.

3. Choose the correct variant “Please don't tell anybody what happened”, Ann said to me.

a) Ann asked me not to tell anybody what happening.

b) Ann asked me not to tell anybody what happened.

c) Ann asked me not to tell anybody what had happened.

d) Ann asked me not to tell anybody what will happen.

4. Choose the correct variant. “Can I stay with you”, she asked

a) Mary asked if she could stay with us.

b) Mary asked if she can stay with us.

c) Mary said if she could stay with us.

d) Mary told if she could stay with us.

SIW № 10

1. Make a power-point presentation on the given theme: “What’s your favorite tale?” 2 Write a more up-to-date version of a folk tale or fairy story (about 100-120 words).

SIW № 11

1. Ex.1 (a, b), Ex.2 (a, b) Unit 6A [1.p.54] 2. Lexical-grammar exercises 2, 4. [4]

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