Ex.2.a) Translate the words in italics; b) Act out the dialogue.
Sam and Cathy are planning their evening.
Cathy: Sam?
Sam: Mmm?
Cathy: What do you want to do tonight?
Sam: Oh, I don’t know. Nothing special.
Cathy: Is there anything on at the cinema?
Sam: Here’s the paper. Page two.
Cathy: Thanks. (Looking at the paper.) There’s a new film by Maurice.
Sam: Who? Who’s Maurice?
Cathy: A film director, of course.
Sam: Well, I didn’t know. What’s it called?
Cathy: “Elena.”
Sam: “Elena!”- what kind of film is it?
Cathy: I don’t know, but I’d like to see it.
Sam: All right. How long is it been running?
Cathy: Why?
Sam: Well, it’s a new film, it’ll be difficult to get a seat.
Cathy: (Looking at the paper aagain) No, it says: ‘ Now in its tenth week. Continuous performances.’
Sam: So it doesn’t matter when we go.
Cathy: But, I’d like to go now. Come on ... Sam, come on!
Ex.3. Make up dialogues, using the following sentences.
1. Where would you like to go? 2. And what about going to...? 3. Don’t you know whaat’s on today?
4. Who is it by? 5. Is it worth seeing, ... ? 6.How will it take us to get there? 7.Let’s go there at once.
Ex.4.Answer the following questions on the text and express your own opinion.
1.Why can a man's character be told by the way he uses his leisure? 2.What types of men are there by the way they spend their leisure? 3. What do passive people do during leisure hours? 4. How does a creative type of character spend his leisure time? 5.Why should leisure be refreshment?
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech.
· Indirect Speech is formed according to the Rule of Sequence of Tenses. The Verbs most commonly used to introduce the reported speech are: to tell, to say, to add, to notice, to explain, to inform, to remind, etc. Note: to say smth. (to smb); to tell smb.smth.
Tom said, ”My brother is learning to drive.” (The Present Continuous Tense)
Tom said that his brother was learning to rive ( The Past Continuous Tense)
Marat said, “Sometimes I go home by tram.” (The Present Indefinite Tense)
Marat said that sometimes he went home by tram. (The Past Indefinite Tense)
The teacher told John, “You didn’t write exercise two” (The Past Indefinite Tense)
The teacher told John that he hadn’t written exercise two. (The Past Perfect Tense)
Bob Said, “My uncle has just arrived from Paris.” (The Present Perfect Tense)
Bob said that his uncle had just arrived from Paris. (The Past Perfect Tense)
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If the reporting verb is in the present, the tenses that follow are usually the same as those used in the original statement.
· An order or request in indirect speech is expressed by the infinitive. The verbs most commonly used to introduce indirect orders are: to tell, to order, to command. Requests are usually introduced by the verb to ask. More emotional forms are: to beg, to implore, to urge.
My teacher said to me: ”Remember these grammar rules! ” My teacher told me to remember these grammar rules.
Ex.5. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. Jack told his father, "I hope to pass the examination". 2. Henry said to me, "The teacher is listening to us". 3. Bob said to Tom, "I made no mistakes in the last dictation". 4. I told the policeman, "I saw the thief in the garden". 5. He said, "I have not read many English books". 6. Jack's father said to him, "You have not cleaned your shoes". 7. Mary said, "I do not want to wear my old dress". 8. My mother said to me, "I feel very tired and I have a headache".
Ex. 6.Choose the correct word from those in brackets
1. My grandmother always ... me about her childhood.(says/ tells) 2. “Don’t do that! ” she ... them. (said/told) 3. Did she ... you where she had put my books? (say/tell) 4. When I was introduced to 6the actor he ... a few words about to me. (said/ told) 5. That little boy is very bad. He ... a lot of lies.( says/tells)6. She ... to me she didn’t know what to do. (said/told) 7. He often ... things like that. (says/tells)
Ex. 7. Change the following sentences into Direct Speech.
1. My sister said that she had not got a watch. 2. The teacher told his students that he was pleased with their work. 3. I told him that I had not seen his brother for a long time. 4. I told my mother that Henry was studying medicine at the university. 5. She told the grocer that he did not want any sugar. 6. We told the teacher that we did not understand his questions. 7. I told the taxi - driver that he was driving too fast. 8. He said that her children were playing in the garden.
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