WORKSHEET – UNIT 10
Task 1 – Identify the
following conditionals, and for each one:
i) indicate whether it is a
zero, first, second, third or mixed conditional
ii) state its usage
iii) give TWO activate stage
teaching ideas, and
iv) give examples of
sentences you would expect students to produce in your activate stage teaching
ideas
a) If it rains tomorrow, I’ll buy an umbrella.
i) First.
ii) Talks about a real situation in the future that is
possible or certain once the condition has been satisfied.
iii) Try a split sentences activity, students get the “if”
clause and they have to compete the condition.
Second would be the same exercise backwards. Give the clause
and have the students develop the “if” clause.
iv) I would buy the car if I had enough money.
I she runs fast enough, she could win.
b) If I had studied harder, I would have passed the test.
i)Third.
ii) Refers to a hypothetical past action and the
hypothetical past consequence.
iii) Have the students review some historical event and have
the write down how would they have done it differently and would have happened.
Have the student review any facts of their own lives they
regret and have them speculate and how they would do them differently today and
the possible consequences.
iv) If had studied more I would have had a better score on
the test.
If I had looked at my bills I would not be late with the
pay.
c) If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor.
i) Mixed.
ii) A hypothetical past action resulting in a hypothetical
present outcome
iii) Have the student review any facts of their own lives
they regret and have them speculate and how they would do them differently
today and the possible consequences.
Prepare a matrix of different “if” sentences and have the
students identify the type of sentence, the structure and based on that
structure build more sentences.
iv) If I hadn’t gone to the party I wouldn’t had met my
wife.
I you had eaten before we left you wouldn’t be hungry.
d) If I inherited a million dollars, I would buy a new
house.
i) Second
ii) Creates a present or future 'unreal' , hypothetical
situation that is presently not true and is unlikely to be true.
iii) Select ten different hypothetical situations and have
the student write down or verbally explain what they would do in any of the
cases.
Do the same backwards, give the students the main clause and
have them come uo with the “if” clause.
iv) If I had a million dollars I would buy you a monkey. (Jimmy Buffet, I had a million dollars)
If I had a million dollars I would buy you diamond ring. (Jimmy Buffet, I had a million dollars)
e) If water freezes, it turns to ice.
i) Zero
ii) Refers to a fact.
iii) Select ten different real actions with know
consequences and have the student write down or verbally explain those
consequences.
Do the same backwards, give the students the main clause and
have them come do with the “if” clause.
iv) If water is heated over 100 degrees, it will evaporate.
“If you touch me again I will kill you” (Bruce Willis, The Last Boys Scout)
Task 2 – Complete the table
below with the appropriate tense changes for reported speech, when the
reporting verb is in the past:
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Direct speech
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To |
Reported speech
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 Present simple |
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Past simple
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Present continuous
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Past continuous
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Present perfect
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Past perfect
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Present perfect continuous
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Past perfect continuous
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Past simple
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Past perfect
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Past continuous
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Past perfect continuous
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Will
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Would
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Past perfect
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Past perfect
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Past perfect continuous
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Past perfect continuous
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Task 3 – Use the table you
completed in task 2 to change the verb tense, and re-write these sentences in
reported speech:
Example:
John said “I’m going out for a few minutes”
↓
John said he was going out for a few minutes.
a) Paul said “I go swimming on Tuesdays”.
↓
Paul said he went swimming on Tuesdays.
b) Jamie said “John has never been to London”.
↓
Jamie said John had never been to London.
c) “Do you want fish or chicken?” she asked.
↓
She asked if you wanted fish or chicken
d) “How are you?” she asked.
↓
She asked how I was
e) Keith said “I went fishing before lunch”.
↓
Keith said that he had fished before lunch
f) Fred said “I will be arriving after dinner”.
↓
Fred said that he is going to be arriving after dinner
Task 4 – Report these spoken
remarks to a friend, making the necessary changes. The first one has been done
for you:
1) “I love it!”
She… She said
that she loved it.
2) “I am leaving in half an hour.”
He…said he is leaving in half an hour.
3) “The rain has stopped.”
You…Said the rain had stopped.
4) “I’ve been playing it for 2 hours!”
He…had been playing it for two hours.
5) “I had breakfast earlier”.
She…had breakfast earlier.
6) “Were you living in London
in ’96?”
She… She had been living in London in 96
7) “I have bought 3 pizzas”.
He…had bought 3 pizzas.
8) “I’d been waiting for 30 minutes”.
You…said you had been waiting for 30 minutes.
9) “We’ll be in Bangkok
in July”.
They… They are going to be in Bangkok in July
10) “Will you be coming back?”
She… She asked if I am going to come back
Task 5 – In part a) below, today
changes to that day in reported speech. What would the following time
expressions change to in reported speech? Write a sentence in direct speech
followed by one in reported speech to illustrate each change. The first one has
been done for you as an example.
a) Today – that day
Direct speech – He said “I
feel great today!”
Reported speech – He said that
he felt great that day.
b) Tomorrow – the next day
Direct speech – He said: “I am sleeping in the garage tomorrow”.
Reported speech – He said: “the
next day he was sleeping in the garage”.
c) Yesterday – the day before
Direct speech – she said: “yesterday
was a beautiful day for running”.
Reported speech – she said: “the
day before was a beautiful for running”.
d) Next week – the week after
Direct speech – She said: “I am
going to Vegas next week”.
Reported speech – She said: “that
she was going to Vegas next week”.
e) Last week – the week before
Direct speech – He said: “I went to the Cape
last week”.
Reported speech – He said: “that he went to the Cape the week before”.
f) This week – That week
Direct speech – He said: “I am working
few hours this week”.
Reported speech – He said: “that
he had worked few hours that week”.
Task 6 – Give 3 activate
stage teaching ideas for reported speech, giving examples of sentences you would expect your students to
produce during each activity.
Language level:
Intermediate
1. Play a broken line game. The teacher gives a message and
instructions to one person in the class and the message is passed on from
student to student. At the end of the line the message is received and spoken
out loud. Each students writes down the message given to him to see how it
changes.
Ex/: He said to bring drinks.
She said to bring flowers.
2. Divide the class in three groups.
One group interviews another and tells all the details to the third group. Finally the message is spoken out loud to see if the message is clear.
One group interviews another and tells all the details to the third group. Finally the message is spoken out loud to see if the message is clear.
Ex/: Matt said he wants to go to bed.
Caroline said she is in a bad mood.
3. Create a script for a play
to be performed in class by the students and review the scrip with the whole
class.
Ex/: Tom told Jen to go outside.
Caroline said she was going on a trip.
