Grammar

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Reported statements

Direct statements •Technology Is improving.'

‘I choose my questions carefully.’ ‘It was a difficult case.'

‘It hasn't happened yet.

Tli never forget it/

1 can’t remember.'

Reported statements

She said (that) technology was improving.

She told me (that) she chose her questions carefully. She told me (that) It had been a difficult case.

She said (that) it Å‚iadnT happened yel.

She told me (that) she would never forget It.

She said (that) she couldn't remember.

Choose the correct option.

Tell/Say is always followed by a direct object.

Practice

A Complete the table with the names of the tenses.

5 What did Rosa say? Read the speech bubble, then write it in reported speech.

1 She said she was a police artist.

Vocabulary: Appearance

7a Recall Look at the Word bank on page 132. Then take turns to describe somebody your partner knows well. Can he/she guess who it is?

b . se Extension Listen and repeat. Write these words in the correct lists below. Which words go in morÄ™ than one list?

•    bald • eyebrow • fair/olive/dark skinned

•    fringe • in his/her twenties/thirties • long

•    overweight • parting • pony-tail • round

•    scar • shaved • skinny • spiky • square

•    tattoo • teenage • thin

Answer key

Head/Hair: fringe, parting, pony-tail, spiky, long, thin, shaved

Face: long, thin, round, square, fair/dark/olive skinned, scar, eyebrow

Body: thin, overweight. scar. skinny, tattoo

Age: in his/her twenties/thirties etc. teenage Other: tattoo

EXAM IDEA

You could use the vocabulary box from Exercise 7b to create a variation on an exam-like exercise. Ask Ss to work in pairs and look at the woman from the photo in the Police Artist text. Tell them to write a description of her using the words from Exercise 7b. Monitor and help if necessary. Elicit answers from different pairs.

Write and speak

8 a Ss can work in pairs to complete the writing frame with the phrases in the box.

that they must now write his actual words. Do one example on the board and then put S$ into pairs to write the sentences in their notebooks. Remind them to change the pronoun and use speech marks.

Vocabulary: Appearance

7 a Recall Without taking notes Ss take turns to describe known people. this could be classmates, celebrities etc. b Extension 2.56 Ss listen and repeat the words with the recording before writing them in the correct column. After completing the table see if Ss can add any others as a class.

Answer key

2a 3g 4c 5e 6b 7 f

b Ss choose photos of people in the course book and describe them to a partner.

+> Optional Extra

Ss work in pairs. A closes their eyes and describes student B. They then open their eyes and check.

Optional Extra

Bring some photos into the classroom. Get Ss to identify the features from the box in the pictures. Point out that we use He is + adjective (thin), He has + (adj) noun. Example: He is thin.

He has thin hair.

Extra practice

Ss go to page 127 in the SB.

Tm a police artist. *IVe had my job for threc years and I love it. I travel round the country and I sometimesgoabroad. ⁴Imgoing to Canada soon. I didnt have any special training for this job. ^r,One day computers will do my job.

6 Read the text, then write it in direct speech.

1 ‘My name's John'.

The witness said his name was John.

²He said he came frora Liverpool.

³He said the burglary had happened at six crclock. ⁴He said he couldnT remember it very well. ^cHe said he was trying to remember the burglar’s face. ^eRosa said she would draw a Picture. ^vHe said he recognised the face.

Write and speak

Sa Look at the picture and complete the police report with the phrases (a-g) in the box.

a) black leather b) long face c) short spiky d) his twenties e) large ears f) on his face g) tali and thin

The witness saw a man in

¹Â£ wearing a ²_jacket. He

was ³_, with ⁴_halr,

brown eyes and ⁵_. He

had a ⁶__and a thin nose.

There was a long scar ⁷_.

b Choose a photo from the Students’ Book and describe a person to your partner. Then write the description.

Extra practice

For morÄ™ practice, go to page 127. Q J u

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Answer key

2 ‘I come from Liverpool.’ 3 The burglary happened at 6 o’ciock.’ 4 'I can’t remember it very well.’ 5 Tm trying to remember the burglar’s face.’ 6 Tli draw a picture.’

7 ‘I recognise the face.’

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