BACKGROUND NOTĘ
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She asked how old I was
Arsenał: a very popular London Professional football Club. They are one of Engiand's most successful teams. they play in the Premier League.
Supporter: a supporter follows a particular team.
Youth team: many football clubs have youth teams, where they train local talented young footbailers. These players hope one day to become Professional footbailers.
Grammar Reported questions Function Speak or. the phone
1 2.57 Ask Ss to look at the
photo and iaentify who they can see and where they are (Greg and someone else). Explam that the other person is Toby, Greg’s brother. Ask Ss to read the text to answer the guestion.
Answer key
football
2 Ss read through the
guestions silently and then read the text again morÄ™ carefully to find the answers. They can write the answers in notÄ™ form in their notebooks.
Dialogue
1 Read the dialogue. Which sport does
Toby play?
Greg: Hello?
Marsha; Oh. hello. Could speak to Toby Dawson. please?
Greg: Yes, that’$ my brcther. ril just go and
get him. Hang or..
Greg goes to find Toby.
Toby: Hello Toby speaking.
Marsha: Hi. Toby, it’s Marsha Harris here from the Sunday Echo newspaper. I believe you ve just joined the Arsenał youth team
Toby: Yes. thafs nght. I signed yesterday.
Marsha: Congratulations. Can I ask you a few questions for an article for tomorrow’s paper?
Toby: Weil, yes. I guess so. What do you want
to know?
Later
Greg:
Toby:
So. what did she ask you?
Let's see. she to
school. always to be
a tootballer. - that sort
of thing. And she asked
Greg: Good question! Will you still speak to us,
now youre famous7 Toby: Ha ha. Very funny.
Answer key
2 She’s a journalist.
3 He joined Arsenał's youth team.
4 She's writing an article.
; 5 He remembers four guestions.
3
Answer key
Friday
Comprehension
2. Answer the questions.
1 Who's Toby?
He's Gregs brother.
2 What’s Marsha’s job?
3 What did Toby do yesterday?
4 Why did Marsha phone him?
5 How many guestions does Toby remember?
[ Exam link: phrases
• I guess so. • Let’s see
• that sort of thmg
ty Solve it!
3 What day of the week did Toby join the team?
Grammar
Write on the board. What's your favourite food? and ask Ss to try and report it. Then Ss can compare their ideas with the reported guestion in their books. Point out that questions asking for information. direct Guestions. are reported differently from yes/no guestions. Allow Ss time to read the examples. Point out that they need to include the tense and pronoun chanaes. as
4 Ask Ss to work together to 'eport the questions. They can work out the answer in pairs and then write it in their notebooks. In checking, ask the Ss to read out their answers and repeat them chorally.
Answer key
2 She asked (me) what my parents thought about it. 3 She asked (me) if I had met the other players yet. 4 She asked (me) if I would still go to school. 5 She asked (me) if she
5 2.58 Ss listen to the guestions and report them. A weak ciass will need to write their answers first.
Answer key
3 He asked (me) what I was doing. 4 She asked (me) if she could borrow a pen. 5 He asked (me) what I had done at the weekend. 6 She asked (me) if I had been to Paris. 7 He asked (me) where I would go. 8 She asked (me) if I was hungry.