LESSON A: INDIRECT QUESTIONS

1 Nations of the world

Look at the following flags. Do you know what country they are from? Is the flag of your country among these?

What do you know about these countries? Discuss with your partners.
How are we different?

Read the following article about cultural differences among countries. Did you know about any of them?

Read the following questions, then write in the line provided the part of the article to which each of the questions refers to. Follow the example in number one.
1. What is the South Koreans obsession?

South Koreans have an obsession; could you tell your partners what it is?
2. What is the shape shown in Swedish traffic lights? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Can cows be worshiped? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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What do Singaporeans have to do in order to drive a car? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Look at the questions you wrote; they are called indirect questions and we use them when we want to ask something politely.

5. What is the worlds longest name of a place? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 6. How much will that cost? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 7. Could you pronounce it? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 8. When did this tradition start? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Read the previous chart again, and answer the following questions.
Look at each pair of questions. What do the direct question and the indirect question have in common? What happens to the auxiliary is in questions 1, 2 and 5 in the indirect questions? What happens to the auxiliary do and did question 4 and 8 in the indirect questions? What happened to the verb in the direct question number 8? Look at the indirect question in number 3. How can it be answered? Why? Look at the indirect questions in number 6 and 7. Do they have question mark? Why?

Countries and Nationalities

It is the first day of classes at an English school. Listen to the following students introducing themselves. Where are they from? Name Vladimir Alessandro Pauleta Benjamin Patricio Dao-ming Country or Nationality

Complete the chart with the names of the countries or the nationalities from the exercise above. Phonetics
/br'zl/ /'r/ /'tljn/ /ta'ni:z/ /'streli/ /:dn'ti:n/

Country or Nationality

C D

Now listen to the order of the answers and repeat them. Look at the previous chart again. How do the phonetic symbols in bold sound? Repeat aloud the country or nationality which contains each of the symbols in order to help you remember.

A Little bit more culture

Read the following sentences. Put a tick next to the grammatically correct ones. 1. a. I wonder why Brazilian people play football so well. b. I wonder why do Brazilian people play football so well.

2. a. I dont have any idea of what Italys most touristic place is. b. I dont have any idea of what is Italys most touristic place. 3. a. Do you remember when was the Great Wall built? b. Do you remember when the Great Wall was built? 4. a. Do you know why do a lot of Argentineans have Italian roots? b. Do you know why a lot of Argentineans have Italian roots? 5. a. Could you tell us who was Rasputin? b. Could you tell us who Rasputin was? 6. a. I cant remember what the name of that famous Australian theatre is. b. I cant remember what is the name of that famous Australian theatre. B Rewrite the following questions in an indirect way. Use the prompts you are given. 1. What is Brazil like? (I would like to know...) 2. What do Italians have for breakfast? (Could you please tell me...) 3. Is the great wall the most touristic place in China? (Do you happen to know if...) 4. Whats Argentinas typical dish? (I wonder...) 5. What is Russias most representative monument? (I cant remember...) 6. Is Australia the biggest island in the world? (Im not sure if...) C Do you want to know the answers? Listen to the conversation that took place the same day at the school and choose the correct option. In order for you to get the answers divide in two different groups, one for the answers about A and the other for the ones in B. While one of the groups discusses about the possible answer of their exercise the other will listen to their answers. Then, exchange the information.

Answers of exercise A.
1. Brazilian people play football well a. Because they attend football b. But Pauleta doesnt know schools. why. 2. Italys most touristy place is c. The Tuscany d. Sicily 3. The Great Wall was built in e. 698 A.C. f. 688 B.C. 4. A lot of Argentineans have Italian roots because g. Its just a coincidence. h. A lot of Italians immigrated to Argentina. 5. Rasputin was i. A magician. j. An adviser. 6. The name of one famous Australian theatre is k. The Opera Sydney House. l. The Sydney Theatre.

Board game! Get in groups of 2 or 3 to play a miniboard game. The instructions are:

1. Throw the dice, the order of the turns will be decided for the highest number. 2. In order to move, each team will have to throw the dice and transform one question into an indirect one. 3. You will only have 10 seconds to answer. 4. The first team in reaching the end will be the winner.
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Answers of exercise B.
1. Brazil is a. A great country with 6000 km of beaches and friendly people. b. A great country with 8000 km of beaches and friendly people.

2. Italians breakfast is c. Pizza and pasta. d. Coffee and bread or biscuits. 3. The Great Wall is the most touristy place in China e. No, it isnt. f. Yes, it is. 4. Argentineans typical dish is g. Grilled meat, pizza and pasta. h. Barbecue, soup and vegetables. 5. The most representative monument in Russia is i. The Kremlin. j. The Ipatiev House. 6. Australia is the biggest island in the world k. Yes, but its not considered an l. No, it isnt the biggest. island. Famous people

A Look at the following people. Do you know any of them? Do you know where they are from?

Now read the following statements. Can you guess who said what? Write the number of the famous person on the correspondent box.

"I love my country; I love its food, its wine, its people...I never miss the opportunity to go there whenever I can".

"I couldn't imagine myself if I had been born somewhere else... Our culture and traditions are really important to me".

"I am proud of my country. I know we have always had some problems because of our history,... but I think that what is important is to learn from our mistakes...".

Listen to the previous famous people being interviewed and check your answers. Can you identify the indirect question in each of the interviews?
Keep on practicing! Get more information about these international celebrities, by asking one of your partnersThey may have information you dont!

Imagine you are about to interview one of these famous people, what would you ask him/her? Work with a partner and write down in your notebooks indirect questions about their countries and their lives there, then compare your questions with those of other students.
I wonder how a Hindi wedding is. I would like to know how your childhood was. Could you tell me what is the best kind of wine in France?

Role play!
Your teacher will give you a card which will contain the description of your character. It can be either, a famous extravagant actor from a foreign country or a journalist trying to interview him/her. Wait for your card and good luck!

LESSON B: PHRASAL VERBS

1 Traveling abroad

Look at the following places. Do you know their names? Do you know where they are?

Have you ever been there? In case you havent, would you like to? Tell your partners.

A holiday to remember

Read the following mail that a girl has written to a friend. Has something similar ever happened to you?

Look at the underlined words, they are called phrasal verbs.

According to the context in the mail, match the phrasal verbs with their definitions.
1. Come back 2. Put off 3. Get on a. To search for a word or some information. b. To leave the ground and begin to fly. c. To feel excited about sth that is going to happen.

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d. To start operating. e. To return. f. To become heavier. g. To leave your house to go to social events. h. To come to a situation that you didnt expect. i. To change sth to a later time. j. To meet or find sth by chance. k. To leave a bus, train, plane. l. To wait. m. We do it before buying a piece of clothing. n. To get into a bus, train, plain. o. To speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong.

Holidays! Get in pairs and imagine youre going on holiday somewhere abroad. Ask your teacher to give you a cardboard. Discuss with your partner and write at the top the name of the place where youre going. Then invent a story about your holidays. It can be as funny as you want! Write on the cardboard short sentences to help you remember what happened. You can include some of the phrasal verbs youve just checked! Ex: When we were getting off the plane I almost fall down!

5. Tell off 6. Get off 7. Hang around 8. Look up 9. End up 10. Turn on 11. Put on 12. Try on 13. Come across 14. Go out 15. Look forward to

C Read all the phrasal verbs once more. Then answer the following questions. They function as one of the parts of speech, what is it? If necessary, read the mail again. With the exception of number 15, how many particles do they have? What part of speech are they? How many particles does number 15 have and what part of speech are they? Look at numbers 9 and 15 in the mail. What happens with the word that follows? Why? What kind of words follow the other phrasal verbs? Some phrasal verbs can have literal and idiomatic meaning. If in the mail numbers 1, 3 and 14 are literal and the rest idiomatic. What do literal and idiomatic mean? D This is what Anne will tell Sarah in their meeting. Pay attention to the phrasal verbs, write L if their meaning is literal or I for idiomatic. Discuss their meaning with your partners.

1. a. I had to look up to see the end of the Pisa Tower. b. I looked up the word volentieri but I couldnt find it.

2. a. All that Italian food made me put on some weight. b. I never put on a Jacket! The weather there is much hotter than In our country. 3. a. I went out every night during my holidays there. b. I told him that I would go out of his life when I left Florence. 4. a. In Italy, taxi-drivers start charging as soon as you get on. b. I got on really well with those guys I met in my holidays. 5. a. I took my coat off as soon as we arrived. b. The plane to Italy finally took off at 12:45. E Sarah wrote several sentences that in the end were modified in her mail. Take a look at them. Then, write in the lines provided the part of the mail that corresponds. Follow the example in number one. 1. Our flight was timetabled at 8:00 am, but they had to put it off because of the bad weather. ___It was necessary to put our flight off______________________________ 2. By the time the airplane took off, I had already told off my brother. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. When I didnt know what a word meant, I asked my brother to look it up. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. As Rome is very hot in summer, I had to turn on the air conditioning whenever I entered my room. _____________________________________________________________________ 5. I couldnt help trying thousands of skirts on. _____________________________________________________________________

Some phrasal verbs that take an object can be written in a separate way. They are called separable phrasal verbs.

According to the previous chart, what part of speech are the words that can be the object of a phrasal verb? In what cases are they in the middle and after the phrasal verbs?

Take a look at the following sentences, they all describe Anns holiday. Then answer the questions. 1. During her flight, there was a guy who got dizzy inside the plane; all he wanted was to get off it. 2. When Ann visited Venice, she was impressed by the gondolas; she couldnt wait to get on them. 3. After she told the guy she met that she would go out of his life, she came across him again. 4. Ann thinks her trip was incredible. She had been looking forward to it a long time ago. Take a look at the words in bold. If they are object pronouns, why are they written at the end of the phrasal verb? Are these sentences breaking the rule you just checked?

Some phrasal verbs that take an object are always written together. They are called inseparable phrasal verbs.

Around the world

Read the following sentences; some of them have grammar mistakes. Find them and correct them. 1. When I went to China, I saw one beautiful Kimono but I never tried on it. ___tried it on._____________________________________________________ 2. I dont know how to say congratulations in French, could you look up it? _____________________________________________________________________ 3. There were some Japanese tourists in the Chichen Itza pyramids. I came them across very often that day. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Sallys mother was telling her off during all our way to Germany. _____________________________________________________________________ 5. I wanted to go to the Buckingham palace so I caught the bus. I had to ask the driver because I didnt know where to get it off. _____________________________________________________________________

6. Last holidays my family and I went to Disneyland. I had been looking it forward to since I was very young. _____________________________________________________________________ 7. The tour through the Louvre was supposed to be at 4:00, did they put off it? _____________________________________________________________________ 8. When I visited Japan I saw the Steel Dragon 2000, the longest roller coaster in the world, but I was afraid of getting it on. _____________________________________________________________________ 9. In the hotel I stayed in Australia, I had to pay for the TV, so I never turned on it. _____________________________________________________________________

Read the following sentences. Then change the word or words in italics for a phrasal verb. Phrasal Verb 1. At the airport, I met a girl who didnt want to board the plane. She was afraid of flying. 2. When the plane landed in Guatemala, all that I wanted was to descend. 3. When Peter went to Romania, he had to wait 2 hours in the hotel because his room was already occupied. 4. My mum has just returned from Portugal. 5. We decided to postpone our trip to Thailand. 6. I met your brother by chance when I went to Portugal. 7. The bus in which Alexander travelled to Sweden started operating until the third time the bus driver tried. 8. My aunt spoke angrily to my cousin because he was causing a mess in the hotel.

Complete the following sentences with a phrasal verb from the box. Make the necessary changes.
come across look forward to take off put on end up

Game!
1. Get in trios (if there are not enough students there can be one or two teams of four). 2. Your teacher will write a word on the board. 3. Look at it. Think of another word in order to form a phrasal verb. 4. Raise your hand, if you were the first you will have the opportunity to say your phrasal verb and a sentence with it. 5. If you have them both correct, you will get one point. 6. At the end, the team with the highest score will be the winner. You can negotiate your price!

1. One night during our spring break holiday in Mexico, Alice got so drunk that she _______________ dancing on her own. 2. It is said that people in Greece never ___________________ weight because their diet is the most balanced all over the world. 3. I _____________________ my ex-boyfriend during my holidays in Cuba. It was so weird! 4. The plane on which I travelled to Bolivia ___________________at 7:00. 5. I really enjoyed my holidays in Bulgaria and I am _________________________ going back there soon!

Imagine you travelled abroad somewhere and you have just returned. Write a mail to your best friend telling him/her how your holidays were. Write from 80 to 100 words and use at least 8 of the phrasal verbs you checked in this unit. Ask your teacher to give you a photocopy of your e-mail page! Take the mail on page 65 as an example. If you need more information, take a look at page 114 of your book.

ENGLISH IN USE
Booking a hotel room

If you are travelling abroad, you need to book a hotel. The following phone conversation between a receptionist and someone who wants to book a room is in disorder. Put on the spaces provided the number that corresponds in order to create a logic conversation. Yes Can I do anything else for you? Could you please tell me the exact date and how long you are staying? Confirming: It will be two double rooms from the 15th to the 20th of July, credit card number 0038463891, Central bank. Good morning. International hotel, Clarisse Robinson speaking. How can I help you? We have single and double rooms available for those days. Yes, everythings ok. Good morning. Id like to book a room in your hotel for next summer. Can I have your credit card number? No, thats all. Thank you very much! Yes, its from the 15th to the 20th of July. ...mmm... Then, two double rooms please. Yes, its 0038463891, Central bank. For that, it would be 450, is that ok?

B C

Listen to the conversation and check your answers. Practice the conversation with a partner. Use your own information.
Good morning. American hotel, Beth Jhonson speaking Yes, its from the 20th to the 26th of April.

Its time to watch a video!

You are about to watch Yakkos World song from the cartoon Animaniacs. How many countries can you identify? Can you sing along?