PERSONAL INFORMATION

INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

My name is......................................................

I am.................................................................(=I´m.............................................)

I´m .....................................years old.

I´m from Argentina. I´m Argentinian.

WRITE THE INTRODUCTIONS

1) Helen Parker-17- Italy-Italian
2) María Lamas-39-Madrid-Spanish
3) Mario Lan.-28-Rio de Janeiro-Brazilian
4) Billy Smith -45-New York-American
5) Susana Martinez-37- Santiago- Chilean

About you:

1) Hello, I´m ..........................................................................(name)

2) I´m ....................................................................................(nationality)

3) I´m from.............................................................................(town and country)

4) I speak .............................................................................(language)

5) I´m .....................................................................................(age)

About your school:

6) I´m a student at .............................................................

I´m in class...........................................................................

My teacher´s name is...............................................................

About your interests:

7) I´m a fan of............................................................................

9) My favourite band or singer is ...................................................................

Do you know...?

WRITE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT GROUP

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SCHOOL OBJECTS:

COLOURS:

NATIONALITY:

VERBS:

PERSONAL PRONOUNS:

NUMBERS

REPORTED SPEECH-GRAMMAR

REPORTED SPEECH

1) ORDERS /REQUESTS 2) STATEMENTS (AFFIRMATIVE-NEGATIVE) 3) QUESTIONS a) YES-NO QUESTIONS b) WH-QUESTIONS

1) ORDERS (told-ordered-commanded)/REQUESTS (asked-requested)

Affirmative commands	Negative commands
Father (me): "Do your homework!."	Teacher (them). "Don't talk to your neighbour!"
Father told me to do my homework.	The teacher ordered them not to talk to their neighbour.

Affirmative requests	Negative requests
Helen (her sister) "Open the window, please!"	Billy (the people) : “Don´t smoke here, please?
Helen asked her sister to open the window.	Billy asked the people not to smoke there
Frank: (his wife) :”Can you help me, please?
Frank asked his wife to help him

2) STATEMENTS (said)

Backshift of tenses
from	to
Simple Present	Simple Past
Simple Past	Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
will	would
Progressive forms
am/are/is	was/were
was/were	had been
has been
had been

DIRECT SPEECH		REPORTED SPEECH
Peter: "I work in the garden."	Peter said that he worked in the garden.
Peter: "I worked in the garden."	Peter said that he had worked in the garden.
Peter: "I have worked in the garden."
Peter: "I had worked in the garden."
Peter: "I will work in the garden."	Peter said that he would work in the garden.
Peter: "I can work in the garden."	Peter said that he could work in the garden.
Peter: "I may work in the garden."	Peter said that he might work in the garden.
Peter: "I would work in the garden." (could, might, should, ought to)	Peter said that he would work in the garden. (could, might, should, ought to)
Progressive forms
Peter: "I'm working in the garden."	Peter said that he was working in the garden.
Peter: "I was working in the garden."	Peter said that he had been working in the garden.
Peter: "I have been working in the garden."
Peter: "I had been working in the garden."

If the sentence contains an expression of time, you must change it as well.

Peter: "I worked in the garden yesterday."
Peter said that he had worked in the garden the day before.

Shifting of expressions of time

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
this (evening)	that (evening)
today/this day	that day
these (days)	those (days)
now	Then, at that moment
(a week) ago	(a week) before
last weekend	the weekend before / the previous weekend
here	there
next (week)	the following (week)
tomorrow	the next/following day

Note:

In some cases the backshift of tenses is not necessary, e.g. when statements are still true.

John: "My brother is at Leipzig university."
John said that his brother was at Leipzig university. or
John said that his brother is at Leipzig university.

or

Mandy: "The sun rises in the East."
Mandy said that the sun rose in the East. or
Mandy said that the sun rises in the East.

3)QUESTIONS (asked-wanted to know)

a)

YES-NO QUESTIONS: …asked + if + subject + verb
DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
Peter: (me)"Do you play football?"	Peter asked me if I played football
Millie: (Peter): “Have you finished your work?”	Millie asked if Peter had finished his work

b)

WH-QUESTIONS: …asked + wh-word + subject + verb
DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
Peter: "When do you play football?"	Peter asked me when I played football.
Helen : “Where did they spend their holidays? “	Helen asked where they had spent their holidays

CONDITIONALS

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THE WELSH PATAGONIA

THE WELSH PATAGONIA

a) ASK QUESTIONS

1) ……………………………………………………………………..……..?

In 1865

2) …………………………………………………………………………….?

In the south of Argentina

3) ………………………………………………………………………………?

Port Madryn

4) ………………………………………………………………………………...?

153

5) ………………………………………………………………………………….?

On the home, the school and the chapel

6)…………………………………………………………………………………..?

They were practical

7) …………………………………………………………………………………?

In 1878

8) ……………………………………………………………………………………?

About Patagonia

9) ………………………………………………………………………………….?

On July 28th

10) …………………………………………………………………………………?

Yes, it is

b) READ THE TEXT AND FIND:

1) 5 Passive sentences 4) 2 sentences in Past Continuous

2) 5 sentences in Simple Past 5) 1 sentence in Present Continuous

3) 5 adjectives

c) QUESTIOS FOR COMPREHENSION

1) Where did the ship the Mimosa sail from?

2) What did the immigrants want to find?

3) What was beginning to disappear?

4) What did the Argentinian government give them?

5) Who taught them to hunt?

6) What was their economy based on?

7) What happened to the Welsh language as the years passed?

8) Who was Gwilyn Roberts and what did he do?

9) What happens in the Patagonia nowadays?

10) What is celebrated on July 28th?

d) READ THE TEXT AND COMPLETE

1) The name of a ship…………………………………….

2) The immigrants´nationality………………………….

3) The immigrants´ambition…………………………………………………………

4) The name of a native group……………………………

5) The immigrants were called……………………………………………

6) ……………………………………was looking for volunteers to go to Patagonia

7) A holiday: …………………………………………….

8) Two languages: ………………………………………..

9) The Welsh are people from………………..

10) Location of Port Madryn: ………………........................................................

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