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Nicolas Andrés Guerra Rodríguez

Read and report 10 sentences from the text. Explain which tense you are using.

Example

 Direct speech: I like ice cream.

 Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

1. Direct speech: Journalist, nurses, engineers and teachers won’t be at risk


Reported Speech: They said Journalist, nurses, engineers and teachers wouldn’t be at risk
Tense: Simple future
2. Direct speech: Driverless taxis will be on every street corner
Reported Speech: He said Driverless taxis would be on every street corner
Tense: Simple Future
3. Direct speech: Electricians are more are risk than taxi drivers
Reported Speech: Electricians were more at risk than taxi drivers
Tense: Simple Present
4. Direct speech: It won’t happen
Reported Speech: He said it wouldn’t happen
Tense: Simple future
5. Direct speech: How likely is that you’ll lose your job to a robot?
Reported Speech: He asked how likely that is we would lose our job to a robot
Tense: Simple Future
6. Direct speech: Telephone salesperson may not be so lucky
Reported Speech: He said telephone salesperson may not be so lucky
Tense: Simple present- Modals
7. Direct speech: it’s hard to think of a job that a computer Won’t be able to do it
Reported Speech: he said that it’s hard to think of a job that a computer wouldn’t be able to do it
Tense: Simple Future
8. Direct speech: The Oxford University study gives the probability for each job
Reported Speech: They said that The Oxford University study gave the probability for each job
Tense: Simple Present
9. Direct speech: A team of Oxford University studied 350 different jobs
Reported Speech: They said that a team of Oxford University had studied 350 different jobs
Tense: Simple Past
10. Direct speech: Will be at risk
Reported Speech: they said that it would be at risk
Tense: Simple future

APRIL 27TH, 2020 (WEEK 2)


Activity: Predictions

1. 35 per cent of UK jobs might go to robots.


2. .

PART 2

1. Will
2. Will
3. May
4. Might
5. Will
6. Wont

PART 3 (Choose the option which is not logical)

1. Won’t
2. Might
3. Mightn’t
4. Will
5. Won’t
6. Won’t

PART 4

1. My English exam will probably be good because I’ve worked hard


2. Finding a good job probably won’t be easy (Finding a good job/not easy(certainly/probably)
3. Peoples salaries might go down (Peoples salaries/go down(definitely/might)
4. Unemployment will probably get better
5. Environmental problems may get worse
6. The amount of free time we have will certainly go up

PART 5

1. Will
2. Be able
3. Might
4. Probably
5. Be
6. May
7. Won’t

TOPIC

1. Buy a motorbike
2. Do a degree
3. Get a cat
4. Get married
5. Look for a job
6. Make new friends
7. Move a house
8. Travel to a foreign country

Reasons

1. Travel to a foreign country is an activity that could be easily to do so we can say that is probablyin a family trip or
in one that the school makes as a learning program
2. Get a cat will probably be easir to do
3. Get married it may not (mightn’t) be possible to do as the age is one of the biggest variable, and also

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