ACTIVITY 7: REPORTED

SPEECH

Integrant

Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

English III
Bogotá D.C.
2020
INTRODUCTION

To learn a language, in this case English, we can do it through news, where it helps us to
improve vocabulary, pronunciation and comprehension. Here you will find 20 ideas
regarding the video "How does the soccer world cup work?" where the Reported Speech
will be applied.
VIDEO: LEARN ENGLISH THROUGH NEWS: HOW DOES THE SOCCER
WORLD CUP WORK?

LEARN ENGLISH THROUGH NEWS

It is a series in which we talk about something that is currently happening in the world,
something that is happening now, and we learned some vocabulary words and how to talk
about it in English.
1. The reporter said that she would talk about the Soccer World Cup a very popular
sporting event.

2. She said that the World Cup refers to the FIFA World Cup, a soccer tournament that is
held once every four years. The main tournament is played for about a month, but
before that there is a qualification phase.

3. She said that teams play in qualifiers to determine which teams will advance. The 32
teams that pass the qualifying rounds play in the main tournament called the World Cup
Final.

4. She also said that after reading the text, looking at the text, you go back to the
introduction and some key words, some key expressions used to explain the World Cup.

5. She said that in the first sentence where it is mentioned: "The World Cup refers to the
FIFA World Cup, a soccer tournament that is held once every four years." So
"tournament" is a key word to understand the World Cup, it is a contest, some kind of
competition.

6. She said it should be taken into account depending on your language, "tournament"
could have nuance, it could have the meaning of competition or it might not be but
when we use the word "tournament" in English, it means contest or competition.

7. The reporter said that players or teams who want to compete in a tournament, who want
to participate in a tournament, must first join a qualifier. If the qualifier passes, it means
that he is qualified, meets the requirements to continue to the main tournament. Hence,
a "qualifying match" or a "qualifying round".

8. She said that at the end of the sentence you see "advance", the verb "advance". So
"teams play in qualifiers to determine which teams will advance" and also "will" be
used.

9. She also said that first, they play in a qualifier and this is done to determine, what will
be discussed a little later, to determine, find out and discover which teams will advance.
10. The reporter also said that "The 32 teams that pass the qualification rounds", then,
"pass", again, means that they win their match, they are the best in their match. So, the
World Cup Finals are these 32 main teams, they are the ones that pass the qualifying
rounds.

11. She said that "As the tournament progresses," then "progresses," "progress," and
"progress" used as nouns and verbs have a different emphasis. "Progress" as a noun
 takes progress. The emphasis is on the first syllable. So "progress". However, it is used
as a verb. "As the tournament progresses," well, "as the tournament continues," in other
words, "fewer and fewer teams remain." We are using "less and less" because "teams"
is an accounting noun. So "less and less" is the correct word, not "less and less".

12. She also said that "Of the 32 original teams, 16 teams advance." So this means that of
the 32 original teams in the first round of the World Cup Finals, 16 teams advance.
Again, "advance" means "advance" that is, they advance to the next round.

13. She said later, "The 8 finals play in the quarterfinals and determine the teams for the
semifinals." Then there is a clue. I have included "the last four teams". So "semifinals"
means the last four teams. Semifinals is the round, just before, just before the final
match.

14. She said that "The final round of the tournament determines the champion." So
"champion" means the winner, the winner of the contest, the winning player in a sport.

15. The reporter said that going to the last page of the text; For vocabulary purposes, some
obvious things are seen. So, "During the tournament, the players aim", which means
that the players try "the players aim to score goals". So "scoring a goal" means that the
ball goes to the goal, the ball goes to the net. "scoring a goal" is different from
"shooting". So "shooting" means trying to score a goal. So, you try to kick the ball
towards the goal. "Scoring" means that you successfully kicked the ball into the goal.
Therefore "shoot" is an attempt, it is an attempt, "to score" means to make a successful
goal.

16. The reporter also said that “During the tournament, the players aspire to score goals;
But not all games end with a clear victory, which means we can't easily see who the
winner is. It means "A draw or tie result may result." So "result" is also used as a verb
which means this can happen, in other words, a "tie game" is when a game ends in the
same score for both teams.

17. She said that finally, "Penalties like red cards and yellow cards help determine which
team advances or advances in these cases." So "in these cases" refers to "tie games" or a
"tie". Be careful with pronunciation, not with "penalty" but "penalty", "penalty", the
emphasis is on the first syllable. In other words, "Sanctions such as red cards and
yellow cards help determine", or help us discover, help us determine "which team is
advancing."

18. She also said that to finish, there is a list of the keywords that were used or discussed in
the lesson; with words to talk about sporting events like "tournaments", competitions,
also words to talk about the different levels in the final games, some nouns to talk about
goals, score goals or try to score a goal, about how to advance in a competition , and
just a few other words like "tie" and "tie" and "penalty" ", which we can also use to talk
about other sports.
19. The reporter also said that according to FIFA, the World Cup is the most watched and
watched sporting event in the world. So "widely", "widely followed" or "widely seen"
means that most people see it or the greatest number of people see something. The
largest number of people watch or follow. "Follow", "follow" a sporting event means
you check the scores. It doesn't mean you physically follow him somewhere. It means
you check the scores.

20. She said she hopes some new vocabulary words have been found and some grammar
points have been obtained to use to talk about this topic. If you are a soccer fanatic.