Unit Two: Our Findings Show Sequence 02: Reading & Writing Unit Two: Our Findings Show

wo: Our Findings Show Sequence 02: Reading & Writing

Discover the Language Discover the Language

Task 01: Go back to the report on p83 and pick out the reported questions. Task 01: Go back to the report on p83 and pick out the reported questions.

Direct Questions Reported Questions Direct Questions Reported Questions

1. “How many of you have a computer?” 1. ……………………………………………………………… 1. “How many of you have a computer?” 1. ………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………

2. “How much time do you spend on your 2. ……………………………………………………………… 2. “How much time do you spend on your 2. ………………………………………………………………
computer?” ……………………………………………………………… computer?” ………………………………………………………………

3. ……………………………………………………………… 3. ………………………………………………………………
3. “What do you use the computer for?” ……………………………………………………………… 3. “What do you use the computer for?” ………………………………………………………………
4. “Do you use computers to learn to 4. ……………………………………………………………… 4. “Do you use computers to learn to 4. ………………………………………………………………
programme them?” ……………………………………………………………… programme them?” ………………………………………………………………

Task 02: Study the sentences in task 01 then complete the following table. Task 02: Study the sentences in task 01 then complete the following table.

Direct Questions Reported Questions Direct Questions Reported Questions

Quotation Marks “…” ………………………………………… ………………………………………… Quotation Marks “…” ………………………………………… …………………………………………

Other Punctuation ………………………………………… ………………………………………… Other Punctuation ………………………………………… …………………………………………

The Reporting Verb ………………………………………… ………………………………………… The Reporting Verb ………………………………………… …………………………………………

The Tense of the Verbs ………………………………………… ………………………………………… The Tense of the Verbs ………………………………………… …………………………………………

The Pronouns ………………………………………… ………………………………………… The Pronouns ………………………………………… …………………………………………

Task 03: Rewrite the teenagers’ answers into the direct speech. Task 03: Rewrite the teenagers’ answers into the direct speech.

Direct Speech Reported Speech Direct Speech Reported Speech

1. ……………………………………………………………… 1. All the teenagers said they had 1. ……………………………………………………………… 1. All the teenagers said they had
……………………………………………………………… one computer at home. ……………………………………………………………… one computer at home.

2. ……………………………………………………………… 2. They said that they regularly used 2. ……………………………………………………………… 2. They said that they regularly used
……………………………………………………………… the computer to play games. ……………………………………………………………… the computer to play games.

3. ……………………………………………………………… 3. 28 told me they did some word 3. ……………………………………………………………… 3. 28 told me they did some word
……………………………………………………………… processing at home. ……………………………………………………………… processing at home.

4. ……………………………………………………………… 4. Only 4 of the informants said that 4. ……………………………………………………………… 4. Only 4 of the informants said that
……………………………………………………………… their computers helped them with ……………………………………………………………… their computers helped them with
their studies. their studies.

5. ……………………………………………………………… 5. 16 of them told me they kept 5. ……………………………………………………………… 5. 16 of them told me they kept

……………………………………………………………… addresses and telephone numbers on ……………………………………………………………… addresses and telephone numbers on
their computers. their computers.