Unit 7

Extension Grammar

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1 Complete the sentences with the simple past 3 Read the interview with
or past perfect form of the verbs in parentheses. a singer. Rewrite it as
1 The crowd (decide) to leave after a newspaper article
the band (play) two encores. using reported speech.
2 The supporting act said they (be) very
happy to be invited and that they
(practice) all their songs every day.
INTERVIEWER So, Ted, what made you decide
3 We (choose) that campsite because to become a singer?
we (stay) there the two previous
TED When I was a kid, I always sang at
summers. parties. Then my parents decided
4 Everyone said they (love) the party to send me to a performing arts
even though we (not put up) school, which I still visit regularly.
many decorations. INTERVIEWER Wow! Then you were discovered
5 She (not arrive) at the parade on on America’s Stars.
time because she (not finish) TED Yes, and I’ve always been very
making her costume by the time it started. thankful for that because I didn’t
have a job at that time.
2 Complete the text with the correct form of the INTERVIEWER That’s great. Where are you
verbs in the box. planning to play your next
concert?
ask be not realize not want TED I haven’t decided yet.
plan rain tell travel INTERVIEWER Are you writing any new songs at
the moment?
Thousands of people said they 1
TED Actually, it’s a secret!
angry when the Summer Nights Music Festival was
canceled due to extreme weather conditions. The
concert was planned to start on Saturday but it I interviewed Ted Keeran last week after his gig at the
2 Happy Days Festival.
heavily for the previous three
days and the venue was flooded. Some people 1 First I asked him about his childhood and he told
3 to the festival site the night me
before and were waiting for the gates to open
when the organizers 4 them 2 Then he said his parents
it was canceled. Many people said they which
5 for their money back.
Members of the bands who 6 3 He was discovered on America’s Stars and told me
to perform were also upset, including the he
headlining band, The Dreaded Locks, who said
they 7 the weather in Florida 4 I asked him about his plans for his next concert,
could be so bad in summer and that they but he told me . Then
8 to play there again! I asked him about new songs and he told me

4 In your notebook, write an interview with your

favorite singer or band as a newspaper article
using reported speech.
Last week I interviewed … about … .
He / She / They told me …

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