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Grammar in context 1 Developing vocabulary
& Ruairi Gray said that3 they
Reported speech – Statements Complete the table with these words. 6a Read this news story. What similarities and/or Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed
1a Match the reported sentences (1–5) to the differences does it have with the text on
direct sentences (a–e).
a (week/month/year) ago • here • the day before • page 97? 1 Look at these adjectives. Are they generally
the following (week/month/year) • positive (+) or negative (-)? Can any be both? If so,
1 She told the press she didn’t usually the previous (week/month/year) • that • that night • explain why.
have a friend that hates pineapple so they gave him a
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eat cornflakes. today • tomorrow

' 2 She said she had wanted to
question it.
3 They said that that was one of
his favourites.
pineapple.
4 He told them that he could walk
through a supermarket and be inspired.
( 5 He said they would go bad in the end.
a ‘They will go bad in the end.’
b ‘This is one of his favourites.’
c ‘I don’t usually eat cornflakes.’
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d ‘I can walk through a supermarket and
be inspired.’
) e ‘I wanted to question it.’
amazed • amused • annoyed • bored • confused •
Direct speech Reported speech CAN A depressed • disappointed • disgusted • embarrassed •
entertained • excited • exhausted • fascinated • frightened •
frustrated • gripped • inspired • interested • moved •
this 1
PINEAP�LE relaxed • shocked • surprised • tired • uninspired • worried
2 there
BE ART?
3
yesterday
that day 2 All the adjectives in 1 also have an -ing form, e.g.
amazed – amazing. Which form (-ed or -ing) do we use
4 to describe how somebody feels? Which do we use to
the next/following day explain why somebody feels this way, or the effect that
5 In 2017, two students, Lloyd Jack and Ruairi Gray, something has on somebody’s ideas
and feelings?
tonight left a pineapple at an exhibition of modern art at
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Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University in Scotland.
next (week/month/year) They went back four days later and discovered
7 3 Read the text and choose the correct alternative.
last (week/month/year)
that the pineapple was still there, and was now

Ruairi Gray: 'We saw an empty table and decided to put it there.' 8 protected by a glass display case. They said they
A DIFFERENT KIND OF

1b Choose the correct alternative.
1 Nouns/Pronouns usually change when they
are changed from direct speech to reported
speech.
2 The tenses of most verbs change/don’t change
in reported speech.
3 The infinitive and past participle forms of the
He said they
verb change/don’t change in reported speech.
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a (week/month/year) had left the £1 pineapple there to see if people
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before would accept it as part of the exhibition. Natalie
Kerr, a cultural assistant for the exhibition, thought
it was playful and left it in the exhibition. A French artist called Abraham
4 Choose the correct alternative.
Poincheval did something very
1 The artist said/told them that she preferred (a) surprising/surprised in an art
marmalade on toast for her breakfast. 6b Read the statements made by people in the museum in Paris 2017. He lived
2 She said –/the interviewer that cornflakes were story. Put them in reported speech. inside a rock for seven days.
That doesn’t sound like a very (b) gripping/gripped experience,
amazing shapes. 1 Ruairi Gray: ‘We have a friend who hates

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hardly being able to move for a week. But there was a small
4 With say we need/don’t need to include the 3 She told –/the reporter that every single cornflake pineapples so we gave him a pineapple.’ crack in the rock and Poincheval could talk to people so he didn’t
person we spoke to. is unique. 2 Ruairi Gray: ‘We saw an empty table and feel too (c) boring/bored. In fact, there were moments when he
5 With tell we need/don’t need to include the 4 He said/told that he liked the colour of bananas. decided to put it there.’ was very (d) relaxing/relaxed, but other moments when it was
3 Ruairi Gray: ‘We thought it would just be taken (e) confusing/confused because he didn’t really know where
person we spoke to. 5 He said –/the interviewer that it didn’t bother him
saw an empty table and they decied to put it there .
he was or if it was day or night. When he came out of the rock
that the bananas
6 With say and tell we always need/don’t always went bad. down, but then a glass display was put over it.’
he was (f) exhausting/exhausted, but he was also (g) inspiring/
need to use that. 6 The artist said/told the important thing was the 4 Ruairi Gray: ‘I never thought it would happen inspired by the experience. Since then he’s done some other
photo of the banana art when it was finished. like it did.’ (h) amazing/amazed things. But not everybody can decide if
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5 Natalie Kerr: ‘When we came in last Monday his work is (i) fascinating/fascinated … or just weird!
7 The photographer said –/us the photo of the potato
2 How do these tenses change in reported speech? was special for him. morning, someone had put it under glass and
made it part of the display.’ 4 Prepare things to say about five of the eight topics
8 They said/told the press that he had photographed
Direct speech Reported speech many potatoes. 6 Natalie Kerr: ‘We were moving the exhibition, below.
1 3
present simple → past simple and came back after 10 minutes and it was in 1 Somebody you think is inspiring.
5 Now put the reported speech in 4 into this glass case.’
2 present continuous → 2 A moment in your life when you were surprised or shocked
direct speech. 7 Ruairi Gray: ‘It’s the funniest thing that’s by something.

Ruairi Gray: 'We thought iton toast

would just be taken down, but then a glass display
3 present perfect →
4 past simple →
‘I prefer marmalade for my breakfast.’ happened all year.’
3 One of the most exciting things you’ve ever done.
Use it … don’t lose it! 4 A type of food you find disgusting.
5 will →

was put over it.' 7 Write down at least six things SPEAKING 5 Something that you are fascinated by.
6 can →
that your friends, family or teachers 6 A film that you found gripping.
7 may →
8 should →
You scored 0/8 have said or told you recently. When
you finish, tell your partner the things
7 A time when you were exhausted.
8 Something that you find very frustrating.
that people have said. Can your partner
9 must →
guess who said them? Use it … don’t lose it!
10 have to →
Someone told me that they’d 5 SPEAKING Talk about your topics from 4 with a
been to an art exhibition. partner. Ask and answer questions to keep the

Try again Was it your dad?

conversation going. When you finish, tell the
class what your partner told you about one of
the topics.

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