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Unit 6: Competition

Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

PRONUNCIATION:
/tr/ - /dr/ - /tw/

GRAMMAR:

Reported speech with gerund
(V-ing)
Pronunciation:
traffic
troops
trousers

Pronunciation:
trousers

Tropical fruits

George is driving dangerously.
drive
drive
drink
dress

Her new dress is an absolute dream.
twenty

Pronunciation:
twin
twin
Practise reading aloud these sentences
1. John always enjoys travelling by train.
2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.
3. She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.
4. Think twice before doing something.
Grammar
Reported speech with gerund

V + preposition + gerund
V + O + preposition + gerund
V + gerund

It’s nice of you to help me. Thank you very much.
Tom
Tom thanked me for helping him.
Me
Example 1:

Tim passed an examination. He is very happy. He met John and John said to him, “I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!”
If you were Tim what would you report?
Example 2:
John congratulated me on passing my exams.
Exercise 1:
2. Mary promised to phone Jane at 8.00 a.m but she phoned Jane at 11.00 a.m instead. So when she met Jane she said to Jane, “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,”
If you were Jane, what would you report?
Mary apologised for not phoning me earlier.
3. “I drive you to the station. I insist,” Peter said to Linda.
Peter insisted on ...............................
..............................................................
4. “you didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to the boy.
The teacher accused ......................of
..................................................................
5. “I’ve always to be rich,” Bob said.
Bob has always dreamed of .............
being rich.
driving Linda to

the station.
the boy
not paying attention to what he’d said.
summary
Teacher
Mai
Mai thanked her teacher for giving her the dictionary.
Matching
Verbs Prepositions
congratulate of
apologise to
accuse from
insist against
dream about
warn for
thank on
confess

on
for
of
on
of
Against/about
for
to
Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogues in reported speech, using gerund
Set the scene:
Peter promised to come to visit his teacher at about 9.00 a.m, but he was a bit late. When seeing him at the gate, teacher said: “Come in, Peter!” and Peter replied: “I’m sorry I’m late.”

Peter apologised .......................................
for being late.
1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom: Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on..............................................
2. Mr. Smith: I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. And Mrs. Smith looked forward to...................
.....................................................................................
3. Detective: You have stolen Mrs. Brown’s car!
The thief: Yes... ! But.....
The thief admitted ....................................................
4. Mary: What shall we do on Sunday?
Ann: What about having a party?
Ann suggested ....................................................
paying for the meal.
meeting their children soon.
stealing Mrs. Brown’s car!
having a party the next Sunday.
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