8

Telling a different story

8.1| The whole story?
READING
 Work with your partners. Look at the pictures
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and answer the questions.

Where are they from? Do you think they tell you the
What do they show? whole story? Why? Why not?
What do they tell you
about this place?
GRAMMAR
Reported Speech
Use reporting verbs like said, told and asked. When we report, we change to past
tenses. Pay attention to the changes.

The teacher said:

‘‘Pedro speaks English.’’ He said that Pedro spoke English.

(simple present) (simple past)

‘‘ Carla is cooking ceviche.’’ He said that Carla was cooking ceviche.

(present continuous) (past continuous)

‘‘ They will study.’’ He said that they would study.

(would) (would)

‘‘ He can’t drive a car. He said that he couldn’t drive a car.

‘’(can) (could)
Reported Speech
Use reporting verbs like said, told and asked. When we report, we change tenses.
Pay attention to the changes.

The teacher asked me:

‘‘Where do you live?’’ He asked me where I lived.

(simple present) (simple past)

‘‘ Can you play soccer?’’ He asked me if I could play soccer.

(can) (could)
SPEAKING
 Think of 5 positive nonstereotypical images
1
of your country. Explain the images to your
partners and mention what they show and
why you think it is both, representative and
positive.
 Select one of the pictures, present your ideas
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to the class.
Picture References
Slide 1 Book: https://images.pexels.com/photos/34075/pexels-photo.jpg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=3&h=750&w=1260

Person Reading: https://images.pexels.com/photos/258353/pexels-photo-

Slide 2
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Slide 4 Notebook: https://images.pexels.com/photos/733856/pexels-photo-733856.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260

Slide 7 Friends: https://images.pexels.com/photos/5765724/pexels-photo-5765724.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260

Slide 8 River: https://images.pexels.com/photos/3574590/pexels-photo-3574590.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260

Slide 9 woman: https://images.pexels.com/photos/4422248/pexels-photo-4422248.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260