THURSDAY WARM-UP

Work in couples and visit the following stations:

Station 1: Station 2: Station 3:

 • Review reported speech to
talk about famous rivalries in
history (Grammar
B1.5 review)

Day 6 • Ask for information formally

by activating indirect
questions
(Grammar / speaking)
 Have a look at these two cars.
TOPIC Which of them would you like to buy? Why?

PREVIEW Do you know something about the rivalry

between Lamborghini and Ferrari?
TOPIC ACTIVATION
Ferrucio Lamborghini was a wealthy and successful tractor
manufacturer. “I love to collect exotic cars, and I am planning to buy a
Ferrari next month,” he told one of his employees. When the time
came, he bought a Ferrari GTO. He said, “It looks beautiful here in my
Read this little story.
collection but it has more problems that I imagined.”
One day, as he was having many issues with his new Ferrari, he decided
to talk to Enzo Ferrari, owner of Ferrari. Ferrucio said, “Can I tell you
something? You really need to work on your cars. They have many

How do you find it?

problems!” Enzo said, “A tractor owner is not going to tell me how to
build my cars!”
Ferrucio Lamborghini said, “I will make greater sports cars than that
crappy Ferrari I bought!” That is how one of the biggest rivalries in the
history of cars started.
 Let’s review the different steps we analyzed
GRAMMAR yesterday.
REVIEW Then, go over the little story and make the
necessary changes to report the whole story!
REPORTED SPEECH
What are the missing words?

1. Use a reporting verb:

2. Eliminate quotation marks.

3. Add that after the reporting

5. Move verbs one tense back:
verb
4. Change the pronouns (I, my, 6. Change location expressions
me, you, your, we, our,us). and time expressions.
 LAMBORGHINI VS. FERRARI
Ferrucio Lamborghini was a wealthy and successful
tractor manufacturer. “I love to collect exotic cars,
and I am planning to buy a Ferrari next month,” he
told one of his employees. When the time came, he
bought a Ferrari GTO. He said, “It looks beautiful here
in my collection but it has more problems that I
imagined.”
One day, as he was having many issues with his new
Ferrari, he decided to talk to Enzo Ferrari, owner of
Ferrari. Ferrucio said, “Can I tell you something? You
really need to work on your cars. They have many
problems!” Enzo said, “A tractor owner is not going to
tell me how to build my cars!”
Ferrucio Lamborghini said, “I will make greater sports
cars than that crappy Ferrari I bought!” That is how
one of the biggest rivalries in the history of cars
started.
Ferrucio Lamborghini was a wealthy and successful
tractor manufacturer. He told one of his employees
that he loved to collect exotic cars, and that he was
planning to buy a Ferrari the following month. When
the time came, he bought a Ferrari GTO. He stated
that it looked beautiful there in his collection but it
had more problems that he had imagined.
One day, as he was having many issues with his new
Ferrari, he decided to talk to Enzo Ferrari, owner of
Ferrari. Ferrucio asked him if he could tell him
something. He said that he really needed to work on
his cars because they had many problems! Enzo
replied that a tractor owner was not going to tell him
how to build his cars!
Ferrucio Lamborghini screamed that he would make
greater sports cars than that crappy Ferrari he had
bought! That is how one of the biggest rivalries in the
history of cars started.
SOME QUESTIONS…
Answer these two Did you like the story that you have
questions: just read?

What is different
between both of I would like to know which of those
two cars you would like to buy.
them?
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 1
Indirect questions are generally used to ask
for information in a formal, respectful way.
Check this normal question:

Are we going to have a quiz this

coming Friday?

Now check the indirect question:

I wonder if we are going to have a
quiz this coming Friday.
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 2
Indirect questions start with any of the
following adornments:

- I wonder… - Can you tell me…

- I was wondering… - Could you tell me…
- I want to know - Do you know…
- I would like to know… - Would you tell me…
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 3

Check the following Should we have a quiz next week?

question:
Add one of the previous I wonder should we have a quiz next
adornments: week?

Add if: I wonder if should we have a quiz next

week?
Eliminate the question
I wonder if we should have a quiz next
structure and the
week.
question mark:
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 3

Check the following Are we going to pass this course?

question:
Add one of the previous I wonder are we going to pass this
adornments: course?

Add if: I wonder if are we going to pass this

course?
Eliminate the question
I wonder if we are going to pass this
structure and the
course.
question mark:
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 4
Check the following
question: When will we finish B1.5?

Add one of the previous I was wondering when will we finish

adornments: B1.5?

Eliminate the question

I was wondering when we will finish
structure and the
B1.5.
question mark:
 INDIRECT QUESTIONS 4
Check the following
question: When did you join the platform?

Add one of the previous I would like to know when did you
adornments: join the platform?

Eliminate the question

I would like to know when you joined
structure and the
the platform.
question mark:
 BE CAREFUL!
These adornments need a question mark at the
end:

- Can you tell me who your teacher is?

- Could you tell me what our book is called?
- Do you know how old Karol and Stan are?
HOMEWORK
Check the following questions.

Use the adornment in parenthesis and

change the question into an indirect
question.
 QUESTIONS
(I want to know) (I would like to know)

Why have you worked until late Is the teacher going on

this week? vacations?

(Can you tell me) (Could you tell me)

Who did you vote for? What will you do this weekend?
 QUESTIONS
(Do you know)
(I wonder)
Who is taking another course
What hobbies do you have?
these days?

(I was wondering) (I want to know)

What kind of book does the Would you like to have some
teacher like to read? empanadas after class?