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7 reading • Being kind 7 language focus • Reported speech answers
I can report what people said.
I can scan a text to locate information.
THINK! When did someone last do something kind for you? What was it? 1 Complete each sentence with one word 4 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1 He said that it wasn’t a good idea.
from the article on page 72. 1 He said that it isn’t a good idea. 2 They didn’t tell me that they would
visit Hạ Long Bay.
Changing the world with kindness 1 The doctors told him that he 2 They didn’t tell me that they will visit 3 The dentist told him that his tooth
walk or play the guitar.
Hạ Long Bay.
Sometimes a spontaneous act of kindness can change another person’s life. Read about these 2 Daniel told the boy’s family that he 3 The dentist told that his tooth needed needed filling.
incredible people and their actions that helped to make the world a better place for someone else. donate all his money to the filling.
in Việt nam boy’s surgery. 4 Liên said that she might be absent
in Britain In March 2020, Hoàng Tuấn Anh, a Vietnamese 3 The police said that he to 4 Liên said that she may be absent from the from the meeting.
entrepreneur in Hồ Chí Minh City invented a 24/7 return a bag with $42,000 in it to the meeting.
automatic dispensing machine providing free rice owner.
for the poor during the CoVID-19 lockdown. 5 use IT! Work in pairs. Look at the exercise 5 Use IT!
The machine distributed a 1.5 kg (3.3lb) bagful of 4 The team said that people in need still photos. Take turns to report what your Ask students to read the examples and
rice from a small silo. The team said that people in access to food and resources. mother said to you in these photos.
need still had access to food and resources during My mother said that I needed to do the cleaning. match them with the photos. Discuss as a
the pandemic. 2 Choose the correct options to complete the class which examples match each photo.
rules.
in the Us My mother told me that my room was very messy. Students then work in pairs to suggest
Glen James, an unemployed and homeless possible statements to report what their
office worker, did something both honest Rules
Life can’t be easy for musician Daniel Black. and kind. The police said that he decided to 1 We use indirect speech (reported speech) mothers said to them in the photos.
After a cycling accident in 2009, the doctors return a bag with $42,000 in it to the owner. to report the meaning of what is / was said. Ask pairs in turn to tell some of their
told him that he couldn’t walk or play A man called Ethan Whittington read about We put indirect speech in a noun clause
the guitar. He had saved £22,000 for his Glen and started a campaign to collect beginning with that / this. statements.
intended expensive surgery when he money for him. Ethan said that an amazing
heard about a young boy who also needed $160,000 was raised and Glen’s life hasn’t 2 After a reporting verb in the past simple, More practice
surgery to allow him to walk. Daniel told been the same since. we usually change present modals to past Workbook page 45
the boy’s family that he would donate all modals, and present tenses to past tenses /
his money to the boy’s surgery. The little These stories may persuade you that when you spread a little kindness, future tenses. Practice Kit Grammar 14
there may not be a personal benefit, but you could encourage people to
boy was then able to walk again. be kind to you, too. Assessment
3 Study the rules, then complete the following Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
sentences.
1 Read the Study Strategy below. Then scan 3 2.22 Read and listen to the article again. 1 'You have to rest for 3 months.'
the online article above to find out what jobs Write true or false. Correct the false sentences. The doctors told me that I to
Daniel Black, Hoàng Tuấn Anh and Glen James had. 1 The writer doesn’t believe that there are rest for 3 months.
advantages to being kind.
STUdY STRATEgY 2 Daniel Black and the boy both got the 2 'Honey can prevent the growth of bacteria.'
Finding specific information medical treatment they needed. Some scientists said that honey
prevent the growth of bacteria.
To find specific information, don’t read the text 3 Receiving money changed Glen James’s life. 3 'I am raising some money for my poor
in detail. Follow these steps: 4 The rice ATMs distributed an unlimited students.'
1 Identify the type of information, or key amount of rice each time. She told me that she some
words, you’re looking for.
2 Read the text quickly. Look out for the key 4 VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to money for her poor students.
words. Don’t stop at difficult words. check the meaning of the nouns in blue in 4 'When you spread kindness, you may feel
3 Read the text around the key words again the text. What is the verb form of each one? good about yourselves.'
and check. Our teacher said that when we
5 USE IT! Work in pairs. Which story did kindness, we feel good about
2 2.22 Read and listen to the online article you like best? Why? ourselves.
again. Why are these numbers mentioned?
1 £22,000 2 $42,000 3 1.5 kg
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Language focus • exercise 2
Reported speech Students read the rules and choose the
best options. Check answers and check
that students understand everything.
aim
Report what people said. answers
1 was, that
2 past tenses
warm-up
Look at the first paragraph of the article on exercise 3
page 72 and ask students to find examples Students study the rules, then complete the
of reporting what people said. Ask: What sentences. Check answers.
did the doctors tell Daniel? What tense do we
use to report what people said? (Past tenses) answers
1 had
exercise 1 2 could
Students work in pairs to complete the 3 was raising
sentences with one word from the article. 4 spread, might
Check answers. exercise 4
answers Read out the first sentence and elicit the
1 couldn’t error. Students then find and correct the
2 would remaining errors. With weaker classes,
3 decided students could work in pairs. Check
4 had answers.

Unit 7 T79