Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 7 A Closer Look 2

Reported speech (Yes/No questions)

Structure

Example

S + ask/want to know + if/whether + clause

Anna: “Do you plan to climb any mountains

this summer, Joe?”

→ Annaasked Joe if / whetherhe planned

to climb any mountains that summer.

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may find it confusing when to use the grammar points.

Give short and clear explanations with legible examples for each case.

Students may have underdeveloped co-operating skills.

- Give clear instructions, give examples before letting students work in groups.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1: Review

- Ask Ss to recall the rules of changing statements and Wh-questions into reported speech.

- Tell them that today they are going to learn how to change Yes / No questions into reported speech.

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson. Write the objectives on the top-left of the board

- Look and answer.

Example:

Statements:

‘I’m tired,’ I said.
-> I told them (that) I was tired.

Wh-questions:

He said, 'What time does the film begin?'
=> He wanted to know what time the films began.

Option 2: Rumour Detective

- Divide the class into two teams

- One team prepares a short story with several characters and events

- The other team act as “rumor detectives” who listen to the story and then ask questions using Wh- questions using reported speech to clarify the details.

- The storytelling team can only answer using reported speech

- The rumor detectives win if they can correctly identify all the key elements of the story.

- Switch roles and play.

- Lead in

- Listen and follow instructions.

Example:

He said that she had gone to the store.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Grammar Explanation

Ss have already learned reported speech for statements and Wh-questions. In this unit, we introduce the reported speech for Yes / No questions.

- Have Ss study the grammar box for a few minutes.

- Quickly review the rules when we change statements and Wh-questions into reported speech.

- Explain the rules when we change Yes/ No questions into reported speech.

- Follow instructions

- Read the Remember box carefully and listen to the teacher.

Task 1: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each question. (7 mins)

- Have Ss work independently.

- Give Ss some time to read the sentences and choose the correct answers.

- Tell them to refer back to the Grammar box if necessary.

- Check Ss’ answers as a class.

- Work independently to do the task.

- Listen and check.

Answer key:

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. D

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 2: Complete the following reported questions.(6 mins)

- Allow Ss some time to do the task individually.

- Tell them to read each sentence and apply the rules of changing Yes / No questions into reported speech, then complete the sentences.

- Ask them to compare their answers in pairs before checking as a class.

- Do activity individually

- Follow instructions

- Share answers

- Listen and check

Answer key:

1. … excited about their up-coming trip to Mui Ne.

2. … often met Angela at school.

3. … would visit Giang Dien Waterfall the following week.

4. … if / whether Con Dao National Park was rich in flora and fauna.

5. … if / whether they could go to the camp site by bike.

Task 3: Rewrite the sentences in reported questions. (7 mins)

- Have Ss work individually for some time to do the task.

- Ask Ss to exchange their answers in pairs.

- Have Ss read out their answers, sentence by sentence.

- Check their answers and explain if necessary.

- Do activity individually

- Listen and follow instructions

- Share answers

- Listen and check.

Answer key:

1. I asked my dad if / whether he was still working from home.

2. Mark asked Anne if / whether she had to pack her suitcase.

3. Lan asked / wanted to know if / whether Tom was interested in visiting Phu Quoc Island.

4. Kay asked her mum if / whether they could afford to go to Niagara Falls.

5. I asked / wanted to know if/ whether they would visit Sa Pa and climb Fansipan that summer.

Task 4: Read the passage and underline the Yes/No questions. Then write them in reported questions. (13 mins)

- Have Ss work in pairs.

- Have them read the passage carefully. Tell them to discuss and decide on the Yes / No questions in the passage, then rewrite them in reported speech.

- Call on some Ss to read the sentences aloud. Other Ss comment. Confirm the correct answers.

- Do exercise in pairs

- Listen and follow

- Listen and check.

Possible answers:

A tour guide is taking a group of tourists to visit Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. The guide said to them: 1. “Is it your first time here?” Some said yes, and some said no. Olivia asked the guide: 2. “Do the people here live on fishing?” He said most of them did. Then Mark said: 3. “Do their children go to school on land?” “Yes, they do,” said the guide....