Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success - Unit 12: Life On Other Planets - Lesson 3: A Closer Look 2

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Hello everyone !!! * WARM-UP * Warm up: Game: Pelmanism
 this1 next2 yesterday3 now4 here5 today6
 Find adverbs in reported sentences
 That The day the 
 That there then
 day7 8 before9 10 11 12next * Warm up: Game: Pelmanism
 this next yesterday now here today
 the The day That 
 That there then
 next before day Unit 12 LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
 LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
 GRAMMAR
 Reported speech 
 (questions) * GRAMMAR
How do we use reported speech 
 for questions? * Structure:
 S + asked + Wh- Q + S + V (lùi thì).
 Wondered( thắc mắc)
 wanted to know S + asked + Wh- Q + S + V (lùi thì).
Example: 
 “What time does the train leave?”
  He asked me what time the train left.
 “Where did he go?” 
  She wanted to know where he had gone.
 “When could you get this done by?”
  He wondered when we could get it done by. PRACTICE
 1 Underline the correct word or phrase for each sentence.
1. He phoned to ask his mother what she was doing now / then. 
2. Ann wondered what plants Vietnamese people grow / grew for 
food.
3. Peter phoned the shop to ask what specialities they are selling 
there / here. 
4. The student asked his professor what forms of life can / could exist 
on Mars.
5. He wanted to know how many planets there were / were there in 
our solar system. 2 Put the words and phrases in the correct order to make reported questions.
1. how many moons / My little brother / asked me / had / Venus / .
 My little brother asked me how many moons Venus had. 
2. which / She / planet / the closest / wanted to know / was / to the 
sun / .
 She wanted to know which planet was the closest to the sun.
3. asked the scientists / The journalist / what / for / were using / 
telescopes / in space / they / .
 The journalist asked the scientists what they were using 
telescopes in space for. 2 Put the words and phrases in the correct order to make reported questions.
4. wanted to know / when / The scientists / travel to Mars / would be 
able to / humans / .
 The scientists wanted to know when humans would be able to 
travel to Mars. 
5. He / what / were / asked the professor / to have life / for a planet / 
the conditions / on it / .
 He asked the professor what the conditions for a planet to have 
life on it were. 3 Change the following questions into reported questions. 
1. “Who will be the first to step on Mars?” Mary asked the scientist.
 Mary asked the scientist who would be the first to step on Mars.
2. “How fast can a UFO travel?” I asked my father.
 I asked my father how fast a UFO could travel. 
3. The student asked his friend, “How many craters does the moon 
have?”
 The student asked his friend how many craters the moon had. 3 Change the following questions into reported questions. 
4. The pupils asked the teacher, “Where can we find information 
about the solar system?”
 The pupils asked the teacher where they could find information 
about the solar system. 
5. “What is the weather on Mars like?” I asked my teacher.
 I asked my teacher what the weather on Mars was like. 4 Report the conversation between An and Mai.
 Suggested answers:
 An asked Mai what she was reading. 
 Mai told An that she was reading 
 Aliens, and she was almost done. 
 Next, An asked Mai what kind of 
 book it was. Mai said to An that it 
 was science fiction. And An asked 
 Mai what it was about. Mai told An 
 that it was about three aliens who 
 tried to take over Earth. Work in pairs. Ask your partner five questions about his / her daily 
5 routine and make notes of his / her answers. Then report your questions 
 and your partner’s answers to the class. 
Example:
I asked ... what time he/ 
she got up in the morning 
and he told me (that) he 
got up at ... * CONSOLIDATION
 Game: What did they ask you?
- Make a list of people who might ask you questions and what those 
questions might be: a police officer, your mother/ father, a teacher, 
a taxi driver, etc., 
- Report something that he/she asked, without revealing
who he/she was: 
 + This person asked me if I had my driver’s license. 
- Other Ss guess that was the police officer: The police officer asked 
you if you had your driver’s license. * Homework
Ø Make 5 sentences by using reported speech (questions).
Ø Do the exercises in the workbook. Watch a video.