Listening,
Speaking a
nd Gramm
ar
By Bianca i
1. What is the speaker doing?
A. complaining B. apologizing
C. expressing his thanks
2. Who is the women?
A. the man’s mother B. a neighbor
C. a landlady
1. What do you think the old
lady is doing in the picture?
2. Write down some of her
words.
3. Is she polite? Does she
use requests or commands?
4. Why is the speaker unhappy?
1. What do you think the old
lady is doing in the picture? She is telling Mr. Brown
many house rules.
2. Write down some of her
words.
Could you please do
…?
Would you please do
…?
Will you do …?
Can you do…?
3. Is she polite? Does she
use requests or commands?
Yes ,she is polite. She uses
requests instead of commands.
4. Why is the speaker unhappy?
Because there is too
many
house rules.
The landlady’s rules
1. to put his coat in the closet
2. to take off his shoes
3. to put his umbrella in the
umbrella stand
4. to lock the door if he comes home
after midnight
DOS
5. to be quiet after nine o’clock in the
evening
6. to walk the dog
7. to turn down the radio
8. to speak quietly on the phone
9. to return the key of the front door
10. to help her find a new tenant for
the flat
1. not to put his coat on a peg
2. not to shower after nine o’clock
in the evening ...
3. not to smoke in the bathroom
DON’TS
3) Karen told the teacher that Emily had
asked her __________________________.
1. 1) Emily asked Karen
____________________________. how to pronounce “kilometer”
2) The teacher asked Karen and Emily
____________________________________
.
if there was anything that wasn’t clear to them
how to pronounce “kilometer”
Speakin
g
4) Ms. Smith told Harry not
_________________________________
_____________.
2. 1) Ms. Smith told Harry
____________________________________
_____________________________.
to take those two pizzas to Mr. Thomp-
son on Broad Street, Number12
2) Harry asked Ms. Smith
_________________________. if she could spell that name
3) He also asked her
___________________________. if she could repeat the address
to forget to buy her some ketchup on
his way back
Requests or Commands
1. Could I use your bathroom?
request
2. Put your coat in the closet.
command
3. Speak quietly on the phone, please.
request
Orders
4. Will you help me with my
homework this afternoon?
request
5. Could you meet me at four?
request
6. Take your shoes off before you
enter the room.
command
requests A asked B (not) to do...A asked B whether/if...
Requests or commands
commands A told B (not) to do...
Summary of Requests and Commands
Items of
grammar Imperative Questions
Requests
Commands
Lend me your
book, please.
Open the
door, please.
Could you help
me with my work?
Would you please
come back on time?
Will you go there
with me?
Give me your
money.
Do it again.
Direct
Speech
Indirect
Speech
Negative
forms
Command
“Come
here
quickly”
.
“Get up
early”.
She told me
to go there
quickly.
She told me
to get up
early.
“A told B
not to do
something.”
Reported speech
Direct
Speech
Indirect
Speech
Negative
forms
Request
“Will you
lend me
some
money?”
“Close the
windows,
please”.
She asked
me to lend
her some
money.
She asked
me to close
the
windows.
“A asked B
not to do
something.”
Reported speech
1.Listen to the tape and write
down as many dos and don’ts
as possible.
2.Do Ex1 & 2 on page 93-94
1.The landlady asked him to
put his coat in the closet.
→“Will you please put your coat
in the closet? ” said the landlady.
Practice
The landlady asked him not to
put his coat on the peg.
→“Will you please not put your coat
on the peg?” asked the landlady.
2. The young father told his
children to stand still.
→“Stand still,” the young father
said to his children.
The young father told his children
not to move.
“Don’t move,” the young father
said to his children.
3. Mother told me to lock the
door after midnight.
→ “Lock the door after midnight,”
said Mother.
Mother told me not to leave the
door open after midnight.
→“Don’t leave the door open after
midnight,” said Mother.
Ex.1 on P93
1. She told him to shut up.
I am sure I heard her say to him:
“_______.”Shut up2. He asked her to speak louder.
I am sure I heard him ask her:
“ _________________________?”Can you speak louder, please
3. She told her to try the lift.
I am sure I heard her say to her:
“__________.”Try the lift
4. He told them not to wait for him.
I am sure I heard him say to them:
“ _______________.”Don’t wait for me
5. She told him to stop wasting time.
I am sure I heard her say to him:
“________________.”Stop wasting time
6. The girl asked her father to tell her a
story.
I am sure I heard her ask him:
“____________________? ” Can you tell me a story
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