Write this conversation in reported speech
Subject :
ENGLISH E-NOTE
Term :
THIRD TERM
Week:
Week 4
Class :
Primary 4
Previous lesson :
The pupils have previous knowledge of
Exposition basic concept of drug abuse
that was taught during the last lesson
Topic :
Behavioural objectives :
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to
Instructional Materials :
- Wall charts
- Pictures
- Related Online Video
- Flash Cards
Methods of Teaching :
- Class Discussion
- Group Discussion
- Asking Questions
- Explanation
- Role Modelling
- Role Delegation
Reference Materials :
- Scheme of Work
- Online Information
- Textbooks
- Workbooks
- 9 Year Basic Education Curriculum
- Workbooks
Content :
Class: Basic 4
Subject: English
Duration: 40 minutes
Topic: A. Speech Work: Observing and reporting things: Completed action B. Structure: The past tense C. Reading: Teaching of new words meaning Comprehension D. Grammar: Use of “when” in long sentences. E. Writing: debate: Suggest a topic F. Dictation: Selected words from the passage read
PERIOD 1
A. Speech Work: Observing and reporting things: Completed action
Reporting verbs
Learn this: We can report a statement, question, command, thought, etc. We often use ‘tell’ and ‘ask’ when we report something, but there are many other verbs that we can use.
Write down these reporting verbs. Learn the meaning of any one you do not know. Then, write your own sentence using each reporting verb.
1 explain 2 say 3 announce 4 order 5 suggest
6 think 7 reply 8 warn 9 wonder 10 promise
EXERCISE
Write this conversation in reported speech. Begin: In the market, I heard a woman talking to her little boy. She asked him if …
1 ‘Will you come over here, please?’ said the woman to her little boy.
2 ‘No, I won’t! I want to look at the radios,’ he answered.
3 ‘Don’t talk to me like that,’ his mother ordered.
4 She was angry and then she warned him, ‘If you don’t come over here, you can’t have any ice cream.’
5 The little boy ran to his mother. ‘I won’t do it again,’ he promised.
PERIOD 2
Structure: The past tense
Simple past tense
The simple past tense is used to express an action or event that happened and ended in the past. It is usually used with words that tell us when something happened, for example: a while ago, last week, yesterday, last year, last month. Every verb has only one form in the past. For example, the past tense of ‘walk’ is ‘walked’. It doesn’t change in any situation. To change the basic verb (infinitive) into its past tense form, we add ‘–ed’, ‘–d’ to the end of the verb.
Examples:
jump – jumped
work – worked
like – liked
love – loved
cook – cooked
1 The cat jumped over the fence.
2 We worked throughout yesterday.
3 Jumai cooked a delicious dinner last night.
4 Linda watched movies all night.
5 She looked great in her new uniform.
6 I liked oranges.
Some verbs are not regular in their past form. You have to learn these carefully.
Examples:
drive – drove shake – shook
fight – fought send – sent
buy – bought bite – bit
go – went
eat – ate
EVALUATION
Write the sentences in the simple past tense.
1 We go to the zoo.
2 I eat delicious lunch every day.
3 The bell rings to call in the pupils.
4 She wakes up at 6.30 in the morning.
5 Jessica writes a letter to the teacher.
6 The man swims across the river.
