TheWheelsOnTheClass: April 2017

26/04/2017

Listening activities related to Internet and the world of computers and phones

In today's world, is a phone a necessity for people of all ages, or is it just a luxury item? Why or why not? How do people who grew up without mobile phones feel about this?

http://www.esl-lab.com/smartphone/smartphonerd1.htm

Suppose you are applying to work for a computer software company. What qualifications and skills would be needed in different positions within a company? What kinds of questions do you think you would be asked in a job interview for such positions?

http://www.esl-lab.com/comp/comprd1.htm

How do social media Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus+ help people keep in touch with family and friends (for example, "People can send short birthday messages. It doesn't cost money.")? In this listening activity, a man introduces himself to a woman by phone that he met on a social networking site.

http://www.esl-lab.com/socialmedia/socialmediard1.htm

How to be more British!

24/04/2017

Reported speech

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/sentences.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm

TYPICAL REPORTING VERBS:

told/ asked+ personal object (you, my sister, David, them, ...)
I told you I would be late.
I asked my sister if she would lend me some money.

said+ personal object
I said I would be late.

said+ to + personal object (you, my sister, David, them, ...)
I said to him I would be late.

Typical mistakes:

· don't confuse tell and say, e.g. He said me (that) he was ill; He told me (that) he was ill; He said to me (that) he was ill.
· don't forget to change the tenses, e.g. The waiter said he will call the manager; The waiter said he would call the manager.
· don't forget to change the word order in reported questions, e.g. She asked him what was his name; She asked him what his name was.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1629
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/pronouns.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/questions2/exercise5.swf
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/questions2/exercise4.swf