Grammar
May and might: review
1. Use may/ might to fill each blank.
1. You __________ have a little difficulty driving at night.
2. I __________ have an allergy to shrimp. I have never tried it.
3.We __________ go to London for a holiday, if we can still afford it.
4. The examiner says we __________ leave when we've finished.
5. I don't know, but I __________ go to the lecture about UFOs.
6. Students __________ only borrow four books at a time.
7. There __________ be life on other planets.
8. Students over fifteen __________ bring a phone to school.
Reported speech: questions
2. Nick claimed that he had seen a UFO. Read the interview between a reporter and Nick, and finish the following sentences.
Interviewer: So, what exactly did you see?
Nick: I saw a UFO. It landed in a grassy area.
Interviewer: What were you doing when you saw it?
Nick: I was going for a walk.
Interviewer: What did it look like?
Nick: It was very big and bright and it looked like a big disc in the sky.
Interviewer: And what else did you see?
Nick: I saw aliens coming out of the UFO.
Interviewer: Did the aliens see you?
Nick: I don't know. When I saw them, I hid behind a big tree.
1. The interviewer asked Nick __________ exactly he had seen.
2. Nick answered that he __________ a UFO. He said it __________ in a grassy area.
3. The interviewer asked __________ Nick had been doing when he saw the UFO.
4. Nick said that he __________ for a walk.
5. The interviewer asked what it __________ like.
6. Nick said it __________ big and bright and it __________ a big disc in the sky.
7. The interviewer also asked if the aliens __________ him.
8. Nick told the interviewer that he __________ behind a tree.
3. Circle the correct word in italics to complete each sentence.
1. The reporting verb in the reported question is ask/ say/ tell/ answer.
2. We use if/ that when we report Yes/No questions.
3. In reported questions, the subject comes before/ after the verbs.
4. The tenses are the same/ different in direct and reported speech.
4. Read other questions by the interviewer. Rewrite them as reported questions.
1. “Do you go for a walk every day?”
2. “Have you seen a UFO before?”
3. “How many aliens did you see?”
4. “Why didn't you take a photo of the aliens?”
5. “How long did the UFO stay there?”
6. “Have you seen any UFOs since then?”
5. Work in groups of three. One is Nick and the others are Nick’s friends. Ask and answer questions about what Nick saw. Then report the friends’ questions and Nick’s answers to the whole class.
