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Language Summary 11, Student 's Book p138

Any messages?

Things people do at work mD

"Cat h y is telling her boss why she wants t o l eave. Complete her boss's note s with the correct form of these verbs.

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Reported speech: sentences

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Match sent ences l-7 to reported speech sentences a)-0. You need to use one sentence a)-0 twice.

1 I'm leavi ng my job . .....<J.....

2 I've left my job. -·····

Ca-t h.d.

Pe..ppe..r - c.onfe..re..nc. e.. a.s.s1.sia.ni

3 I left my job. ....... ....

Re..a.son.s for wani 111 to le.ave..

- she. ha$....1oo rroch re:spons1b[rt, and rt 's rnak11 her feel 51res:sed

Nobo&d ²............... •....... out a.5 rna.11 proble a6 doe.

• she. ³•••••••••••... ------·· 111 cho_r e of the. cornpo.ntd for a mont h

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4 I am going t o leave my job .

s I'll leave my job. ..... .....

6 I can leave my job. . ..........

7 I must leave my job . ........

She said ...

a) she had to leave h er job .

b) she had lcf t her job .

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•••••••••••• •••••• ·-------·

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c) she was leaving her job.

d) she cou ld leave her job .

Sre can't :sw ⁵................. ....... ...J110.s a11 mete

she ⁶ ...••• a lot of unpaid overtime la51 mornh

e) she wou l d leave her job .

f) sh e was goi ng to leave her job.

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more t ime. wrth her farnil,

Cathy's colleagues arc discussing why she

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⁸............................. for an audrtJC.11 re.xi 1NC.ek for an act11'lJ fh'

left. Read the reasons in 1 and complete the repo rt ed speech sentences.

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- she'II ⁹ - 1n touch af1er the audrtron

Fill in t he gaps in t h e adve rtisement for Cathy's old job wit h these words .

1 Cat h y said .$.h..had.JC19..m!.!.(h.fg$ p Qr!$i.b.ilitY.. .

2 She aid nobody ............. ................ ........... ..........

3 he tolcl me ............... ............

.coi:iferel'lces- responsible department

overtime deadli n es problems

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conference assistant

shifts

4 She said .........

s She said ........................ ..........

• Have you organised company , {_Q!Jf ro.r, $.... ?

• Can you sort out difficult ² ••• . ..••.•••••. •••.••• and find solutions quickly?

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• Are you good at meeting ³••••• ••...••.•.• •••• ?

6 She told n1e ............................... .................. ........

• Are you able to work when necessary?

··············-············· and do

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7 She said ......................... .............. .......... ........... ..

If you can answer yes to these questions, you might be the person we're looking for. You will be ⁶ .••••.•...•. ......... for company conferences as part of a team. The ⁷..•.•.....

is run at our London office.

8 he said ......... ............ ...........

9 She r old me

Call Kristan Halsey on 020 8348 472 for an application form . _•

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Look at the messages and write reported sentences. Use tell and the correct object (11er, h im or t hem ) .

Vic tQfrf..hlm.s.h._<J: wldn't.find..hi.$.. m;:,.it ;:,f:?.o.µttl:!e..confe1Jl1(,.

2 Sally's h usband ....... ····························-········ .............

3 The receptionist .... .... .

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Adjectives to describe jobs m!J

"Read the description and complete the crossword.

People think that bei ng a n actor is qu ite (9 ) 9lamoro_1,1$. - all t hose

partie s and prem ieres. And of cou rse , prem ieres arc exci ti ng even i ngs - i t c; incredibly (10 ) ............. ....... to sec t he resu l t of all you r ha rd work. Bu t on film or TV set s, you have to wait around for long periods of time . It can actually be quite (3-1-) ............... . I'd like to be a (12 ) ................. .. actor, bu t Id on't have enough work . Also I ca n't tak e a (8 ) ......................j ob

because I mi gh t ha ve to leave at any time . Acting is qui te (4-1-) .................... , bu t I've got a lot of bills to pay ! So, i n th e afternoons, I have a (6-1-)

................ job in an office. The work isn't di fficu l t. ln fact , l wou ld n't want a nythi ng too (I.J,) ...................... . I need to be awake in the evenings to learn my li nes! l can't imagi ne doing an everyday job - i t's too (7.J..) .

for m e. Ac t i n g isn't (5 ) ...................... a t all. But earni ng enough to live can be. My office job isn't (2 ) ................. . , bu t i t's only (11 ) .................... . I'm jus t wai ting for a lucky break !

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Reported speech: questions GIE

_t) a) Isabel has just had an inteniew for a job looki ng

after a cou ple's child ren in Edin bu rgh. Match begi n nings 1-10 to end i ngs a)-j ) of the questions she was asked.

How many jobs have .....i) ....

2 Arc you l iving ...............

3 What will you do if ............

4 Did yo u ...............

s \Vhat was your ..

6 Have you ever ...............

7 Docs anyone i n your ....

8 How many people ...............

9. Will you ema i l ....

10. How long arc . ...

a) us your ref erce's phone n u m be r?

b} i n Scotl and at the moment? c} family live in the U K?

d) you plan ning 10 stay in t he U K?

e} last job?

f) do you know in Edin burgh ?

g} you don 't get t hi s job?

h} looked after twins before?

i} you applied for?

j} l ook after child ren in Spain?

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b) Isabel is telling a friend ahou t the i n terview. Read t he reported questions and choose the correct words.

1 They asked me how man y jobs (D!you had applied for.

2 They asked me if Ill was l i vi ng in Scot land at the moment.

3 They wa n ted to k now wha t I will/would do if I

didn't get/hadn't got t his joh.

c) Wri te q uestions 6-10 in 2a) in reported speech.

6 They asked me if I h.r:J.. .ver lo.Q.kr:J. after.twfns .befor.....

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4. They asked me whether Ihad looked/looked

after child ren i n Spai n.

4. They wanted to know what was my lastjob/ my lastjob was.

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Reported speech: requests and imperatives GIE

f> Carlos has an English speaki ng exam. Look at t he pictu re and write his teachers' and friend's

sentences in reported speech .

1 Sh..tJ>ld Carlos nQU.9. be.w gum.,.. 6

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Undercover

Confessions 01a parking anendant'-!!!I.

The job of a parking attendant (PA) is not a rewarding one.

They have to walk about 25 kilometres every day, in all weather conditions. Drivers sometimes threaten

¹ to lw.r.t..eA.:$.... (hu rt; PAs) when they a re given tickets.

And there a re about th ree physical attacks on PAs every day -just in London.

However, when a n u ndercover reporter from the BBC applied for a job as a PA, he d iscovered illegal tickets,

bri bes* a nd theft. For six months Nkem lfeji ka worked

u ndercover as a PA. Du ri ng the trai ni ng bosses freq uently remi nded ² •.....••••.....••••••..... ...... (h i m; give out)

Another BBC reporter, worki ng

u ndercover as a tax i d river, also met a

PA who agreed

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(ca ncel; pa rking tickets) for half the price of the fine. The PA used stolen credit ca rds to pay the fine a nd then collected the bri be from the driver. The PA didn't ad mit

as ma ny tickets as possi ble. New PAs must give drivers at least 10 tickets every day to pass thei r trai ni ng.

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......................................... ..............

invented the nu m bers.

(steal; credit ca rds). He said he

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I n his first few month s, Nkem fou nd it difficult to give out enough tickets. Bosses warned ³ .............................

(him; improve) or he would lose his j ob. But then PAs offered ⁴ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• •• (tell; Nkem) how to i ncrease the amou nt of fines he gave. They suggested ⁵.. ..... . .... . ..................................... (give; tickets) to

a bandoned* cars a nd waiting i n ca r pa rks u ntil cars were pa rked illegally.

When the BBC told the pa rki ng compa nies a bout the reporters' experiences, they promised ⁸ ....................................

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..................................... (invest igate; the problem) a nd report a nythi ng illegal to the police. However, they ref u sed

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......................................................... (believe ; the problem) was

serious. And Nkem says himsel f, "the vast* majority of parking attenda nts a re honest and hard -working."

Howeve r, it seems clea r that some are not .

Ad apted from Confessio ns of a Pa rlzi11g A ttendant BBC News l/06/05

*bribe = money or a prcse111 that you give 10 someon e so 1ha1 they will do somethi ng (usua lly dishonest )

*abc111clo 11ecl = left in a place perm ane111ly because you don't want ii any more.

*msl = ext remel y big

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Reporting verbs mlJ Verb patterns (2): reporting verbs l!Il!J

fJ Read t he art icle qu ickly and Answer the questions.

choose the best statemen t.

1. Nkem is an ho n est parki ng

a ttendant wh o decided to con tact t h e BBC.

b) Nke m beca me a pa rk i ng

attendan t t o i nvestigate illegal fi nes for th e BBC.

c) 'kem is a d ishon est parking

a tten da n t w h o was d iscovered by t he BBC.

1 W h y is a pa rki ng attend ant's job d ifficult?

2. Why d id N k em ge t a job as a pa rking a ttendan t ?

2. Why did N k cm al most lose his job?

4 What did one pa r k i ng a tte ndan t use to cancel fi n es?

Read the article agai n. Fill i n the ga ps wi th t he correct form of the

_•verb and the object in brackets .

5 W ha t d i d the parking compa n ies t h i n k abou t ¹kem's repo rt ?

¹¹⁰ It's my first day )

Checking informatio n [Dll

6. a) Mat ch sen ten ces l -6 to replies a)-0.

Can you give t hat n u m ber to m e agai n , plea se? ...JJ....

2 A nd coul d you t ell m e your surnam e aga in ? ...............

3 Is t ha t spe lt W-E-S-T? ........ ...

4 ls that spelt Steven wit h a V?

s Sorry, wha t did you say his name was again ? ...............

Fill in the gaps in t h e conversation wi t h the ph rases in t he boxes .

get all ef ti 1at give it to

tell me say that is that

BOB The add ress is 19 Su t h erland La ne, Rainham , K em ME I 6 8VD.

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6 Do you m ean Terry Jones? ............

a) Of course. h's 020 72898016.

GILL Sorry, I d i dn't

...9f!.t U.of that... . Can you

me again ? 19 South La nd ...

b) That's it. As in N ort h , Sou th, etc.

c) ¹0, A lex . Terry's you nger brot her.

d) M i n e? It's N ew man . N-E-W-M-A-N.

BOB Sut herland Lane , Rainh am , Kem M E16 8VD .

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GILL Sorry, cou l d you ³...................... postcode again ? Um,

e) No , w i th a PH .

f) h's Jon es. Terry J on es. I t hink h e works i n the fina n ce clcpa n men L

b) Wh ich conversations in 1a) ask someone t o repeat i n form ation and which on es check i n formati on ?

Ask someon e to repea l informati on:

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Ch eck i nforma tion :

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Put t he sent ences in t he con versation in the correc t order.

a) PAUL I'm ringing abolll M r ewman 's lu n ch

meeti ng wi t h Ms Ben ni s. rm afraid Ms Ben ni s

ha s to ca n cel.

b) D PAUL N o, doubl e T.

c) D PAUL Sorr y. I said M s Benn is isn't well today.

d) D PAUL Yes, it was toda y at I p.m . I'm sorry for the late

n otice. Ms Ben ni s isn't well.

....••••••••••••••••••••• 8BD?

BOB No , SVD. V for Vi ctor.

^{GILL Thanks. A nd coul d you 5} you r na m e aga in ?

BOB Yes, of cour e. I t's Bob Smith .

GILL Thank s. That's nice and easy.

is that what did you say is your

do you mean are you talki ng I didn't

SAR A I Ii. I t 's Sara Caperski here. Can I spea k to Al an David , pl ease?

^{GILL Sorry, 6} ...... quite catch tha t.

Was it A la n David ?

SARA Yes. He's respon sible for th e con feren ce.

GILL So ⁷ . . . . ........................ about t he London

or Birmin gha m conferen ce?

SARA Th e London on e.

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5. D PAUL M y name ? I'm Paul Cut t. Ms Ben ni s's personal

GILL Oh ,

.............. ·······-············ David All en?

secrelary.

5. D ROSE Oh , dear. I hope she's bener soon. Wh at did

you say your nam e was again ?

ROSE Is t ha t spelt C-U-T?

SAR A Yes, of course. Sorry.

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GILL Th a t's OK . Sorry, ·-·······.

you r nam e was agai n ?

SARA Sara Caperski.

¹⁰ .. .......................... Sarah wit h an H ?

ROSE Sorry, I d idn't qui te cat ch t ha t.

ROSE Ca ncel ? OK. Let m e check M r ;--:ewman 's d ia ry.

Do you mean toda y's l u n ch m eetin g?

ROSE OK , t h anks Pa ul. I'll let M r N ewman k now.

Bye !

GILL A nd

SARA No, n o H .

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GILL A nd ••••••••••••• •...•••••••••••••••

C-A-P-E-R-S-K-1?

SARA Tha t's right.

su rname spelt

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