1) Listen and complete.

Use the words from the box

Phone-video-school party-Job interview- giant chicken- school play-travelling- Brad Pitt- experience

Sophie: Mmm, it’s so nice to be chilling out at home after all that running around.
Ollie: Oh, yeah, ………………………….1.to glamorous places for a living must be such a drag!
Ollie: Mum, you can be so childish sometimes. Hey, I wonder how Daisy’s getting on in her
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Sophie: Oh, yes, she said she was having it at four o’clock, so it’ll have finished by now. That’ll be her ... yes.
Hi, love. How did it go?
Daisy: Well, good I think, but I don’t really know. They said they’d ……………….3. later and let me know.
Sophie: What kind of thing did they ask you?
Daisy: They asked if I had any ………………………4 with people, so I told them about helping at the school
fair and visiting old people at the home, that sort of stuff. But I think they meant work experience.
Sophie: I’m sure what you said was impressive. They can’t expect you to have had much work experience at
your age.
Daisy: And then they asked me what acting I had done, so I told them that I’d had a main part in the
………………… ……………..,5 and I showed them a bit of the …………………6, so that was cool.
Sophie: Great!
Daisy: Oh, and they also asked if I spoke any foreign languages.
Sophie: Languages?
Daisy: Yeah, because I might have to talk to tourists, you know.
Sophie: Oh, right, of course.
Daisy: So that was it really. They showed me the costume I’ll be wearing if I get the job. Sending it over ...
Ollie: Hey, sis, I heard that …………………….7 started out as a …………………………8 too! This could be
your big break!
Daisy: Ha, ha, very funny.
Sophie: Take no notice, darling. I’m sure you’ll be a marvellous chicken.

2) Write T (true) or F (false). Justify your answer.

A. Daisy had a job interview in the afternoon.
B. Daisy took the job.
C. Sophie, Daisy and Olli are a family.
D. The boss asked Daisy to use beautiful uniform to get the job.
E. Daisy is an experienced worker.
3) Tick the topics Daisy talked about in the job interview. Underline in the text a support to your choices.
 Previous jobs.
 School development.
 Working uniform.
 Acting experience.
 Sports played.
 Famous people.
 Language knowledge.
 Born on August 15, 1990, in Louisville, Kentucky, Jennifer Lawrence
has a happy family background that's a far cry from the abused characters
she's played in films. Her father Gary owns a construction firm and her
mother Karen runs a day camp. The star has two older brothers, Ben and
Blaine.
Known as Jen in her family, the actress displayed her strong
motivation for the performing arts from a young age. At 14 she convinced
her parents to take her to New York to audition for talent agencies.
Keen for their daughter to have an education, Jennifer’s parents
wouldn't let her act until she had graduated from high school. However, the
teenager’s determination and intelligence meant she completed high school
two years early.
"I never considered that I wouldn’t be successful. I never thought, ‘If acting
doesn’t work out I can be a doctor.’ The phrase ‘If it doesn’t work out’ never
popped into my mind. And that dumb determination of being a naive 14-
year-old has never left me,” she says. It was in the Big Apple that Jennifer
was discovered by a photographer. Her photo was taken on the street and
she was subsequently called in for an audition for an advert.
“This guy watched me, and he asked “Can I take you a picture?” she says. ‘‘We didn’t know that that
was creepy, at the time. So we’re like, ‘Sure.’ So he took my mom’s phone number, and all of a sudden all
these (modelling) agencies are calling. And that’s when it all started.”
The agents signed up the contract with 14-year-old.
She ended up spending that whole summer in New York and her first job came in the form of a
commercial for MTV's My Super Sweet 16, which led to other ads for big names such as Burger King and
appearances in TV series.
However, television wasn't enough for the teenage star, and she rapidly set her sights on the big
screen. In 2008 Jennifer starred in Garden Party, The Burning Plain and Poker House. Her performance in
the latter earned her the Outstanding Performance Award from the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Jennifer was delighted to win the part, saying "I'd have walked on hot coals to get it. I thought it was
the best female role ever."

1. Match the words with correct definition.

A) A FAR CRY FROM Type of arte that are performed for an audience
B) ABUSE an idea that one suddenly have
C) TO RUN SMTH stupid, lacking evidence
D) PERFORMING ARTS treat badly
E) TO BE KEEN FOR to make something as one's goal
F) TO POP INTO ONE'S MIND very different from (something or someone)
G) DUMB happening quickly
to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not
H) SUBSEQUENTLY
planned or expected
I) CREEPY operate, manage
J) TO SIGN UP strange or scary

K) TO END UP wanting to do something, or wanting other people to do something

L) RAPIDLY coming or happening near the end of a process

M) TO SET A SIGHT ON to put the name in order to obtain, do, or join something
N) LATTER happening or coming after something else
 2. Write T (true) or F (false). Correct the false ones.

1. She grew up in a good family.

2. Her personality matches with characters she plays.

3. Jen liked acting since she was small.

4. Jen run away from her parents to New York.

5. Jen graduated from school before her classmates.

6. She choose acting because she didn’t want to be a doctor.

7. She was discovered in New York.

8. She was called and invited for audition after long time.

9. Usually, when someone on the street asks her for a photo she agrees.

10. Her mother gave her contact details to the photographer.

11. She had her first job at 14.

12. She planned to spend summer in New York.

13. She worked for commercial videos.

14. Her real goal was to play in the movies.

3. Replace direct speech in the text with reported speech.

 Reported speech activities
1) Report the following sentences.
Bella said “I speak English”
Bella said that __________________________________________
2) Bob said me “My parents sleeps in their bedroom”
Bob said that________________________________________
3) My friend John said “I cooked a delicious dinner yesterday”
My friend John said that __________________________________
4) The children said “We play in the garden every evening”
The children said that _________________________________
5) Helen said “The laptop is too expensive”
Helen said that __________________________________________
6) Bob said “I want to apply for a new job”
Bob said that ________________________________________
7) The students said “We passed the test last week”
The students said that ____________________________________
8) Debbie said “I paint the ceiling each summer”
Debbie said ______________________________________
9) Lewis said “I won the competition last month”
Lewis said __________________________________________
10) Mary said “I never stay at this hotel”
Mary said that _______________________________________
2) Report the following Anna’s speech bubbles

1)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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3) Read the reported answers and write them into direct speech completing the dialogues.
a- The husband said that he knew he was a great cooker.
b- The teacher said he didn’t believe in that story.
c- The doctor said he needed to start a treatment.
d- The boss said that he had to go to the doctor and the next day he had to present a certificate.

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Linda and Tim

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Julia and the teacher

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Jack and the doctor

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4) Turn from indirect speech to direct

a) Julia claimed she was tired of working more than eight hours a day.
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b) Amelia explained she had done the homework but she had forgotten it at home.
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c) Jack said his father would take a part time job this holidays.
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d) Arthur said his family had inherited him a big apartment in Oxford
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e) The students claimed the teacher had included topics they hadn’t worked before.
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 THE MOST UNSUCESSFUL PET RESCUE
Mrs Sarah Greenfield is a seventy years old woman who lives in a cottage in Ireland. She doesn’t live with her
family. Her loyal company is her small black cat. The last two days she was worried. She told her neighbour,
Frank Armstrong she hadn’t seen her pet cat for nearly two days. Frank said he knew where Percy was and
took her to a tall tree in the street. He pointed up at a branch near the top of the tree where Percy was sitting.
Mrs Greenfield called out to her cat but it did not move. Then she asked Frank what she should do. He
suggested that she should telephone the fire brigade and ask them to help. Mrs Greenfield went back to her
house and phoned the local fire station. A kind woman answer the phone and asked the old lady what had
happened and how could she help her. She told her about the cat and asked her if the brigade could come
and save the cat.
Twenty minutes later, a big red fire engine parked outside Mrs Greenfield’s house. Mrs Greenfield showed the
fire officer where Percy was sitting in the tree. The fire officer asked Mrs Greenfield what the cat liked eating.
She said that Percy’s favourite food was sardines. The fire officer said it was always difficult to catch cats in
that situation because they are frightened and asked her if she had got any sardines. Mrs Greenfield opened a
tin of sardines and gave it to the fire officer. The fire officer extended the tall ladders on the fire engine and
climbed up to the cat. He held out the open tin of sardines and called to the cat. Percy was very hungry and he
could smell the sardines. He moved towards the fire officer who caught him easily. From the top of the ladder,
the fire officer called to Mrs Greenfield and told her he had caught the cat. Mrs Greenfield said she was very
happy and thanked the fire officer as he was climbing down the ladder.
After the fire officer had handed the cat to Mrs Greenfield, she put it on the ground with the tin of sardines. Mrs
Greenfield ask the firefighter if he wanted to have a cup of tea and a slice of cake at her house. The fire officer
accepted the invitation and they walked to her house. Twenty minutes later, after two cups of tea and three
slices of cake, the fire officer got into the big red fire engine and started the engine to drive away.
Unfortunately, as he was reversing the fire engine, he ran over the cat and killed it.
1) Read and write T (true) or F (false). Provide the correct version.

a) Frank is Sara’s son. ____

b) Percy has white and brown fur. ____
c) Mrs. Greenfield followed her neighbour advice.____
d) The Firefighter drove a red car.
e) The pet loves a type of fish. ____
f) Mrs Greenfield and the firefighter shared biscuits and coffee. ____

2) Number and order the events of the story.

3) Match

WHAT DOES THE CAT LIKE I KNOW WHERE PERCY IS.

EATING?
PLEASE, CAN THE BRIGADE
CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE COME AND SAVE MY CAT?
AND ASK FOR HELP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
WHAT HAPPENED? HOW SARDINES?
CAN I HELP YOU?
 English special assignment
1) Turn the following statements from direct to indirect speech.
a) “I bought my glasses in 2010” said Sarah.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) “Megan hasn’t studied for the test” said Mark.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) “My boyfriend has a new car” said Nuria.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
d) “The company will open a new branch office” said the manager.
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
e) “My husband works at hospital” said Margaret
………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2) Given the following reported statements, turn them into direct form.
a) Oscar said that her wife was the best cooker.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
b) The writer said that his new project would become a best seller.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) The police officer said that he had arrested the thieves in the street.
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d) The reporter said the president hadn’t wanted to answer her questions.
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
e) My mother said I had to clean my bedroom.
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3) Complete the chart.

Direct Indirect
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The teacher asked me if I had studied for the test.
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“ Have you ever visited the Obelisk?” asked the tour …
guide. ………………………………………………………
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“Which story did you read?” my partner asked me.
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……………………………………………………… The reporter asked the candidate which were his

……………………………………………………… expectations for the campaign.

My best friend asked me if I would be at home.

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“What is your favourite movie?”asked Percy
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Where does she live? Asked my father. ………………………………………………………
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4) Complete with SAID, TOLD or ASKED.

a) The captain ……………....that the ship would sail early in the morning.
b) The official ……………… if he could see the passports
c) Jessica ……………….. where we were going to stay.
d) He ………………. his mother that he would arrive late that night.
e) Francis ……………… that his mother was at hospital.

5) Report the following dialogue.

Ben: Sally, Where are the keys?

Sally: I don’t know.

Ben: Haven’t you seen it?

Sally: mmm… I saw it yesterday on the table.

Ben: But they aren’t there.

Sally: Have you checked your pockets?

Ben: Oh, yes. Here they are. I will come late tonight.

Sally. O.K.

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