7.2 Reported Speech Grammar recap

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Start vocabulary 7.1 (do all exercises excl. speaking/listening)

Class rules

Use English as much as possible --> Mistakes, no problem

Don't laugh at each other when making a mistake

Have respect for and help each other

Speak with a soft voice when working together & be silent when working alone

Today you will...

... read an article about current affairs

... recap the 2nd Conditional (6.2)

... recap Reported speech (7.2)

When do we use the second conditional?

1. for possible future results
2. for hypothetical futures
3. for a result in the past
4. for something that is always true

What would happen if the Netherlands created a "ban greenwashing" law?
Use the second conditional

What would happen if clothing brands kept greenwashing until the end of time?
Use the second conditional.

She said, ''You must physically reduce your impacts. Not carry on polluting, then clean up something else, somewhere else.” - change this direct quote to reported speech.

‘Sustainable’ may be the most misused term of all,” Thomas says.

Greta Thunberg says ''ethical fast fashion is ‘pure greenwashing''. The climate activist says that the last piece of new clothing she bought was three years ago.

Greta Thunberg says ''ethical fast fashion is ‘pure greenwashing''. The climate activist says that the last piece of new clothing she bought was three years ago.

Recap 2nd Conditional

Get into groups of 3 or 4.

Play the 2nd conditional board game for 8 minutes

 Use the dice in the corner, move your character & click the number which gives you a prompt

Speak for a minute using the 2nd conditional

The game

Link

Grammar instruction

Recap reported speech

Pick an interview from HERE

Scan the interview for QUOTES and rewrite them using reported speech

Remember to backshift the tenses

Finished? Get feedback from someone in class

Grammar instruction

Do you ...

... understand when and how to use the 2nd Conditional?

... understand when and how to use Reported speech?

TO DO: keep an eye on the news

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