Space Tourism (Indirect Speech)

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Space Tourism

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Today's focus
Today, you'll focus on a bit of reading and on one of the grammar topics from Unit 3: indirect (or: reported) speech.

You are going to do an exercise to help you with some from vocabulary from the text, and you'll read a text about space travel after that.

The grammar will be explained by using examples from the text, after which you'll have to try some exercises about indirect speech.

If you need any help, or would like some extra explanation, feel free to let your teacher know!

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Vocabulary
For the assignment on the next slide, you'll have to drag the words to their correct definitions.

The definitions can be found on the separate piece of paper!

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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
a spaceship
an entrepeneur
a celebrity
a runway
mass market
aviation
an incentive
impact

Slide 4 - Drag question

Find the information
Read the article on the separate sheet of paper and find the information requested on the following slides.

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Who is the founder of the space tourism business Virgin Galactic?

Slide 6 - Open question

What is the year in which the company was founded?

Slide 7 - Open question

What is the location of the business’ new runway? (place, not country)

Slide 8 - Open question

What is the number of people who have flown into space?

Slide 9 - Open question

What is the cost of a space flight with Space Adventures, in dollars?

Slide 10 - Open question

What is the cost of a ticket with Virgin Galactic, in dollars?

Slide 11 - Open question

What is the number of people who have booked a ticket to fly into space with Virgin Galactic?

Slide 12 - Open question

What is the cost of a commercial space flight, in dollars?

Slide 13 - Open question

What is the future price of a space flight ticket according to some newspaper reports, in dollars?

Slide 14 - Open question

Checking understanding
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.

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It is currently possible for tourists to fly to space on a regular basis.
A
True
B
False

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Space tourism will soon become a mass market.
A
True
B
False

Slide 17 - Quiz

Governments have become less interested in developing space flight technology.
A
True
B
False

Slide 18 - Quiz

Scientific advances have taken place because of space tourism.
A
True
B
False

Slide 19 - Quiz

Space tourism will have a serious impact on the environment.
A
True
B
False

Slide 20 - Quiz

The cost of a commercial space flight is much cheaper than a NASA flight because of the spaceship design.
A
True
B
False

Slide 21 - Quiz

The price of a space flight ticket will become cheaper in the future.
A
True
B
False

Slide 22 - Quiz

Indirect speech
Have a look at the statements on the following slides.
Who made the statements?

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Who made this statement?
"Space trips will become a lot more regular and a lot cheaper."

Slide 24 - Open question

Who made this statement?
"Space tourism has allowed scientific advances to take place without state funding."

Slide 25 - Open question

Who made this statement?
"There is a very low environmental impact."

Slide 26 - Open question

Who made this statement?
"The price will not fall to $20,000."

Slide 27 - Open question

Indirect speech
What tense changes take place when the direct statements become indirect statements?

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"Space trips will become a lot more regular and a lot cheaper."
WILL becomes ...

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"Space tourism has allowed scientific advances to take place without state funding."
PRESENT PERFECT becomes ...

Slide 30 - Open question

"There is a very low environmental impact."

PRESENT SIMPLE becomes ....

Slide 31 - Open question

"The price will not fall to $20,000."

WILL becomes ....

Slide 32 - Open question

What do you think happens to the PRESENT CONTINUOUS in indirect statements?
It becomes .....

Slide 33 - Open question

What do you think happens to the the verb CAN in indirect statements?
It becomes .....

Slide 34 - Open question

Find another reported statement in the last paragraph of the article.

Slide 35 - Open question

"it would become much cheaper than $200,000"

What is the direct statement?

Slide 36 - Open question

Indirect speech
Basically, the tense in a direct statement takes
A STEP BACK IN TIME
when it is turned into indirect speech.

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Indirect speech
Sometimes, you also need to change a PERSONAL PRONOUN:
John: "I will do it" > John said (that) HE would do it.

Or, you may need to change an EXPRESSION OF TIME:
Paulina said, "I’m feeling bad today."
Paulina said (that) she was feeling bad that day.

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Indirect speech
Got it?
Let's test that!

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Indirect speech
Complete the indirect statements on the next slides.

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"I have booked a ticket to fly into space."
The celebrity declared that he....

Slide 41 - Open question

"The price will decrease because the service will become mass market."
The company president told reporters that . . .

Slide 42 - Open question

"Robots will become as intelligent as people within the next 50 years because science is advancing rapidly."
The scientist predicted that . . .

Slide 43 - Open question

"We considered developing the product last year."
The marketing director admitted they ...................... the previous yeary.

Slide 44 - Open question

"Unemployment is not rising."
The government declared that unemployment . . .
(voluit noteren, zonder ')

Slide 45 - Open question

End of this quiz!
Please do the assignment about indirect speech on the separate sheet of paper. 
Make sure you finish it before our lesson on Friday 14 March!

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