Week 10 1st 6.3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

3H Week 10

Agenda

Practice 6.1 and 6.2

Introduce 6.3

The goal: at the end of this lesson you will be able to speculate about the past.

Practicing reported speech

On the next slide you will see a comic

Say that you wanted to tell someone about this comic. Use the rules for reported speech to talk about what they say.

For example: He said Alex looked damaged.

Write one of the sentences you made to report what was said in the comic.

Change the question into a reported question

Write your reported question from the previous slide.

Read the text above. Come up with 3 ideas about what might have happened to the people on the boat.

What do you think could have happened to the people on the boat? Write your answer in English.

Speculating about the past

We use the words could have / might have, must have, can´t have to speculate about the past.

They are always followed by a past participle (3rd form).

Where is my phone? I must have left it somewhere. I can´t have left it at school -- I didn´t take it there. My sister might have picked it up.

Must

We use must have when we are certain that something happened in the past.

The only place I haven´t looked for my keys is the car. I must have left them there.

Can´t

We use can´t have when we are certain that something did not happen in the past.

I´ve checked the car, under the seats and everything. You can´t have left your keys there.

Might and could

Might have or could have are used when we aren´t sure whether an event in the past happened or not.

Perhaps they´re at home. I could / might have left my keys at home.

Fill in the blanks

Rewrite the sentences

Homework

Your homework is to complete the assignment in classroom titled ¨unsolved mysteries homework¨ 

You may do it together with a partner. One person submits your work and writes BOTH your names at the start of your work.