Unit 4: What They Said

Quick Check

A. Vocabulary. Match the words and the meanings.

1. c proof
2. d candidate
3. b scan
4. a bother

B. Comprehension. Answer true or false.

1. T The candidate said that he wouldn’t raise taxes.
2. T The doctor said that pumpkin seeds helped fight cancer.
3. F The professor said that there was no life on other planets because no one had contacted us.
4. T Mr. Hollyfield told the interviewer that the doctors hadn’t found anything wrong with him.

3. Grammar

A. These messages were left on the family’s answering machine.
Report what the people said.

1. Hello, Asma. I may work late tonight. I have to finish a report.

He said that he might work late that night. He had to finish a report.

2. Majid, this is Fahad. The game starts at eight. I’ll pick you up at seven.

Fahad told Majid that the game would start at eight and he would pick him up at seven.

3. Yahya, this is Ali. What is the math assignment for tomorrow?

Ali asked Yahya what the Math assignment for the next day was?

4. Nura, this is Maha. We had a wonderful time in Abu Dhabi with our family. I’m going to come by your house sometime to show you the video.

Maha told Nura's that she had had a wonderful time in Abu Dhabi and she said that she was going to come by Nura's house.

5. Adel, it’s Hussain. Is the game still on for tonight?

Hussain asked Adel if the game was still on for that night.

B. Hameed took a message for his brother Abdullah.

1. Complete what he wrote down, using the correct form of the verbs.
2. Then write the possible telephone conversation between Hameed and Abdullah’s friend, Saeed.

Hi Bro,

That friend of yours, Saeed, called (1. call) this morning. He asked where you were (2. be) and why you hadn't call (3. not call) him last night.
He said he left (4. leave) a message on your cell phone yesterday afternoon.
I told (5. tell) him it wasn't (6. not be) any of my business what you did.
I think he felt bad. He apologized, and I told him it was (7. be) OK. Anyway, he asked me to tell you that he had (8. have) a surprise for you and that he would come (9. will come) to our house at five o’clock tonight.
He also said you should wear something warm because he would take (10. will take) you to a mountainous place.
He said that he couldn't call (11. cannot call) you during the day because he had to work.
Your brother,
Hameed

5. Listening

The presidential candidate made three mistakes during his speech. What did he say that was wrong? Listen and write them down.

1. He said that he would raise unemployment.
2. He said that he would ask his staff to wake him during meeting.
3. He said that people who couldn't read and write shouldn't be in school.

8. Conversation

About the Conversation

1. What are Faisal and Khaled complaining about?

They are complaining about telemarketers.

2. What did the man on the phone with Faisal want?

He wants to persuade him to open an account at a bank.

3. What did Faisal do?

He lost his patience and hung up.

4. Why did the man call Khaled?

To tell him that he had won a free trip to the Bahamas.

5. What would Khaled have to do in order to go to the Bahamas?

He would have to pay a huge amount of money.

9. Reading

After Reading

A. Answer true or false.

1. F Robert Frost said half the people in the world don’t say what they want to say.
2. T Gates believed that more than 640K memory was unnecessary.
3. F Jane Austen thought that people had no sympathy for those who complain.
4. T Mark Twain said that people shouldn’t let formal education stop them from learning.
5. F De Gaulle thought that it was easy to govern France because people wanted the same thing.
6. T Helen Keller said that having no insight or understanding was worse than being blind.

10. Writing

B. Write an email to your uncle and aunt. Tell them what has happened and give them directions on how to reach the hospital.

Dear Aunt and Uncle.

I don't want to make you worried, but my wife gets an accident.

Now she is at Alrahman hospital. She is not that bad. If you want to come to hospital, you would find it in Abd Alaziz street next to the Gas station.

Sincerely,

Ahmed Adel

11. Form, Meaning and Function

A. Interview your partner about a natural disaster they have read about, heard about, or witnessed. Then report their account to the class. Use some reporting verbs and vocabulary words from above.

1. What happened? He said that a person was died by car accident.
2. When did it happen? He said that a person got hit by a car.
3. Where did it happen? He said that it happened in Aldamam street.
4. How many people were affected? He said that only one person died.
5. Your question: What did you do at the moment?
6. Your question: What did you do after the accident?

B. Write negative questions for the following situations.

1. You recognize an old friend at the mall. The friend doesn’t recognize you.

Don't you remember me?

2. Your friend is eating popcorn and is not offering you any.

Aren't you?

3. You are playing a board game. You want your friend to play the game too.

Don't you want to play with me?

4. Someone came and joined your group, greeted everyone, but forgot you.

Aren't you going to greet me too?

5. Classes start at eight o’clock. It’s 8:30, and your brother is still in bed.

Aren't you going to class today?

C. Work with a partner. Make indirect questions. Use Do you know…? or Could you tell me…?

1. Where is the main post office?

Do you know where the main post office is?

2. How often do the buses come?

Do you know how often the buses come?

3. What time does the bank open?

Do you know what time the bank opens?

4. Where is the nearest pharmacy?

Could you tell me where the nearest pharmacy is?

5. When does the gas station close?

Do you know when the gas station closes?

6. What is the name of the highway to town?

Could you tell me the name of the highway to town?