LESSON 3A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - Art lovers

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1 In pairs, talk about your favourite TV programme using the types of TV programme from the box. Why do you like it?

Cartoon, chat show, documentary, drama series, game show, quiz show, reality TV, sitcom, sketch show, soap, the news

Example Dialogue:

A: My favourite TV programme is on Channel 1 at eight o'clock four nights a week. It's called The South.

B: How long is each episode?

Students' own answers

2. Look at the photo below. What kind of programme is The South?

It is probably a drama series/soap.

3 Read sentences 1–2 and answer questions a–b. You can use the Grammar box to help you.

1 'I'm fed up!'

2 Jameela told Manal she was fed up.

Sentence 1 is a quote and Sentence 2 is a report.

The verb form in the quote is Present Simple and the verb form in the report is Past Simple.

Reported Speech Grammar Reference

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Present Simple (is/are – do/does)	Past Simple (was/were – did)
Present Continuous (am/are/is doing)	Past Continuous (was/were doing)
Present Perfect (has/have done)	Past Perfect (had done)
Past Simple (did)	Past Perfect (had done)
will (will do)	would (would do)
can (can do)	could (could do)

Time expressions also change: yesterday → the day before; the last time → the time before; tomorrow → the day after

I said that I didn't want to watch that programme. I told her/Malak that I didn't want to watch that programme.

4 Study the Watch Out! box and report these quotes from The South. Use tell if you know who the speaker is talking to.

This week's best lines from The South

'I'm your mother, you're my son, we're family.' (Sawsan to Ziad)
Sawsan told Ziad that she was his mother, he was her son and they were family.
'I can't take it anymore.' (Khaled)
Khaled said he couldn't take it anymore.
'Malak's looking for you.' (Muneer to Raed)
Muneer told Raed that Malak was looking for him.
'I've made a decision.' (Sami)
Sami said that he had made a decision.
'We'll keep on trying, we won't give up.' (Fadia)
Fadia said that they would keep on trying, that they wouldn't give up.
'Jaber took out the recycling and then left.' (Noura to Lama)
Noura told Lama that Jaber had taken out the recycling and then he left.
'You have no idea what you're talking about.' (Laila to Hussein)
Laila told Hussein that he had no idea what he was talking about.
'I don't like talking about other people but I've heard some news.' (Amina to Nadia)
Amina told Nadia that she didn't like talking about other people but that she had heard some news.