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G reported speech: sentences and questions
She said that
V shopping, making nouns from verbs she was going
P the letters ai
to complain.
Did they give
her a refund?
8A Sell and tell

1 GRAMMAR reported speech: sentences and questions

a Look at the hom e page o f a new website. W hat do you think you can sell or buy there?

BARGAIN OF THE WEEK
Welcome!
Sweet & Simple Engagement Ring
Never Liked It Anyway™ is a place where once sold by brjen
loved gifts from once loved lovers get a second
"Well when I first met him he was
chance...
charming and sweet and funny -
We’ve all been there. most of you know how that goes right?
We've all got stories to tell and things to sell. After a couple of years, things started
This is a place full of marvelous deals. happening... I found things that
indicated he was cheating..."
Let the fun begin!
R eal W orld P rice: $2,500.00
Break-up Price: $900.00

b 4 32))) Listen to part o f a radio program about
this new website. Did you guess right?

c Listen again and answ er the questions.
1 Why did Annabel Acton set it up?

2 W hat kinds o f things do people sell on it?
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3 W hat else do they do apart from selling things?
about reported sentences and questions, and
d Now look at three things from the website and answ er the practice them .
questions with a partner.
g 4 3 5 )}) Imagine you were stopped in a
1 Would you like to buy any o f them?
shopping mall last Saturday by a woman
2 W hich breakup do you think was the worst? taking a survey. Listen and write down the
3 D o you have anything you would like to sell on the website? questions she asked. Then write your answers.

e Look at four sentences from the website. W hat do you think were h W ork in pairs. Take turns telling your
the actual words that the people used when they said these things? partner about the survey, what the woman

asked you, and what you said.
1 My fiance told me that he was in love with another woman.
2 She said that she'd come and pick it up. Last Saturday I was in a shopping mall,
3 I asked if it was new. and a woman who was taking a survey
4 1 asked her who had given it to her. stopped me. She asked me if I usually...

1 “I’m in love with another woman.

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