Flipped classroom B1+ Unit
Reported questions 2 Read the examples from the video. Circle the
correct alternative to complete the rules.
Part 1: Video preparation ‘Why do you think the duck is so popular?’
They asked him why he thought the duck was so popular.
1 Do you remember listening to the conversation
about the duck on page 102 of your Student’s 1 When we use direct questions/reported questions,
Book? Look at the photo. What material is the we use the exact words that the interviewer used.
duck made of? Use the track and script in your 2 When we use direct questions/reported questions,
Student Resource Centre for help. we tell somebody else what the interviewer asked.
3 Read these sentences. Which one appears in the
video explanation?
1 They asked him if/whether he liked rubber ducks.
2 They asked him why he liked rubber ducks.
4 Look back at 2 and 3. Complete these rules about
reported speech using some of the words in
the box.
after • be • before • do • if • no • pronouns
tenses • whether • yes
1 change, you to he.
2 change, e.g. from present simple to
2 Florentijn Hofman created the duck. What type of past simple.
artist is he? 3 We don’t use the auxiliary verb in
reported questions.
4 In the reported question the subject goes
3 Why did Hofman create the duck? the verb.
a because he loved ducks and toys 5 There’s question mark.
b an art gallery wanted to use it for publicity 6 Where there’s no question word, we use
c as an art object to encourage people to look at or .
public spaces
Part 3: Grammar practice
4 Write two adjectives from the listening to You are on an art gallery tour in the UK. Look at
describe how the duck makes people feel when the picture. Read the questions the guide asks your
they see it? group (•) and your group asks him (–).
and • How do you feel when you look at this painting?
– Why did the artist, Van Gogh, choose this subject?
Part 2: Video comprehension • Can you see the flowers in the vase?
Watch the video as many times as necessary and do – Do the flowers have a meaning?
the exercises. • What is going to happen soon to the flowers?
1 Answer the questions. You tell a friend about the visit. Complete the
reported questions. Use contractions where possible.
1 Look at the photo of the duck again. What is the
presenter’s (Dave’s) opinion of it? 1 He asked us the painting.
2 Somebody asked him that
2 What two questions did the interviewer ask Florentijn subject.
Hofman? 3 He asked us the flowers in
a the vase.
b 4 I asked him a meaning.
3 At the end of the video, Dave is thinking about a 5 He asked us soon in the
giant toy bear. Does he think it’s a good idea to painting?
make this? What does he say?
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