UNIT 8. THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

I. Circle the sound for the letter(s) in bold.
1. road /aυ / /əυ / 11. goes /aυ / /əυ /
2. town /aυ / /əυ / 12. follow /aυ / /əυ /
3. throw /aυ / /əυ / 13, couch /aυ / /əυ /
4. around /aυ / /əυ / 14. towel /aυ / /əυ /
5. house /aυ / /əυ / 15. phone /aυ / /əυ /
6. though /aυ / /əυ / 16. out /aυ / /əυ /
7. over /aυ / /əυ / 17. told /aυ / /əυ /
8. mountain /aυ / /əυ / 18. shoulder /aυ / /əυ /
9. narrow /aυ / /əυ / 19. boat /aυ / /əυ /
10. drought /aυ / /əυ / 20. crowd /aυ / /əυ /
II. Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box.
preserved housed labourers outbuildings village life community fields!
In most of Europe, farmers` homes and (1) .............. are generally located within a village, and tools and animals are (2) ..............there. Every morning, the farmers and farm leave their (4to work their land or tend their animals in distant (5) .............. and return to the village at the end of the day. Social (6) .............. is thus centripetal; that is, it is focused around the (7center, the village. Only in certain parts of Quebec has this pattern been (8) .............. in North America,
III. Turn each direct speech statement into indirect speech with tense changes.
1. `I knew nothing about the problem?
She protested _______________________________________________
2. `Oh, I`m too hot.`
He moaned __________________________________________________________
3. I`ve never worked so hard before.`
Our decorator remarked _________________________________________________
4. `I like your coat, I`m looking for one like that myself.`
She told me _____________________________________________________________
5. `Careful! You`ll fall through the ice.`
I warned him ___________________________________________________________
6. `You must be home by 9 o`clock.`
She said _________________________________________________________________
7. `John left here an hour ago.`
She told me _____________________________________________________________
8. `I easily beat everyone else in the race.`
He boasted ______________________________________________________________
9. `I`ve been spending a lot more time with my children.`
He mentioned ___________________________________________________________
10. `Jim`s arriving at our house tomorrow.`
She told me_______________________________________________________________
11. `You can stay in my house when I am on holiday.`
Jim told us _______________________________________________________________
12. `I`m sorry I couldn`t come to visit you last summer`
Mary said_________________________________________________________________
13. `I was sure I`d left it here.`
He said __________________________________________________________________
14. `I grew these carrots myself.`
He told me _______________________________________________________________
15. `I must say that at first I was confused by the question.` She confessed
She confessed _____________________________________________________________
IV. Report these questions using a wh-, if or whether-clause, as appropriate
`Are you enjoying yourself?:
He wanted to know .............................................................................................
2. `What`s the weather like?`
She asked me ......................................................................................................
3. `Does Ann always go to church on Sundays?
He wondered ......................................................................................................
4. `What does Frank do for a living?`
I wanted to know .................................................................................................
5. `Have you, seen John recently?`
She asked me....................................................................................................
6. `Has Debbie been working here long?
` He wanted to know.............................................................................................
7. `Why is Maria crying?`
She wondered ......................................................................................................
8. . `What kind of holiday has Marco had?`
We wanted to know................................................................................................
9. `Did you study hard for the exam?`
She wondered......................................................................................................
10. `How long have you both been living here?`
They inquired ......................................................................................................
11. `Will Ted and Alice be at the party?`
She asked us......................................................................................................
12. `What did you think of the performance yesterday?`
She asked me ......................................................................................................
13. `Who were you looking for?`
He asked me......................................................................................................
14. `Are meals included in the price, or not?`
He asked me......................................................................................................
15. `How can I solve the problem?`
I wanted to know..................................................................................................
V. Complete the sentence to report what was said