10C: Talk about Lifestyles

Talk about Lifestyles

Language Expansion: Compound Adjectives

A. 

In 2018, Finland was the happiest in the world.

(Năm 2018, Phần Lan là quốc gia hạnh phúc nhất thế giới.)

B. 

- stress (n): căng thẳng

- free (adj): rảnh, miễn phí

- over (prep): quá

- work (v): làm việc

C.

1b 2h 3e 4g 5c 6f 7a 8d

D. 

1. lifelong

2. homegrown

3. overworked

4. homemade - mouthwatering

E.

- I’m eating low-calorie food to lose weight.

(Tôi đang ăn thức ăn ít calo để giảm cân.)

- I want to live a stress-free life in the future.

(Tôi muốn sống một cuộc sống không căng thẳng trong tương lai.)

- There is less homegrown food in the supermarket.

(Có ít thực phẩm nhà trồng trong siêu thị.)

Grammar: Reported Speech - Questions

A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.

direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked.
indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales.

In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g. Do you like) to a statement structure (e.g. I like).

We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (e.g. have done → had done, today → that day). 

Yes/no questions

In yes/no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. If is more common.

'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?'

• He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference.

'Have you finished the project yet?'

• She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.

Questions with a question word

In what, where, why, who, when or how questions, we use the question word to report the question.

'What time does the train leave?'

• He asked me what time the train left.

'Where did he go?'

• She asked where he went.

Reporting verbs

The most common reporting verb for questions is ask, but we can also use verbs like enquire, want to know or wonder.

'Did you bring your passports?'

• She wanted to know if they'd brought their passports.

'When could you get this done by?'

• He wondered when we could get it done by.

Offers, requests and suggestions

If the question is making an offer, request or suggestion, we can use a specific verb pattern instead, for example offer + infinitive, ask + infinitive or suggest + ing.

'Would you like me to help you?'

• He offered to help me.

'Can you hold this for me, please?'

• She asked me to hold it.

'Why don't we check with Joel?'

• She suggested checking with Joel.