☰ Year plan · English (Connect)

Machines, a help call and reported speech

Week 4 · Unit 2 The Power of Machines (A): the opener, an article about machines in Egypt past and present (reference only), idioms, a presentation about an invented machine, a technical-support call (our own read-aloud text), reported speech for statements, commands and requests, and a process description · 3 lessons
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Report: “I am working in the library now,” said Mariam.
2
Report: “We have finished the poster,” the boys said.
3
Report the request: “Could you please help me with the cable?” Karim said to me.
4
Put the steps in the right order: (a) Finally, pour the water into your cup. (b) First, fill the kettle with water. (c) Next, wait until the kettle clicks off. (d) Then switch the kettle on.
5
Guess the word: “The first printer was slow and wasted paper, but the new one is efficient: it prints a page in two seconds and uses very little paper.” Write the meaning of efficient and say which clue helped.