Unit 22 direct and

indirect speech
WHERE CAN YOU GET
ACCURATE NEWS REPORTING?

Vocabulary: POLL
MOMENTUM = THE ABILITY TO KEEP
INCREASING, GROWING
VOCABULARY
ACCURATE = PRECISE
TROUBLING = CAUSING PROBLEMS
PROFITS = FINANCIAL BENEFITS
MISLEADING = CONFUSING
BIASED = NOT OBJECTIVE
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
WHERE DO MOST OF US GET OUR NEWS?
WHAT KINDS OF JOURNALISTIC MISTAKES
ARE OF MOST CONCERN TO THE AUTHOR?
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO AVOID
DRAWING THE WRONG CONCLUSIONS?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
HOW MUCH CAN YOU TRUST THE
ACCURACY OF ANYTHING YOU SEE OR
HEAR ON COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION?
What can we do to avoid
manipulation from TV stations and
newspapers ?
Grammar notes
I want Johnson to win the election
I said I wanted Johnson to win the
election.
Mary: do you think he will win?
Mary asked if I thought he would win.
We report any kind of sentence
using reporting verbs:
Say, state, tell, claim, ask, wonder

Will I pass this time?

I WONDERED IF I WOULD PASS THAT TIME
REMEMBER THE TENSE CHANGES?
Tom: I dont know who to believe.
Sally: News reporting is not
accurate
Tony: I read El Comercio yesterday
Andy: Will you watch the news on
channel 4 ?
What about reporting questions?
Sam : How was the news report?
Laura : Do you watch CNN regularly?
Andy : where will they send the new
reporter?
Ana : how can you believe these biased
reports?
conclusions
Past ------ past perfect
Present perfect---past
perfect
Present ---past
Will -----would
Can ---could