Sequence 2: Reading & Writing

Warm-up
1: What is Facebook? …..
2: The questionnaire (series of questions) below will improve our understanding of the way the students of Merouana High School use
Facebook. Please, select the appropriate response from those provided.

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Age:
Facebook Use Questionnaire
Number of informants (students): 24
(15- 16) High School Students
Male: 10 / Female: 14 30
Facebook use by students

25
1- Do you have a Facebook account?
20
Yes (……) No (……)
15
2- If yes, say what do you use it for.
to chat (……) to get new friends (……) to play games (……) to study (……) 10
3- How many times per week do you use Facebook? 5
Once a week (……) Twice a week (……) Every day (……) 0
total chat get new play study
4- Could you live without Facebook? friends games
Yes (……) No (……)

3: Put the results (findings) on the graph on the right.

4: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5: Link each graph with its name.

7
4%
6 14%
5
43%
4
3
2 38%
1
0

Fill in each gap with the appropriate word from the list given.
interview – information – questionnaire – report
A survey is a method for collecting ………………………as reported by a sample (group) of individuals. To make a survey, you prepare a
……………………… (a series of questions). Then, you need to ………………………the participants, collect the results and analyse them. After
that, you put those results on a graph. The final step is to write your ………………………and answer the question of your study.
Pre-reading
Look at the graphic display on the right and answer the questions below.
1. Does the bar graph display
a. numbers? 70
b. percentages? 60
c. or degrees of change? 50
2. What do you think it describes? 40
a. the author’s suppositions about the different uses of the computer 30
b. the results of a survey about the different uses of the computer
20
c. changes of computer use over time
10
3. Number 60 at the top of the graphic display represents…
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a. the total number of people questioned. a b c d e f
b. the number of old people who use the computer. Home computer use by teenagers
c. the number of computers used by people.
4. Look at the graph again. Then guess and write in the boxes the exact number of each group of informants (a-f) who use the
computer…
1. to keep addresses and phone numbers.
2. to learn programming.
3. to play games.
4. as a calculator.
5. for their studies.
6. to do some word-processing t home.
 During Reading
A/ Read the report below and check your answers to questions 2.3 and 4 on the previous page.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022

This report presents details about computer use by a sample group of 60 young people. Everybody thinks that teenagers today know

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about computers and are familiar with using them. I decided to do a survey to find out if this was true.

I questioned sixty young people between 13 and 19 in order to know what they use the computer for. When I asked how many of
them had computers, all the teenagers I chose said they had one at home. I asked them how much time they spent on their computer in a
week, but my main interest in fact was in what they used their computers for.

All the people questioned said that they regularly used the computer to play games. Twenty-eight told me they did some word-
processing at home, but not very much. Only 4 of the informants said that their computers helped them with their studies, while 16 of
them told me they kept addresses and telephone numbers on their computers – or used them as diaries. Two of them said that they used
them as calculators. When I asked if they used computers to learn to programme them, only 6 people said they did. The graph gives the
overall findings in detail.

B/ Read the text above again and answer the questions below.
1. Choose the correct answer. The text is a… a. web article b- newspaper article c- magazine article
2. Say whether the following statements are true or false.
a. The survey has been carried out to check what type of music learners usually listen to.
b. Not all young people have Facebook accounts.
c. Most young people enjoy reading literary works online.
3. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a. How many teenagers did the reporter ask about computer use?
b. Why did she / he decide to do the survey?
c. What does the survey show? Circle the right answer.
The survey shows that young people: 1. know how to use the computer.
2. don’t really know how to use the computer.
3. don’t know anything about the computer.
d. What are the verbs the reporter uses to report his results?
e. In which tense are the verbs used for reporting?
f. In which tense are the verbs that follow the reporting verbs?

Grammar: Reported Speech

A comparison between Direct and Indirect / Reported Speech:

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

1. The journalist asked: “What do you use 1. The journalist asked what they used the
the computer for these days?’’ computer for those days.
2. The teenagers answered: “We use the 2. The teenagers answered that they used
internet to study”. the internet to study.
Colon (:) 
Quotation marks (" ")
Question mark (?)
Tense of the reporting verbs: to say - to tell
- to ask - to reply - to answer
Verb (of the quote) Tense Change
Pronouns Change
Time and Place Markers
Question structure
S+V Or V+S
Reminder: To tell someone what someone else said, there are two ways to do so:
1. You can repeat someone’s words (direct speech): He said: "I hate politics."

introductory / reporting verb the quote

 2. Or you can use indirect speech (reported speech): He said (that) he hated politics.
3. The word “that” is between parentheses because it is not obligatory.
Note 01: If the reporting verb is in the PRESENT SIMPLE, no changes occur in the tense of the reported clause.

Note 02: If the reporting verb is in the PAST SIMPLE, tenses of the reported speech change as follows:

Changes in Time and Place Markers

Changes of Tenses This that Yesterday the day before / the

These those previous day
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Here there Last year the year before /the
Present simple Past simple Tomorrow the next day / previous year
Past simple Past perfect the following day Last night the night before/the
Future simple Would + stem Today that day previous night
Imperative (order) Infinitive Tonight that night
Present modals: Past modals: Direct speech .Indirect (reported) speech
will would I I / She / He
may might We We / They
must (have to) had to My My / His / Her
shall should Our Our / Their
can could Me Me / Him / Her
Changes of pronouns Us Us / Them