8B GRAMMAR reported speech: sentences and questions
a Read the interview. Then complete the journalist’s report below with the bold verbs from the
interview in the correct tense.
Journalist Firstly Matthew, thank you very much for
agreeing to this interview. I know you’re a busy
man. You have the leading role in the latest Kathryn
Westwood movie. What is it like working with her?
Matthew You 1 can’t begin to imagine what a
fantastic experience it 2 is. In fact, it 3 has been an
honor to work with her. However, I have to say that
it 4 wasn’t easy at first, because filming 5 started at
7:00 a.m. every day for the first three weeks. I’m not
a person who likes to get up early!
Journalist Yes, I had heard that! What 6 did you enjoy
most about working with her?
Matthew I 7 loved the way that she 8 could get all the actors, including me, to do exactly what she
wanted us to do.
Journalist 9 Are you going to be in any more of her movies in the near future?
Matthew It 10 depends on Kathryn, but I hope I 11 will be. I’m really sorry, but I 12 must go because
I have a photo shoot at Vogue magazine.
Matthew told me that I 1 couldn’t begin to imagine what a fantastic experience working with Kathryn
Westwood 2 was . He also said that working with her 3 had been an
4
honor. However, he said that it hadn't been easy at first, because filming
5
had started at 7:00 a.m. every day for the first three weeks. When I asked him what he
6 had enjoyed most about working with Kathryn Westwood, he told me that he
7 had loved the way that she 8 had been able to get all the actors to do exactly what
9
she wanted. Finally, I asked Matthew if he was going to be in any more of her movies in the future.
He said that it 10 depended on Kathryn, but he hoped he 11 would be . We
then finished the interview because Matthew said that he 12 had to go because he had a
photo shoot at Vogue magazine.
b Write the questions other journalists asked Matthew in reported speech.
What’s the most interesting
role that you’ve played?
1 NPR asked Matthew what the most interesting role he had played was.
Is there too much violence 2 Fox asked him if there was to much violence in movies
in movies? .
3 CBS asked him who was the most difficult actor he had ever worked
Who’s the most difficult actor
that you’ve ever worked with?
with
.
What should a young person 4 CNN asked him what a young person who wanted to go into acting
who wants to go into acting do? should do .
5 A&E asked him
When are you going to retire?
.
ACTIVATION
Cover the journalist’s report in a. Look at the interview and try to remember the journalist’s report.
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