This document discusses the topic of time. It includes reading and listening activities about Doctor Who, a popular TV series about time travel. It also includes a reading about revising for exams and an interview about Doctor Who. Speaking activities focus on using expressions about time, discussing time travel, and talking about revising for exams. Grammar and vocabulary topics relate to reporting speech, expressions about time, and pronunciation of unstressed vowels.

2. TOPIC:TOPIC: Time.Time.
TEXTSTEXTS
Reading and listening:Reading and listening: a quiz about popular TV seriesa quiz about popular TV series Doctor WhoDoctor Who; en extra from the; en extra from the
The Time Machine by H:G: Wells..The Time Machine by H:G: Wells..
Reading:Reading: advice about revising from exams.advice about revising from exams.
Listening:Listening: an interview aboutan interview about Doctor WhoDoctor Who series.series.
Writing:Writing: an informal email.an informal email.
SPEAKING AND FUNTIONSSPEAKING AND FUNTIONS
Using expressions with time.Using expressions with time.
Talking about revising for exam.Talking about revising for exam.
Discussing time travel.Discussing time travel.
LANGUAGELANGUAGE
Grammar:Grammar: reporter speech review; reporting verbs review.reporter speech review; reporting verbs review.
Vocabulary:Vocabulary: expressions with time.
Pronunciation:Pronunciation: schwa (sound)schwa (sound)

3. Doctor Who:
Is an extremely popular BBC science fiction series which originally ran between
1963 and 1989. The Doctor travels through time and space in a time machine,
accompanied by a human helper. He flights a variety of monsters and evil
beings, the most famous of which are the Daleks. From time to time the Doctor
‘regenerates' and takes on a new body ( so that the part can be played by a
different actor). The show was successfully re-launched in 2005 and is popular
with both children's and adults.
Which era would you like to visit and why?Which era would you like to visit and why?

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I live in Pachuca.
I’m playing football this evening.I’m playing football this evening.
I’ve been to Mexico three times.I’ve been to Mexico three times.
I’ll go to the shop.I’ll go to the shop.
You said (that) you lived in Pachuca.You said (that) you lived in Pachuca.
You said (that) you were playing football this evening.You said (that) you were playing football this evening.
You said (that)you’d been to Mexico three times.You said (that)you’d been to Mexico three times.
You said (that) you would go to the shop.You said (that) you would go to the shop.
RulesRules
1.1.Some of the case we don’t have to change the tense or the time expression when we reportedSome of the case we don’t have to change the tense or the time expression when we reported
speech. If the statement still the true when we report it, we can leave it in the original tense.speech. If the statement still the true when we report it, we can leave it in the original tense.
Example:Example:
David told me he can swim.David told me he can swim.
Kate said she’s going to Italy this summer.Kate said she’s going to Italy this summer.
2. If we are reporting something that just been said, the reporting verb can be in the present2. If we are reporting something that just been said, the reporting verb can be in the present
simple and the reported statement ca be left in its original tense.simple and the reported statement ca be left in its original tense.
Example:Example:
That was Sarah on the phone. She said she doesn’t want to go to the cinema.That was Sarah on the phone. She said she doesn’t want to go to the cinema.
3. If we are reporting what was said by an unknown speaker, we use the impersonal3. If we are reporting what was said by an unknown speaker, we use the impersonal they.they.
Example:Example:
Somebody phone about the car. They said we could pick it up tomorrow.Somebody phone about the car. They said we could pick it up tomorrow.

5. * Running out of time
Take you time
Time to relax
Hard time
Just in time
On time
Take time off
Spends time
Wasted time
Rules
1.1.On timeOn time: When something happened exactly at the expected time. (2:30—2:30)
2.2.In time:In time: If something happened before the expected time. (2:30 – 2:00)
3.3.Just in time:Just in time: Refer to something happening very close to the expected time (2:30 --2:29)

8. In pair read and answer the questions from the studentIn pair read and answer the questions from the student
at the read section and discuss any interesting pointsat the read section and discuss any interesting points
further.further.
*What it is a reporting verb?
Find some reporting verb from the text….
Draw attention to the verbs in the table and check that all the meaning
are clear and different reporting verbs for example:
TellTell is follow by an object, but saysay is not.
Answer the exercise.

9. Herbert George (H.G.) Wells (1866-1946)
Was a English novelist, and is most famously know as the father of the science
fiction. His most famous novels are The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds,
The Island of the Doctor Moreau and the Invisible Man.
The Time Machine was published in 1895. It tells the story of a man who
inventers a time machine and travels forward in time to 802,701 AD where he
encounters a society split between the peaceful Eloi and the apelike
subterranean Morlocks. He also travels forward 300 millions years into the
future to witness the final days of Earth. The book was made into a film in 1960
and again in 2002.