Stupid quotes. Report what these famous people said. Это именно то упражнение, с которого вы не только попрактикуете грамматику, но и немного повеселитесь. Пусть ваш ученик представит, что он недавно читал журнал о звездах и узнал о некоторых их нелепых высказываниях. Его задача — перефразировать следующие предложения в reported speech.

1) “I have never wanted to go to Japan simply because I do not like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.” - Britney Spears.
2) “Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life” - Brooke Shields.
3) “I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
4) “Why did I wake up in a garbage can?” - Snooki.
5) “I’ve never been drunk in my life. I don’t use recreational drugs.” - Paula Abdul.
6) “Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff” - Mariah Carey.
7) “In action film you act in the action. If it’s a dramatic film you act in the drama.” - Jean Claude Van Damme.
8) “I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is.” - Sienna Miller.
9) “The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs, You can’t say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Someone actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex.” - Carl Everett.
10) “We don’t have unsung heroes anymore. Every hero has sung a song in some film.” - Shirish Kunder.