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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
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THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
EXERCISE 1: Reported
Speech v Direct Speech
EXERCISE 2:
Categorising Personal Secrets
EXERCISE 3:
Comprehension
EXERCISE 4: Confiding
& Betraying Secrets
RELATED PAGES
(Pedagogic ideas & worksheets by Bibi
Baxter)
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EXERCISE
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EXERCISE:
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LEVEL:
Pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate
ACTIVITIES:
Sequencing, or Matching, or Conversion
GRAMMAR:
Reported Speech v Direct Speech
PRACTICE:
Listening for relevant information
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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Listen to the song first
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Write down as many words from the lyrics as possible
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Try and match the words from this exercise with the
lyrics you have written down.
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Then listen again to match the rest.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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Write on the dotted lines. Do not cut them.
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Look at the reported speech and decide what the singer
actually says. Write it down.
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Listen to the song and write the exact words on the
back.
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Then look again at what you have written.
Compare the two.
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EXERCISE-1
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A: He whispered in my ear that he was in love with
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F: He offered to confide in me if I promised
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL +
- Section 1: Write a list of typical subjects which people like to
keep secret
- Section 2: Try to categorise the subjects in your list.
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Section
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CATEGORIES
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Section
1:
SUBJECTS
WHICH PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP CONFIDENTIAL
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
- Print a copy of the above blank form
- Match the following lists of categories & subjects.
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Section
1: TYPICAL SUBJECTS WHICH PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP CONFIDENTIAL
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nail-biting
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a
wart on one’s bottom
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deep
in debt
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a
third nipple
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smash
& grab
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chocolate
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adultery
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a
wish to run naked down a crowded street
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blackmail
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nose-picking
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a
black sheep in one’s family
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alcohol
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spiders
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an
extra toe
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bailiffs
due
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illegitimacy
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repossessions
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skeletons
in one’s cupboard
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wasps
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housemaid’s
knee
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Section
2: SUITABLE CATEGORY HEADINGS FOR THE ABOVE LIST
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bad
habits
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phobias
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guilty
secrets
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health
problems
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secret
desires
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food
cravings
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financial
difficulties
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suspicions
about the relationships of others
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THE
ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISE-2
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EXERCISE
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EXERCISE: 3
LEVEL: Intermediate +
ACTIVITIES: Comprehension, Creative Writing
PRACTICE: Vocabulary &
Phrases for the following functions:-
- Swearing someone to secrecy
- Confiding in someone
- Revealing a secret
- Betraying a confidence
(pedagogic ideas by
Bibi at www.musicalenglishlessons.org)
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL +
- In groups of 4, act out the dialogue as you read the words
- Read dialogue 1 (Henrietta, Horace & Albert)
- Write in a suitable secret. (Refer to exercise 2)
- Read dialogue 2 (Albert, Agatha & Joseph)
- Read dialogue 3 (Joseph & Joshua)
- Read dialogue 4 (Joshua & Agatha)
WRITTEN
COMPREHENSION
- Work your way through the questions on the comprehension form.
CREATIVE
WRITING
- In the space provided, continue the story about these people and the
secret. Make it as exciting as you can.
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DIALOGUE
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Henrietta:
Do you want to know a secret?
Horace
& Albert:
Ooh, yes.
Go on.
Henrietta:
I have it on good authority that
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(invent
a suitable secret which will have a detrimental effect on Horace
& Albert
Horace:
Good gracious!
Are you sure?
I can’t believe he told you that!
Henrietta:
Believe what you like!
It’s true!
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DIALOGUE
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Albert:
If I tell you something in confidence, you won’t tell anyone,
will you?
Agatha
& Joseph:
No, of course not.
Albert:
Well,
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(repeat
the secret which Henrietta told Horace & Albert, but use
different wording.)
Agatha:
Well, I’ve known that for a long time.
Everyone knows;
it’s common knowledge.
Have you only just heard?
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DIALOGUE
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Joseph:
I’ve got something to tell you.
Promise me you won’t tell anyone?
Joshua:
You know I’m useless at keeping secrets.
Joseph:
Well, I’ll tell you anyway.
I’ve heard it straight from the horse’s mouth that
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(repeat
the secret, using different wording)
Joshua:
But did she say why?
Joseph:
Of course not!
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DIALOGUE
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Joshua:
Horace has heard something awful from Henrietta;
it’s keeping
him awake at nights.
Agatha:
Yes, I heard about it too.
I’m sorry to hear it’s affecting Horace like that.
How about you Joseph?
Joshua:
I’m not going to let it worry me.
I’ve even decided to go to France
tomorrow.
Do you want to come with me?
Agatha:
Sorry, I can’t go, but I think Albert might;
he’s only just heard the news from Horace.
Anyway, I’ll ask him when I see him tonight.
Joshua:
Poor old Albert, tell him he can phone me if he wants to
talk about
it.
Agatha:
Yes, certainly.
Have you asked Horace?
Joshua:
Yes, but he is worrying so much about what Henrietta has
passed on to him that he doesn’t want to go anywhere.
Agatha:
Why not?
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EX-3 WRITTEN COMPREHENSION
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Who confides in whom?
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Who swears whom to secrecy?
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Who allows whom to confide in them?
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Who betrays whom’s trust?
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Who is entrusted with confidential information?
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EX-3 CREATIVE WRITING |
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EXERCISE
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EXERCISE: 4
LEVEL: Intermediate +
ACTIVITIES: Milling
PRACTICE: Vocabulary &
Phrases for the following functions:-
- Swearing someone to secrecy
- Confiding in someone
- Revealing a secret
- Betraying a confidence
(pedagogic ideas by
Bibi)
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INSTRUCTIONS:
- Read conversations 1 & 2 in exercise 3 again.
- Practice saying them with your neighbour.
- Make a list of the phrases used.
- Using the phrases in those conversations, circulate and swear
classmates to secrecy, before telling them your secrets.
- Make notes as you go on the form provided.
- Next, repeat instructions 1-4, but this time for conversations
3 & 4
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NOTE: When practising speech, it is necessary to have the right
intonation, level of voice and attitude. You may find the following
useful.
- SWEARING SOMEONE TO SECRECY: Said with a worried, yet
hopeful voice. The one with the secret wants to tell, so is
hopeful that the listener will promise to keep the secret.
- CONFIDING IN SOMEONE: Secrets are usually whispered, or
told in a low voice, so others cannot hear.
- REVEALING A SECRET: Said furtively, if afraid of being
overheard, or said with an air of importance by someone who enjoys
betraying a confidence.
For students, who are working alone, the following sytem will prove
useful:
- Complete the gaps
- Record the conversations, using different voices for each character
and the correct type of voice for the function. (see above)
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EXERCISE
2 KEY |
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THE
ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISE 2
(UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
LEVEL)
PLUS
SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS
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Section
2: CATEGORIES
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Section
1:
SUBJECTS
WHICH PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP CONFIDENTIAL
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Bad
habits
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nail-biting,
nose-picking, burping, farting, scratching, spitting, snoring
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Phobias
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spiders,
wasps, snakes, mice, agoraphobia, claustrophobia
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Guilty
Secrets
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a
past crime:
hit & run, smash & grab, ram-raid, theft, blackmail, etc.
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an unkind
act: undermining
someone, spreading false rumours, gossipping, etc.
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cruelty
towards animals
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family
history:
a black sheep in the family, skeletons in the cupboard
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Health
Problems
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physical:
a wart on one’s bottom, a third nipple, housemaid’s knee,
tennis elbow, a pot belly, a hunchback, a slipped disc, the
galloping gut-rots (diarrhoia), flat feet, a cauliflower ear,
stunted growth, epilepsy, an extra toe
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comical:
a pea brain, a bird brain
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addictions:
drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.
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Secret
Desires
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a
wish to run naked down a crowded street
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Food
Cravings
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chocolate,
cream cakes, etc.
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Financial
Difficulties
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reasons
for debts:
buying on the never-never, buying on tick, exceeding credit
cards limits
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deep
in debt:
owing money to loan sharks, baillifs due, bankrupt
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houses:
repossessions
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cars:
snatch-backs
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Suspicions
about others’ relationships or sexuality
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Parental:
mollycoddled son
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Marital:
henpecked husband, doormat, trophy wife, shotgun wedding
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Extra-marital:
kept woman, mistress,
lover, affair, adultery, illegitimacy
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Mismatched
by age:
toyboy, sugar daddy
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Homosexual:
To come out of closet
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EXERCISE
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THE
ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISE 3
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Dialogue-1
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Henrietta confides in Horace & Albert
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Albert confides in Agatha & Joseph
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Joseph confides in Joshua
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Dialogue-3
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Horace & Albert allow Henrietta to confide in them.
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Joseph & Agatha allow Albert to confide in them.
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Joshua allows Joseph to confide in him.
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Dialogue-
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No-one betrayed anyone’s
trust
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Henrietta
didn’t ask Horace & Albert not to tell anyone.
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Agatha
already knew.
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Joshua
did not promise to keep the secret;
in fact he confessed that he could not, but Joseph
continued regardless, so did not expect him to stay mum.
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DO
YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
* Words & Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney * Copyright © 1963
Northern Songs
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