For this assignment, you are going to interview one of your classmates--someone who is not from your country.
Part I.
First, write a list of 15 interesting questions. The questions should be about the interviewees past, present, and future. You can also ask about their favorite books, movies, hobbies, etc...
Here are some sample questions which I found online, but you can formulate your own.
-Would you rather...
be ugly and loved or beautiful and lonely?
-rather find true love or be filthy rich?
-invent an item that everybody uses or a song that everybody hums?
-have a relationship with someone 10 years younger or 10 yrs older?
-be deaf or blind?
-be sentenced to death or 50 yrs in jail?
-sing in the rain or dance in the streets
Here are some more:
* Which three (3) famous people do you admire most?
* Which three (3) famous people do you NOT respect?
* Which three (3) famous people do you think are most like you?
* Which three (3) famous people would you most want to be like?
* Which three (3) famous people do you most NOT want to be like?
* What personal values and principles are the most important to you?
* What friendship values and principles are the most important to you?
* What marriage values and principles are the most important to you?
* What community values and principles are the most important to you?
* What world values and principles are the most important to you?
* Using single words or phrases, how would you describe yourself?
* Where do you see yourself in five (5) years to 10 years?
* What are your favorite websites?
* What are your favorite television shows?
* What are your favorite movies?
* What kinds of music do you like?
* Who are your favorite bands?
* Who are your favorite singers?
* What kind of magazines do you read?
* What type of books do you read?
* What is your favorite food?
* What is your favorite dessert?
* What is your favorite snack?
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Part II.
Conduct your interview and take notes on what your partner says.
Part III.
As a comment to this post, write a report of what you learned from your partner. Make sure you use the correct verbs of reported speech.
Gabriels answers :
ReplyDelete1- his favorite TV show is desperate house wife.
2- his favorite singer is drake.
3- he admires Obama, ryan goslin, and lloyd blankfein.
4- his favorite websites is ABC.com - macgeneration.com - piratebay.com
5- he sees his self after 5 years in Houston studying finance.
6- he'd rather be ugly and loved to beautiful and lonely.
7- he'd rather be filthy rich to in true love.
8- he'd rather be deaf to blind.
9- his favorite dessert is ice-cream.
10- he is outgoing, friendly, and reliable.
11- he likes R&B, dance, pop music, kizomba music
12- his favorite food is fried plantains.
13- his favorite movies are Drives and iron man
14- he wants to be like steve jobs, ryan gosling, and lloyd blankfein.
15- he is interesting in skydiving.
his favorite websites are* ...
DeleteMoe,
DeleteI'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
Ex. Misael told me that he was interested in skydiving.
Moe
ReplyDelete1- He rather be ugly and loved
2- He likes italian food.
3- He doesn't read magazines
4- He'd like to be like David Beckham , King of saudi arabia , his Dad
5- He likes saudi music , Rap music
6- He likes Lil wayne
7- he describes himself as friendly , quiet
Gaby,
DeleteI'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
my partner:franco
ReplyDelete1:his favorite book is the hungry game.
2:his favorite food is dumpling.
3:his favorite car is lamberghini.
4:his favorite game is resident evil.
5:his favorite tv shows is disney cartoon.
6:his favorite dessert is cheese cake.
7:his favorite soccer team is england.
8:his favorite coffy is cappuccino.
9:his favorite band is linkin park.
11:his favorite website is google.
12:his favorite place to go on a vacation is hawaii.
13:his favorite song is Doctor its a chinese song.
14:his favorite brand is nike.
15:his favorite movie is rush hour .
TJ,
DeleteI'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
My partner :TJ
ReplyDelete1:His favorite TV show are Friends and Two and Half Man.
2:His favorite sports is basketball.
3:his favorite basketball team is laker
4:He has 4 brothers.
5:He will call her mother at first when he will died.
6:His dream girlfriend is gentle and pretty
7:he don't like sing songs.
8;his favorite dog is rottweiler
9:His favorite game is Driver.
10:His favorite brand is LV Gucci.
11:his favorite soccer team is Arsenal.
12:He hate study
13;his favorite website is YouTube.
14;He want to go to Africa
15:his favorite movie SCARFACE.
Franco,
DeleteI'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
my partner is Diem,
ReplyDeleteShe is from Vitnam.
she likes a pop music.
She likes Light colors.
She is going to stdy Nersing.
She spents her free time in reading and wathcing TV.
U.S is the first country she visites.
she is intersting in herror movie.
she dreams about traviling to Europe.
in the future, she hopes to have tow babies.
She is very quite.
She is hopes to be rich.
14 chnal is her favorite chnal.
Bander,
DeleteI'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
My partner is MAY
ReplyDelete1. May said she would rather find true love than be filthy rich because true love was live long.
2. May said she preferred to have a relationship with a guy older than her 10 years more than younger one because he could take care of her well.
3. May said her favorite color was purple.
4. May recommended if you went to Taiwan, it would be great to visit Kenting National Park.
5. May explained there were many countries she had visited such as Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany, France and so on.
7. May told me she wanted to be a business owner in the future.
8. May said she would like to have 2 kids: one boy and one girl and a boy should come first.
9. May suggested me to try her favorite chocolate named TWIX.
10.May said the website which she frequently logged on was Google.
11.May told me she had hated frog when she was a child.
12.May described that she had been in USA for 10 months.
13.May said her major in the university in Taiwan had been International business.
14.May said her favorite fruit was grape and pear.
15.May told me she had had four dogs and one cat in Taiwan.
Holly I have a Question :
For no. 11 Actually, May said, "she hated frog when she was child."
Should I report like what I wrote on no.11 or should it be "May told me she had hated frog when she had been child" ?
Note: What I used to learn is after "when" we can use just only past present simple.
You are correct. You can use simple past in that when-clause.
Delete#9. May suggested THAT I TRY... suggest is followed by a noun clause (I'm not sure why); advise can be followed by the infinitive: she advised me to try...
Excellent work. I see that you know reported speech "backwards and forwards."
my partner is Misael
ReplyDeletehis favorite food is rice with beans
his favorite singer is Alvis
his favorite kind of books is poem
the principle marriage is loyalty and sense of humor
the principle friends is loyalty too
I asked him if he would rather be a deaf or blind , and he said "deaf because images give me food to my imagenation rtather than sounds .
his favorite dessert is chocolate
his favorite movie is relioved immortal
his best website is nasa.com
his hoppy is reading
Sal, I'd like you to rewrite these answers using a reporting verb and the correct verbs inside the noun clause. Look at the chart in UUEG on reported speech verbs.
DeleteThe one time you did this (I asked him...) was correct.
My partner is Petra.
ReplyDelete1.She said that she preferred to have a relationship with someone 10 years older, because she hadn’t had a positive experience with younger guys.
2.She said that she would rather be blind rather than deaf, because she preferred not to be able to see the world as it is, rather than to be always in a silent and quiet environment.
3.She answered that she would rather be sentenced 50 years in jail than sentenced to death.
4.She said that in 5 to 10 years she would probably be a independent women, working at some company in Human Resources.
5.She told me that her favorite movies were Hannibal and PS: I Love You
6. Regarding her favorite music, she told me that she liked to hear a little bit of everything, for example rock, soft rock, rap, hip-hop, kuduro, kizomba, semba, samba, merengue, salsa, etc.
7. She said she liked to read science fiction and thriller.
8. Petra told me that her favorite food was seafood, for example Bacalhau com Natas (Codfish with cream).
9.Petra told me her favorite desserts were creme brouillet and Petit gâteau.
10.She told me that her favorite city between the countries that she had been to would definitely be Cape Town (South Africa).
11. She said that she wanted to live in South Africa-Cape Town for the next 10 years without thinking twice.
12. She answered that she would rather have long relationships, but a rest between them with a short relationship would be the best choice.
13. She said that she wasn’t ugly, as she knew, but with her values and knowing herself, she would rather be ugly and loved.
14. She answered that she preferred to find true love than to be filthy rich.
15.She told me that the things that she liked from America that were different from Angola were the organization of everything, the cleanliness and the commitment of the people.
100%!
DeleteFantastic work, Valerie. Great answers; great writing.
Partner: Mashari
ReplyDelete1. He said he has on the walls of his bedroom, stuff like soccer player posters, a TV, a x-box and a clock watch.
2. He said he listens pop music most of the time.
3. He said he wants to make his parents proud more than anything.
4. He said his middle name is: Ali
5. He said he is not scared of dark but he used to.
6. He said he prefers coffee rather than energy drinks, because it's healthier.
7. He said his dream car would be a red corvette.
8. He said that the alarm clock is what annoys him the most.
9. He said he was born in Al Dharan, Saudi Arabia.
10. He said the last thing he purchased is a video game, named La Noire for x-box.
11. He said his favorite toys as a child were toy cars.
12. He said one of his nicknames is: Mesho
13. He said he has one cat, named Haley
14. He said his zodiac sign is Aries or Al Haml
15. He said he is righty.
I had the pleasure to get to know a little bit more of Valeria and ask her some questions. She is a wonderful person, full of good qualities. Between the questions that I’ve made to her, here are the answers:
ReplyDelete1. She prefers to read books from Latin American and even suggested some such as: Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende, she claims to be one of the bests.
2. She has had the pleasure to know beautiful countries such as: Germany, Austria and The US.
3. She says that she was scared of darkness when she was a child; in fact she still is scared of darkness. I don’t blame her I get scared to when I watch horrible movies.
4. If she had the probability to choose 2 shows that she would rather go she would choose Cirque du Soleil and Lady Gaga. We agree that next time this two come to town we are going to join the show.
5. Valeria describes herself with good qualities such as: responsible person, generosity and a very respectful person and on the other hand, with shortcomings such as: shy, lazy and unpunctual person; although I didn’t felt that part working with her. She is really nice to work with, good partner.
6. She likes to watch TV shows like: Grey´s anatomy, Two and Half Men, Gossip Girl, The Big Bang Theory and Friends; most of them she is on my time. I really starting to like this girl :D.
7. If she had the chance to choose between being sentenced with 50 years of jail or sentenced to death, she would rather be 50 years in jail,, because she is scared of death.
8. If she was an animal she would be a Dolphin, because she likes animals that live in water and because dolphin is a very smart animal.
9. She has her Major in Business, and she sees herself in ten years from now with a really nice work in a multinational company.
10. She likes her family very much and she considers herself a very thoughtful daughter.
11. Unity, Understanding, Honesty and Flexibility are the values and principles she considers essential in a family.
12. She has plans to get married someday. Maybe in 10 years from now.
13. Love, Respect, Tolerance and Honesty are the values that she considers essential for a strong relationship.
14. If she had to choose one word to describe boys, she would choose: Careless. :D
15. She would rather be ugly and loved than beautiful and not loved. She says that is not worth being beautiful and not being loved.
Petra,
DeleteYour writing is thoughtful and I really get a nice picture of Valerie. You didn't use a lot of reporting verbs, but the ones you used were good. Nice job.
During a quick interview at Cal Lab, Sal told me that his favorite food is kabsah, that his favorite dessert is Date. Also he said his favorite singer is Lil Wayne and he told me his favorite style is rap. Later he told me he likes to read the Al koran. In contrast, he said that his favorite TV show is called by “How I met your mother."
ReplyDeleteAfter a while, and more relaxed he said that a friendship must have two major values: loyalty and sense of humor. He surprised me when interrogated about to be blind or deaf: “I would rather be blind because I would prefer to contemplate the world in silence but to see it!"
Under pressure but curious about the next question, he interrupted the interview and asked me about some of my preferences. I told him 15 of them. Thus I could notice him more confident. Then I asked him about the future. The exactly same future which scares me and you dear reader... Suddenly he looked up to the superior left corner of his forehead and I could notice that the time was stopped by that thought. I was waiting quietly, when he answered slowly that he would like to work and marry in his home country Saudi Arabia.
Sal breathed quietly. What was not said in a direct way but was understood among words is that we are looking forward the same future. The exactly same future which comforts you and me dear reader. At the end of the interview he extended his hand and said tenha uma boa tarde.
Dear Writer,
DeleteThank you for this very thoughtful and interesting report of your interview with Sal. You are a poet even in prose.
Yours Truly,
Dear Reader
I asked to Shengyao Cheng some questions.
ReplyDelete1- He said he would rather be ugly and loved.
2- He told me he never used perfume in his life.
3- He told me he watched a movie which is TV series in his lesiure time because nowadays he does not have friends in Houston.
4- He told me If he had had a friend in Houston, he would play basketball, climb the rock, and go to bars with him.
5- He told me he could cook Chinese food, write Chinese hand writing.
6- He said he would want to live in New Zealand because it has beautiful landscapes and it does not have too population.
7- He said he had never eaten a fetus in his life. Also, he did not like that people who have eaten a fetus in Chine.
8- He said he would go to another university to get master’s degree after this semester.
9- He told me he had not went to any foreign countries before he came to the US.
10-He said me he had learned to ride a bike when he was 10 years old.
11-He said me his favorite cars were the big cars such as Hummer and landrover.
12- He said me he had had a girl friend in Houston.
13- He said me their relationship had started when they were in university.
14- He said me if he was stranded on an island, he would take as three things a knife, flashlight, and an axe.
15- I asked him " Do you have an interesting thing that you won’t forget throughout whole life? What is it?"
He said me, " Yes, I do. My friends and I drove back from a village to Beijing at midnight."
Hilal,
Delete#10-14. We can't say "he said me," only "he TOLD me."
Say is not followed by an indirect object (me), but it is followed by a direct object noun clause.
ex. He said that I looked great.
NOT: He said ME that I looked great.
#7. That's a relief!
Your verbs inside the noun clauses are PERFECT. Nice work.
My partner is Bander.
ReplyDelete1. What are your favorite movies?
He said his favorite movie was Titanic.
2. Which countries have you visited?
He said he had visited a lot of countries: Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, Egypt, and so on.
3. What kinds of music do you like?
He said he liked slow music.
4. What are you going to do after taking English classes?
He said he was going to study Ph.D.
5. What is your favorite food?
He said his favorite food was Indian food.
6. What are your favorite television shows?
He said he didn't care about that.
7. What type of books do you read?
He said he liked novels and stories.
8. What do you like to do?
He told me that he liked to travel and read.
9. Which three (3) famous people do you admire most?
He told me that he didn't admire any famous person.
10. What is the best day in your life?
He replied that the best day in his life was his wedding day.
11. Which country are you going to visit in the future?
He said that he was going to visit Switzerland.
12. Would you rather be ugly and loved or beautiful and lonely?
He told me that he would rather be beautiful and lonely.
13. Would you rather be deaf of blind?
He said that he didn't want to be both.(Of course, no one wants to be that).
14. Do you have girl friend?
He said that he got married.
15. How long have you been married?
he told me that he had been married for a year and 3 months.
Perfect. You have mastered this lesson.
DeleteMy partner is Sarilak
ReplyDelete1. She said that she would rather have a relationship with someone 10 year older. He can protect her and teach her a lot of thing that she did not know.
2. She said that she prefer to have true love. She thinks that true love can stay relationship long time, and they have the same goals to earn money together.
3. She introduced that her favorite food was Japanese.
4. She said that she liked to read books, watch movie and TV in her leisure time.
5. She invited me that we could see movies together because romantic movies were our first choice.
6. She told me that she had been a secretary in Trade Company before she came to the United States.
7. She recommend that one of Thai food, which was named Tom Yum Kung should try when I visited to Thailand. This food is a kind of seafood soup and spicy.
8. She said that she had been living in the U.S. since seven months ago.
9. She told to me that she had had a MBA degree, but she would have hospitality management business degree.
10. She said that her favorite fruit were mangos teen and watermelon. The first one is famous in Thailand.
11. She told to me that she had travelled to Los Angeles, Hawaii, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Santa Fe.
12. She suggested me that I should travel to Hawaii one time at least. That place is a wonderful place, and it is also her favorite.
13. She introduced that Maldives was one of the places where she would like to visit, but she had never gone.
14. She said that blue was her favorite color and lucky color.
15. She shared that she would like to work in a famous company; at the same time, she wanted to have her own business.
3, 13: "introduce" is not a reporting verb
Delete9, 11: She told me--no TO. It is correct to say "she said to me," but no "to" with "tell."
12: She suggested that I travel--not she suggested me (you can see its unnecessary because of "I" in the noun clause)
Good writing, May. I like when you expanded what she said, like #12.
#9: I'm unclear if she already has a master's degree or not.
she already had a master's degree, but she will take another master's degree. How can i fix #9.
Delete9. "She told to me that she had had a MBA degree, but she would have hospitality management business degree."
DeleteCorrect: She told me that she already had an MBA degree, but that she would like to get another degree in..."
my partner is Hilal
ReplyDeleteshe said she thought Istanbul is the most beautiful city in Turkey.
she said that there were many popular food in her country,she could say that kebab, doner, and baklava were some of popular food.
she said soccer was the most important sport in Turkey.
she said Shanghai was one of the Chine's cities.
she said the most important festival in her country was the independent day, it's in October 29th.
she said new married people usually lived separately from their parents in her country.
she said she thought her most important value and principle were she work for her future as if she would not die forever, I praid for heaven as if I would die momently.
Shengyao,
DeleteYour reporting is good until the last sentence, which is unclear.
think the last sentence has to be,
DeleteShe said she thought her most important value and principle were she worked for her future like she would not die forever and she praid to go to heaven like she would die momently.
Is this sentence clear Holly
?
DeleteShe said [that] she thought [that] her most important values and principles were [that]she worked for her future like she would never die and she prayed to go to heaven as if she would die in a moment.
DeleteThis was a very, very complex sentence, and I applaud you for attempting it. Actually, it was very close to correct; I just hadn't read it closely enough.
Thank you Holly...
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