The Dead Parrot



Linking exercise - KEY
•Statute of limitations
•product liability
•exemption clauses
•intermediate stipulations
•merchantable quality
•implied terms
•to discharge a/the contract
•to waive the/a right

The Dead Parrot
1.stunned = knocked unconscious
• shagged out = tired
• pining = heartbroken
• kipping on its back = sleeping
• nailed = fastened with a metal spike
• nuzzling up = lean against

parrot



The Dead Parrot
• pushing the cage
•resting put 4000
• had been nailed
• fall flat examining
• stone dead
• definitely deceased
•lack of movement

The Dead Parrot
•2. resting
•3. stone dead
•4. pushing the cage
•5. definitely deceased
•6. lack of movement
•7. fall flat
•8. examining
•9. had been nailed
•10. put 4000

Reported Speech
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•He said: “I’m bored.”
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• →  He said that …

Reported Speech
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•He said: “I’m bored.”
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• →  He said that he was bored.

Reported Speech
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•He said: “Look at us.”
•
• →  He …

Reported Speech
•
•He said: “Look at us.”
•
• →  He told …

Reported Speech
•
•He said: “Look at us.”
•
• →  He told me/us to look at them.

Reported Speech
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•He said: “I went to Paris.”
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• →  He said that …

Reported Speech
•
•He said: “I went to Paris.”
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• →  He said that he had gone to Paris.

Reported Speech
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•He said: “Marry will speak to you.”
•
• →  He said that …

Reported Speech
•
•He said: “Marry will speak to you.”
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•→  He said that Mary would speak to me/us.

The Dead Parrot
•he wished
•had purchased
•was wrong
•was
•was resting
•would wake it up
•
•had examined
•had been nailed
•to replace
•were out of
•to go
•would replace