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unit 3

1. REPORTED SPEECH

We use Reported Speech when we want to tell somebody what another person has said.

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE I work in a bank. PRESENT CONTINUOUS I'm studying hard. PRESENT PERFECT We have bought a new car. PAST SIMPLE I invited Tom to the party.	PAST SIMPLE He said (that) he worked in a bank. PAST CONTINUOUS He said (that) he was studying hard. PAST PERFECT They said (that) they had bought a new car. PAST PERFECT He said (that) he had invited Tom to the party.

Modal Verbs

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
CAN I can speak French. WILL I'll repair your bike. MUST / HAVE TO You must be home at 7:30. MAY It may rain.	COULD He said (that) he could speak French. WOULD He said (that) he would repair my bike. HAD TO He said (that) I had to be home at 7:30. MIGHT He said (that) it might rain.

Other Expressions

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
THIS HERE TODAY YESTERDAY TOMORROW TONIGHT TOMORROW MORNING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEXT WEEK/ MONTH /YEAR LAST WEEK/ MONTH / YEAR A WEEK/ MONTH / YEAR AGO	THAT THERE / THAT PLACE THAT DAY THE DAY BEFORE THE NEXT DAY / THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT NIGHT THE NEXT / FOLLOWING MORNING THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE FOLLOWING/ THE NEXT WEEK/ MONTH / YEAR THE PREVIOUS WEEK /MONTH /YEAR, THE WEEK / MONTH / YEAR BEFORE A WEEK/MONTH / YEAR BEFORE

2. REPORTED QUESTIONS

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
Where do you live? Do you work in a hospital?	He asked me where I lived. He asked me if I worked in a hospital.

3. TELL & SAY

You can say something to somebody

Examples:
"I'm ill" I said to the doctor.
John told me that he had been in hospital.

If you say who somebody is talking to, use "tell"

Examples:
Sue told me that you had won a prize.
What did the robber tell the police?

We also use especially "tell and ask" in reported speech for orders and requests

Examples:
The teacher told us to copy all the sentences.
Carol asked me not to look at her that way.

Otherwise use "say":

He said (that) his job was interesting.

3.(A) Write the questions in reported speech & Read aloud

'What's the weather like Danny?'asked Jake.	......................................
'Are you staying at the hotel, Sandra?'asked Thomas.	......................................
'When are we going to buy the tickets, Theo?'asked Ann.	......................................
'Did you come to my last party, Ann?'asked Megan.	......................................
'Why do you live with your mother-in-law, Marlon?'asked Therese.	......................................
'Is it time to close, Laura?'asked Ronald.	......................................

When you think you have practised enough, go on to the next activity.

Superb!

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unit 4

4.(A) VOCABULARY (Listen & Read)

To pierce	To penetrate
Handkerchief	Piece of cloth used to clean your nose
Breast	Upper front part of the human body.
Grip	Action of taking and keeping a firm hold
At ease	Comfortable and unworried; completely relaxed
Added	Extra; further
To decipher	To succeed in understanding (a coded message, bad handwriting, etc.)
Self-portrait	Painted picture or photograph of oneself
Net	Loose open material made of string, wire, etc. knotted together
To struggle	To move one's body vigorously
Odd	Strange, unusual, peculiar
To nod	To move the head down and then up again
To threaten	To make an indication warning of future danger, trouble, etc.
Warrior	person who fights in battle; soldier
To overcome	To find a way of dealing with or solving a problem, etc.
Inner	Unexpressed
To compel	To force; to make somebody do something
To sketch	To draw without many details

4.(B) VOCABULARY (Listen & Repeat)

To pierce	To penetrate
Handkerchief	Piece of cloth used to clean your nose
Breast	Upper front part of the human body.
Grip	Action of taking and keeping a firm hold
At ease	Comfortable and unworried; completely relaxed
Added	Extra; further
To decipher	To succeed in understanding (a coded message, bad handwriting, etc.)
Self-portrait	Painted picture or photograph of oneself
Net	Loose open material made of string, wire, etc. knotted together
To struggle	To move one's body vigorously
Odd	Strange, unusual, peculiar
To nod	To move the head down and then up again
To threaten	To make an indication warning of future danger, trouble, etc.
Warrior	person who fights in battle; soldier
To overcome	To find a way of dealing with or solving a problem, etc.
Inner	Unexpressed
To compel	To force; to make somebody do something
To sketch	To draw without many details