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UNIT 9. REPORTED SPEECH

  1.     ¿Podrías     relacionar     el expresiones? verbo     que     suele     acompañar a     las     siguientes get              catch win              know            make leave have               do meet             take              miss lose   1.           Miss the train, a friend, a class. 2.            Make an appointment,...

Reported Speech Activity

  A. Put in the missing words. 1.        Jack is still working. → Mary told me that Jack was still working. 2.        We’re going on holiday. → My neighbours reminded me that they were going on holiday. 3.        You can’t believe this story! → She warned me that I couldn’t believe that story. 4.        My car broke down yesterday. →David explained that his car had broken down yesterday . 5.        What are you doing here? → She asked me what I was doing there . 6.        Where will you take me? →She asked where he would take her.    B. Report the following statements. 1.        “You are a bit fat. You need to go on a diet.” John told me I was a bit fat and I needed to go on a diet 2.        “ I don’t know where I left...

Reported Speech

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reported speech

  We  use  reported   speech   when   we   want   to   repeat   what   someone   had   previously   said .    Lets  look at  the   differences   between   direct   speech  and  reported   speech :      Direct:  Im   tired .  Reported :  tommy   says   that  he  was   tired     In  reported   speech   we   need   to  use  the   past  tense and  form   of   the   verb .     As  you  can  see , in  the   above   sentence  and  changes   to   was   when   we  use  reported   speech       CORRECTION:  We  use  reported   speech   when   we   want   to   repeat   what   someo...