Unit 8: Reported speech and reporting verbs

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UNIT 8

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Unit 8

In this unit you will focus on TV and streaming services. The grammar topics of this unit are reported speech and conditionals. Furthermore you will practise the Cambridge Reading and Use of English exam Part 5, speaking parts 3 and 4 and Listening part 3.

Today

Listening page 106

Grammar Reported Speech page 107 and page 214

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homework: see studyplanner weektask 24 (to be finished on Monday 19 June)

Reported speech

Reporting what someone else said/told/claimed. 

Direct speech

Indirect speech = Reported speech

Rule no 1: Backshift

Take a step back in time

Present simple > Past simple

Jessie: "I am happy with my mark for English."

Maria: "Jessie said that she was happy with her mark for English"

Present continuous > Past continuous

Jessie: "I am going to visit my aunt."

Maria: "Jessie said that she was going to visit her aunt." 

Past simple   >   Past perfect

Jessie: "Last week I worked at McDonalds."

Maria: "Jessie said that she had worked at McDonalds the week before."

Rule no 2: make some changes

Change pronouns and references to  place and time

Jessie: "My parents and I will visit our aunt."

Maria: "Jessie said that her parents and she would visit their aunt."

Jessie: Yesterday I was at school, but today I am at home."

Maria: "Jessie said that the day before she had been at school, but  that day she was at home."

We do not change the following:

• Modal verbs: could, would, should, might, ought to and used to.
• must when it's negative.
• must when used as a logical deduction.

When must is used in order to express an opbligation is becomes: had to

Questions in reported speech

• We use a full stop not a question mark
• We use if or whether with Yes/No questions. 
• We often use the following reporting verbs to introduce the reported questions:

ask, wonder, 

want to know, 

enquired

Be aware of negative imperatives!

Mother: Tom, don't touch this iron!

Mother warned Tom not to touch the/that iron.

Grammar topic nr 2 unit 8

Can you explain how to use them?

When needed:

look at page 204

Polite 1st conditional variations

• If you could just ....
• If you would be so kind as to .... (exception to the rule, normally NO would/will in if-clause.
• If you should ....
• reduced passive if clauses, such as  

if/when needed, required....

If only (wish)

If only + past simple     > to talk about a present situation we 

                                                   would like to change

If only + past perfect    > to talk about a past situation we would 

                                                   like to change 

If only + would                  > if you want someone else's habit or tendency to 

                                                    change

Mixed conditionals (2nd and 3rd)

Let's practise!

Go to page 215 and do ex. 1 and 2

Want more practice?

https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/153_02.htm