If we wanted to report what Andrew said in his letter, we might say something like this:Īndrew said that when he was 22, he was an engineering student in his last month at university. What courses do you have in the summer and when do they start? How much do the courses cost? Is there an examination at the end? She also gave me some details, but I would like to ask a few more questions. A friend of mine has recommended your course very highly. I will need to make some money while I am travelling, so I would like to learn to teach English as a second language so that I can make some money while I am abroad. I want to take a year off and travel round the world. I take my final exams next month and I will finish university in July. I am 22 years old and I am at university studying engineering. This is a letter that Andrew wrote ten years ago: When reporting what people say or think in English, we need to remember that the rules for tense forms in reported speech are exactly the same as in the rest of the language. GapFillTyping_MTY1NTI= Tenses in reported speech GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY1NTE= Reporting and summarising 2 See reporting verbs with that, wh- and if clauses, verbs followed by the infinitive, verbs followed by the -ing form. He suggested stopping and having a picnic. Different reporting verbs have different patterns, for example: When we want to report what people say, we use reporting verbs. When Mary complained that she was tired out after walking so far, Peter said they could stop for a picnic. I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and then we can stop and have our picnic. We've been walking for hours! I'm exhausted. When we want to report what people say, we don't usually try to report their exact words. Don't put the bag on the table.Level: intermediate Reporting and summarising.Can you send invitations to all participants? → He asked his secretary.You must not use the calculator.→ The maths teacher told the students.Could you bring your laptops? → The teacher asked the students.Enjoy your stay in Paris → The hotel manager told her.Please, park your car away from the factory.Could you spell your name, please? → She asked him.Please, help me with my homework → She begged her brother.(Before doing the exercise you may want to see the lesson on reported speech) Transform these requests and commands into reported speech (start the sentence as suggested.) Do the exercises below about the reported speech (requests and commands) and click on the button to check your answers.
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