3B 5 Find examples of reported speech in the sentences in 3. 6


Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech. a 'I really enjoy meeting students from different countries!', Maria said to me.


b 'Living abroad can be difficult but also very rewarding', my teacher said.


c 'I'm planning to stay abroad for a year so I can improve my language skills', I told my mother.


d 'When I first arrived, I felt quite nervous, but now I feel much more confident about adapting to life here', Omar told me.


FOCUS Reported speech


When reporting what people said, the form of the verbs used in direct speech changes. Direct speech


Reported


speech present simple tense present perfect tense past simple tense


modal verbs, e.g., can


past simple tense past perfect tense past perfect tense


past modals, e.g., could


Can you guess how verbs in the present continuous change when reported? What about the modals may and will?


Note that time phrases also change. Examples Next week/month/year becomes the following week/month/year. Last week/month/year becomes the previous week/month/year.


7 Look at the direct and reported questions and answers. Can you work out the missing words? Original words


Reported speech Where are you all from? How long have you been in England? We’re all studying engineering, I see.


I was sitting on the bus last week when an elderly lady got on.


I can’t believe that nobody gave her their seat! We have to have breakfast at 7 a.m. but I don’t want to. 8


She asked them where they all from.


He asked them how long they in England.


She said they He said he


c engineering. d on the bus


e when an elderly lady f on.


She said she


gave the lady their seat! He told them they


at seven o’clock but that he


Work in groups of three. Student A, ask Student B about a time when they noticed a cultural difference between people. Student B, tell Student C what Student A said. Use reported speech and take turns.


9


In pairs. Write a list of dos and don’ts for people visiting your country or working in your country. Include warnings about what the results could be if people don’t follow the rules.


46 English for the 21st Century • Unit 3 C21


LIFE SKILLS: Understanding proxemics See page 53➝


LANGUAGE REFERENCE


See www.garneteducation.com/aou/ student-resources/


g believe that nobody


h have breakfast i


. a b Grammar


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