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  15th May next exam QUESTIONS IN REPORTED SPEECH We have explained the questions in Reported Speech, id est,  yes/no questions, wh-words questions and subject questions. Here you have the corrections of the given photocopy. 1.      -"Where is my umbrella?" she asked.  She asked where her umbrella was. 2.     -"How are you?" Martin asked us. Martin asked us how we were. 3.     -He asked, "Do I have to do it?" He asked if he had to do it. 4.     -"Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter. The mother asked her daughter where she had been. 5.     -"Which of the dresses do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend. She asked her boyfriend which of the dresses he liked best. 6.     -"What are they doing?" she asked. She asked what they were doing. 7.     -"Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me He asked me if I was going to the c

   

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1 Certain verbs are followed by V+ing or a noun. Si traduces del español y en esta estructura pones un infinitivo, siempre estará mal en inglés . Avoid doing it .= Evita hacerlo. AVOID,   BE WORTH,   DISLIKE,  LIKE,  HATE,  LOVE, ENJOY,  FANCY,  HELP,  KEEP,  MIND, PRACTISE,  RISK,  CAN´T STAND y algunos más. Si quieres ver una lista más completa ve a las páginas 127-128 del SB, Distinction 2, OXFORD. It´ s not worth waiting for a bus at this time of the day. ( no vale la pena esperar…) I dislike having to get up early.( Me desagrada tener que…) Do you like meeting people from other countries? ( ¿Te gusta conocer…?) I don´t fancy going out this evening . ( No me apetece salir…) John can´t help laughing when he sees you! ( John no puede evitar reirse…) I wish you wouldn´t keep interrupting .( Ojalá no me interrumpiérais..) I don´t mind helping you do the washing-up. (No me importa ayudarte a fregar …) Jane misses going for long country walks. ( Jane echa

  If you are a student  in  2º Bachillerato 1,  you are supposed to read pages 120, 121, 122 & 123 of the SB.  After reading them you will understand the following scheme better. The grammar gist of  unit  4 has been studied  previously in 4º ESO and in 1º Bachillerato.   REPORTING VERBS: These verbs are used for introducing the sentences in reported speech. BACKSHIT- We use this word to talk about the changes to the past of the conjugated verbs. REPORTED SPEECH: Common patterns and the reporting verbs: 1. verb + that + finite clause ( S+ VB + O) He complained that he was paid too little.  The following verbs are used with this pattern: add, admit, agree, announce,believe, boast, claim, complain, deny, declare, explain, insist, remind, suggest, warn. 2. verb + somebody + that  finite clause ( S+ VB + O) They warned us that we might be stopped at the gate. The following verbs are used with this pattern: warn, remind 3. verb + somebody to do som

Katniss's character conflicts are the most immediate, since she is the story's narrator. She narrates in the present tense, an effective choice since that leaves the reader uncertain whether she will survive the Games intact. Were the story narrated in past tense, it would indicate to us that she must have survived since she is telling the tale. The narration is also effective in providing dramatic irony throughout the novel, as we can infer much about Katniss both from what she chooses to tell us and how she chooses to tell it. Katniss is an example of a stoic hero – she is well aware of the unfairness of the world around her, having had to grow up so quickly to provide for her mother and Prim. However, she has quashed both her emotional responses to her totalitarian society as well as her childish identity so that she can maintain the hardness necessary to be an effective hunter and provider. A contemporary definition of a stoic is one who does not show his or her em

Tuesday, 29th October GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education Unskilled streamed trainer/employer trainee/employee blue collar white collar degree sixth former sixth from O level A level Assessment Vocational training Apprenticeship Scholarship optional compulsory co-ed

Revision unit 1 Relative clauses RELATIVE CLAUSES Las Oraciones de Relativo RELATIVE CLAUSES RULE EXAMPLE who / that refer to people They caught the man who / that spied for China. which / that refer to objects I lost the map which / that she gave me. whose refers to possession She complained to the man whose dog bit her. when refers to a moment in time Christmas Day is a day when people are happy. where refers to a particular place We visited the house where our father was born. In non-defining sentences, the word that cannot replace who or which . Mata Hari, who was a famous female spy, was born in Holland. Buckingham Palace, which is in London, is a favourite tourist site. Las oraciones de relativo van introducidas por un pronombre o un adverbio relativo: who, which, that, whose, when, where. oración principal oración subordinada de relativo Hay dos tipos de oraciones de relativo: Defining Relative Clauses y Non-defining Relative C