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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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In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action] Examples: Active / Passive Overview Active Passive Simple Present* Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. Present Continuous* Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. Simple Past* Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam. Past Continuous* The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. The customer was being h

Your lucky day   Today has been the first day for practising yor SPEAKING SKILLS or rehearsing YOUR ANSWERS. We have already decided who we WILL HAVE AS A PARTNER and we have practised with the 7 STATIONS as well. STATION   1 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR STUDIES, INTERESTS   AND FREE TIME ACTIVITIES .   STATION   2   TELL   US FEATURES ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECTS. STATION   3   PRACTISE WITH YOUR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION´S SHEET. STATION   4 DESCRIBE YOUR MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER, SISTER, AUNT, UNCLE OR COUSIN, GRANDMOTHER, GRANDFATHER. THE ONE YOU PREPARED FOR UNIT 1. WHAT IS THAT PERSON LIKE?   STATION   5   COMMENT SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM (US). WHAT 3 THINGS   DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT IT?   STATION   6   COMMENT SOMETHING ABOUT THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES. WHAT 3 THINGS   DO YOU REMEMBER AB

 Present Continuous with  explicit time and place complement.  Planned actions which include arrangement and planned that include preparation, other people and to make previous agreement with someone else. For example, when the teacher wants to set an exam. We are having an exam on Passive Voice next 25th March at the SUM. We are playing a football game after school tomorrow. Be going to + infinitive I am going to +infinitive/ se niega e interroga con am not e inversión del orden de elementos She is going to +infinitive/ se niega e interroga con is not e inversión del orden de elementos They are going to visit + infinitive/ se niega e interroga con are not e inversión de elementos Contracted forms are acceptable as well but avoid using "gonna", it is too coloquial. USES: Something planned. We use the be going to+ infinitive structure to talk about your decisions you make and intentions you have that don´t include other people. I am going to tidy my be

EXERCISE 2 I thought you said it wasn´t expensive. I thought you said Ann wasn´t coming. I thought you said Bill hadn´t passed his examination. I thought you said Ann didn´t like Bill. I thought you said you wouldn´t be there the following week. I thought you said you couln´t afford a holiday that year. This structure is quite useful if you want to check the information you have. QUESTIONS: The  journalist asked what had caused the explosion. Tom asked if Bill had passed his examination. She asked us where we had played the previous Sunday. Jim asked Ann if she would be there the following week. The teacher asked me what I was doing with my mobile. QUESTIONS EXERCISE 1 She asked where her umbrella was. Martin asked us how we were. He asked if he had to do it. The mother asked her daughter where she had been. She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best. She wanted to know what they were doing. He wanted to know if I was going to the c