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REPORTED SPEECH ( UPPER INTERMEDIATE)

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REPORTED COMMANDS (corrected)

 PHOTOCOPY GIVEN ON THE SESSION 6 RS009 The teacher ordered us not to leave the room. Mom warned me not to spend too much money on clothes. I told her to speak more slowly. The doctor forbade me to eat any sweets. Don promised not to tell anyone. Anna refused to help me. Jane advised me to see a doctor. I begged the teacher not to give them any homework. I threatened to punish him if he did not behave. He accused me of braking the vase. He reminded me to buy some food on my way back. She apologised for losing the book I gave her. The guide told us to stay away from the edge of the cliff. I offered to carry her groceries. My mother ordered me to get out of bed. Dad suggested going to the park.

REPORTED PRACTICE (corrected)

  PHOTOCOPIES GIVEN ON SESSION 6 RS001  He said that had found the money in the garden the day before. The policeman asked me waht I was wearing the previous Sunday. The teacher explained to us that the moon takes 28 days to go round the earth. Dad warned us not to touch the fresh paint. He wanted to to knoew if I wanted to do to the concert the following week. Mary begged the teacher to give her another chance. Mother asked me if he lent me the money. I was wondering why the earth moves (always happens that way) around the sun. She said that she was sorry she had to go. My mum complained that she had been trying to phone me all day. My friend told me that she would have to go to the party without me. Dad asked me where I had been so long. Jane said that she wanted to tell about her trip to New York. He asked us no to make so much noise. Robert said that I could stay at his placee over the weekend. REPORTED QUESTIONS RS008 11. Mum wanted to know when I/he/she would start behaving. 12.

REPORTED SPEECH: PRACTICE

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Reported Questions

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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

Poetry for welcoming my dear darlings.

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    Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali  A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers, tied up with canvas straps - like classical music's birthday gift to the insane - is gently nudged without its legs out an eighth-floor window on 62nd street. It dangles in April air from the neck of the movers' crane, Chopin-shiny black lacquer squares and dirty white crisscross patterns hanging like the second-to-last note of a concerto played on the edge of the seat, the edge of tears, the edge of eight stories up going over, and I'm trying to teach math in the building across the street.

2º Bachillerato: Reported Speech

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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