Thursday, 15 June 2017

1º BTO Reported Speech

 These are the keys to the exercises that I gave you in class to revise Reported Speech.

KEYS TO REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES
1.
1.She added that the telephone bill had to be paid that month.
2. The teacher said that their school hadn´t been closed the
    previous morning/ the morning before.
3. She said he hadn´t arrived on time once the previous week / the week before.
4. The boy wanted to know how far my house was from the centre of town.
5. Sarah asked Peter where the Grand Canyon was/is.(it continues being in the same place)
6. I enquired whose book that was. / whose that book was.
7. Mrs Jones asked how much a day return to Bath cost.
8. We wondered whether/if people still played croquet.
9. The teacher told the student to go and take his/her things to him/her.
10. The solicitor told Mrs Pitt not to worry about anything.

      2. Specific Reporting Verbs:

       1. She asked him not to smoke there.  (REQUEST)
       2. He invited me to have lunch with him the following Sunday. (INVITATION)
           She accepted the invitation.// She said she would love to.
       3. The boss reminded me (not to forget) to take the/those letters to the post.
       4. He advised me to try to get a room with sea views. (ADVICE)
       5. I offered Susan to open the tin for her.  (OFFERING)
       6. Ricardo´s friend suggested that he (should)revise/ advised him to revise the phrasal
           verbs for the exam.  He said it was boring and suggested going
           to Bruno´ pool instead.  (SUGGESTION)
       7. The girl begged her mum to let her stay / to stay a bit more and watch
           Master Chef.  (STRONG REQUEST)
           She explained that she wanted to see if Miri passed/ would pass the final.
       8. The guard warned the children to be careful (because) there were
           open wires there.  (WARNING)

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