What courses do you have in the summer and when do they start? How much do the courses cost? Is there an examination at the end? She also gave me some details, but I would like to ask a few more questions. A friend of mine has recommended your course very highly. I will need to make some money while I am travelling, so I would like to learn to teach English as a second language so that I can make some money while I am abroad. I want to take a year off and travel round the world. I take my final exams next month and I will finish university in July. I am 22 years old and I am at university studying engineering. This is a letter that Andrew wrote ten years ago: When reporting what people say or think in English, we need to remember that the rules for tense forms in reported speech are exactly the same as in the rest of the language. GapFillTyping_MTY1NTI= Tenses in reported speech GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY1NTE= Reporting and summarising 2

See reporting verbs with that, wh- and if clauses, verbs followed by the infinitive, verbs followed by the -ing form. He suggested stopping and having a picnic. Different reporting verbs have different patterns, for example: When we want to report what people say, we use reporting verbs. When Mary complained that she was tired out after walking so far, Peter said they could stop for a picnic. I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and then we can stop and have our picnic. We've been walking for hours! I'm exhausted. When we want to report what people say, we don't usually try to report their exact words. He asked me whether / if I spoke English.Level: intermediate Reporting and summarising

transform the question into an indirect question.

When transforming questions, check whether you have to change: → more on statements in reported speech Questions

present tense verbs (3rd person singular).

When transforming statements, check whether you have to change: The structure is a little different depending on whether you want to transform a statement, question or request. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech.

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