Unit 11
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
GRAMMAR
Future tenses: Review


1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
will have
will be working
will
be
won’t pass
decide
will support
GRAMMAR
Future tenses: Review
2. Read the following predictions about the year 2040 and say whether you think it will happen.


Reported speech
The usual rule is that the verb form moves “one tense back”.
Changes in Reported Speech
Person: It depends
I → he / she my → his / her
we → they you → I/he/she
2. Tenses:
Present Simple → Past Simple
Present continuous → Past Continuous
Present Perfect → Past Perfect
Past Simple → Past Perfect
Will → Would May → might
Must / have to → had to
Can → Could
Could, might, ought to, should, would stay the same

Changes in Reported Speech
3. Time:
now → then, at that time
today → that day
yesterday → the day before, the previous day
last week → the week before/ the previous week
last month → the month before / the previous month tomorrow → the following day / the next day
next week → the next week/ the following week
this week → that week
an hour ago → an hour before
here → there
Reported speech
Note:
Notice the use of say/tell
say + (that)
She said that they were happy together.
tell + person (that)
He told me (that) he loved Mary.
Reported statements




e.g.
“We are happy together.” She said.
She said (that) they were happy together.
“I love Marry.” he said.
He told me (that) he loved Marry.
Reported speech
Write the sentences in reported speech.
He said, “I love you.”
He told her that he loved her.
1. “I’m tired.”
She said that she ................
2. “I don’t like rock music.”
He told her he ....................................
3. “I’ll book a table.”
He said ....................................
was tired.
didn’t like rock music.
he would book a table.
Reported speech
4. “I’ve bought a new car.”
Paul told us that .......................................
5. “I live in the city center”
She said that she ....................................
6. “We can do it.”
They said that ..........................
7. “I saw the film on TV.”
Julie said that ..............................................
he had bought a new car.
lived in the city center.
they could do it.
she had seen the film on TV.
Reported questions
Reported speech: say, tell, or ask?
Complete the sentences with said, told, or asked.
1. Jane ........... me if I could lend her some money.
2. I ........ him that I couldn’t meet him tonight.
3. I ........ that I was too busy to go out.
4 We ........... the man if he could help us.
asked
told
said
asked
Reported speech: say, tell, or ask?
5. Annie ........ to us: “I have a problem.”
6. Annie ....... us that she had a problem .
7. She ........ her husband that she was leaving him.
8. He ........ the teacher that he had forgotten his homework.
told
told
told
said
Reported speech
Make reported questions.
Do you want to dance?
He asked her if she wanted to dance.
1. “Do you like football?”
Mike asked me if I ......................
2. “What music do you like?”
I asked her what music ...............
3. “Are you tired?”
She asked me .....................
liked football.
she liked.
if I was tired.
Reported speech
4. “Have you been to New York?”
I asked them ................................................
5. “Where did you live before?”
He asked me ........................................
6. “ Can you swim?”
She asked him ...........................
7. “Where are you from?”
I asked him ................................
where he was from.
if he could swim.
where I had lived before.
if they had been to New York.
FURTHER PRACTICE
Reported statements: Change sentences into the reported speech.
1. “ The rent is $ 50 a week.”
The landlady said that the rent was $ 50 a week.
2. “It’s a quiet flat, and the neighbor s are nice.”
Mrs Mary said………………………………………...
3. “ The rent includes gas and electricity.”
She told me that………………………………………
4. “I need $100 deposit.”
She said that………………………………………….
5. “ I decorated the living room recently.”
She told me that………………………………………
FURTHER PRACTICE
6. “Other people have been to see the flat.”
She said…………………………………………….
7. “You’ll have to make up your mind soon.”
She told me…………………………………………
8. “The people before looked after it very well”
She said that………………………………………..
9. “I’ve replaced all the carpets.”
He told me that……………………………………..
10. “You can move in immediately.”
She told me…………………………………………
11. “I’ll give you a ring soon,” I said.
I told Mrs Allie that………………………………..


- Workbook: Exercises 6-7 (p. 38)
- Prepare for “Skills 1”

HOMEWORK