- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- •Articles
- •Telephone Numbers
- •Countries and Nationalities
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Introductions
- •Dialogues
- •Much/many/a lot
- •Some/any/no
- •There is/are Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Articles
- •Numbers
- •Possessive - ’s/s’
- •Demonstrative Pronouns
- •(The) other(s)/another
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Greetings
- •Dialogues
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Possessive Pronouns
- •Articles
- •Adjectives. The Comparative: using -er and more
- •Object Pronouns
- •Like/alike
- •Adjectives. The Superlative: using -est and most
- •Word Order: Adjectives
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Fill in Paul's family tree. Write the names.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking
- •Family relations
- •Appearance
- •Character
- •Questions
- •Social english Time Expressions
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Adverbs Adverbs of manner (answer the question how?)
- •Adverbs of place (answer the question where?)
- •Adverbs of time (answer the question when?)
- •Word order: adverbs of manner, place and time
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •Adverbs of degree
- •Too/either
- •So do I/neither do I
- •Adverbs: the Comparative and Superlative
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Social english Directions What is the way to ...?
- •Verbs not normally used in the continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions.
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Present Continuous vs. Present Simple
- •To be going to
- •Would like to do vs. Like doing
- •(A) little / (a) few
- •Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs
- •Reflexive Pronouns
- •Themselves/ourselves vs. Each other/one another
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Days and Dates
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •Cost, like, be back, stay, finish, snow, pass.
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •There is/are’ in the Future Simple Tense
- •Future Continuous
- •Verbs normally not used in the Continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Simple vs. Future Continuous
- •Future Perfect Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Ways of Expressing Future
- •Time and Conditional Clauses
- •Time Clause
- •Conditional Clause
- •In case
- •Both, either, neither
- •Both ... And/either ... Or/neither ... Nor
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Package tour, trip, travel, journey, cruise, tour, flight
- •Social english
- •Positive form - Regular verbs
- •Positive form - Irregular verbs
- •Negative form
- •Regular and irregular verbs that are easily confused
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Used to/would
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
- •Present Continuous and Present Simple; Past Continuous and Past Simple
- •Emphatic Auxiliaries - do/does/did
- •Articles
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word-combinations and sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions Levels of education in uk:
- •School Subjects:
- •Students and Teachers:
- •Exams and Qualifications:
- •Questions
- •Social english At the Railway Station
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Just/ already/yet/still
- •Not ... Any more/not ... Any longer/no longer
- •Been in/been to/gone to
- •Since/for
- •Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
- •Article
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Making an Appointment
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 10
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •We use the following time expressions with the Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •Reported speech
- •Reporting verbs
- •Indirect speech
- •Reported statements: with tense changes
- •Reported statements: other changes
- •Reported questions: general and alternative questions
- •Reported questions: special questions
- •Reported questions: tag questions
- •Reported commands
- •Reported offers
- •Reported requests
- •Review of reported speech
- •Reported conversations
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Social English Saying Good-bye
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 11
- •Ability and inability: can, could, be able to
- •Permission and prohibition: can, could, may, be allowed to
- •Obligation and necessity: must/have to/need (to)
- •Must vs. Have (got) to
- •In some sentences, two answers are possible.
- •Obligation and advice: should/ought to/shall/had better
- •Possibility: can/could/may/might
- •Certainty: must/can't/couldn't
- •Probability: should/ought to/will
- •Requests: could/would/can/will
- •Offers: can/could/shall/will/would
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations and sentences.
- •III. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Questions
- •Social english Polite Requests
- •Unsolved mysteries
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Verbs with two objects in the passive
- •Verbs with prepositions in the passive
- •It is said that she ... / She is said to ... (Complex Subject)
- •Have something done
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Expressing Preference and Reluctance
- •Dialogue
- •Unit 13
- •First Conditional vs. Second Conditional
- •Third Conditional
- •"Zero" Conditional
- •First/Second/Third/Zero Conditionals
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Don't look back at the text and say whether the following statements are true or false. If false, say why.
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Invitations
- •Accepting Invitations
- •14003, М. Чернігів, вул. Стрілецька, 1.
Reported statements: with tense changes
If the reporting verb is in the Past Tense, the tense in the reported statement is changed.
"I'm writing a letter." => She said she was writing a letter.
"I want to go home." => He said he wanted to go home.
In complex sentences, only the first verb is changed
"I was walking home when I saw the accident."
Sam said he had been walking home when he saw the accident.
|
Speaker's words |
Reporting verb |
Reported statements |
|
Present Simple "My name's Pete." "I don't like the idea." "I haven't got any money." |
She said He told (me) |
Past Simple his name was Pete, he didn't like the idea. she didn't have any money. |
|
Present Continuous "I'm waiting for Kate." |
Past Continuous she was waiting for Kate. | |
|
Present Perfect "I haven't done my homework." |
She said He told (me) |
Past Perfect he hadn't done his homework. |
|
Past Simple "I stayed in a hotel for a few weeks." |
Past Simple or Past Perfect (Past Perfect is often optional) she stayed/had stayed in a hotel for a few weeks. | |
|
Past Continuous "They were seeing Pam off on her plane." |
Past Perfect Continuous they had been seeing Pam off on her plane. | |
|
Past Perfect "I had eaten earlier." |
Past Perfect she had eaten earlier. | |
|
Will/Shall "I will phone the office from the airport." "I shall speak to him." "We'll have driven two hundred kilometres by that time." "John and Tom will probably be staying at an expensive hotel somewhere." |
Would he would phone the office from the airport. she would speak to him. we would have driven two hundred kilometres by that time. John and Tom would probably be staying at an expensive hotel somewhere. |
|
Can "I can speak English." |
She said He told (me) |
Could she could speak English. |
|
Must "I must find it out." "I must work till late." |
must or had to (=necessity in the past) she must/had to find it out. must or would have to (=necessity in the future) he must/would have to work till late. | |
|
Mustn't "Lilly mustn't give up." |
mustn't or couldn't Lilly mustn't/ couldn't give up. |
Exercise 19. Write these sentences in indirect speech.
Example: "The car isn't at my house," he said. → He said that the car wasn't at his house.
1. "I can't speak any French," he said.
2. "I'm trying to do my homework," she said.
3. "I haven't been waiting long," she said.
4. "I'll have done it by then," he said.
5. "I'll be working all day," he said.
6. "I must go home to make the dinner," she said.
7. "I see Liz quite often," he said.
8. "I've been with the company for most of my life," she said.