Lesson 10: Reported Speech (Video Explanation)

Hey guys, I found a good video which explain the reported speech clearly and with many examples. I leave you this video here just to support what I explained in the last post.

In the next post, you will have an exercise to improve your reported speech grammar. Wait for it guys!

Lesson 10: Reported Speech

Hi guys. Welcome back. Today we're going to do a lesson ussing the reported speech (also called "indirect speech"). What does this mean? Well, this is when we are relating something that someone said. I'm going to talk you through the differences between reported speech (or indirect speech) and direct speech.

So, the blonde girl is in love >  She said, "I love Chris".

Now, if I'm using direct speech, that's where I use the quotation marks, as you can see. But If I use reported speech, I don't use her exact words and I don't use the quotation marks.

So, blonde girl's friend would say > You (refered to the blonde girl) said that you loved Chris.

I'll give you a chart with words and verbs that changue depend on if you use direct speech or reported speech.

That's all for today, see you in another lesson guys!

Task 9 Passive Voice Resume

 Now, you can do these exercises in the following link

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/passive_sentences1.htm

See you in another lesson!

Lesson 9 Passive Voice Resume

Hello, here you are an image with a brief explanation of the passive voice.

Task 8 Passive Voice Listening

Now practice the listening of the passive voice! Good luck!

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

Gap-fill exercise

Put each verb in brackets into an appropiate passive verb form.

1. The boxes (not/pack) yet.

2. Your food (still/prepare).

3. The new ship (launch) next week.

4. Luckily by the time we got there the painting (not/sell).

5. We had to go on holiday because our house (decorate).

6. I´m afraid that next week´s meeting (cancel).

7. If we don´t hurry, all the tickets (sell) by the time we get there.

8. All main courses (serve) with vegetables or salad. At least that is what is written on the menu.

9. The second goal (score) by Rubén Castro in the 51st minute.

10. The church (build) in the fourteenth century.

Lesson 8 Passive Voice: Listening

Hello everybody! Listen to the explanation of the passive voice.

Task 7: Modal verbs: Past

PAST MODAL VERBS

1. Listen to the interview 

2. Try to remind all possible details

3. play the game using past modal verbs to answer all the questions