ge8 class1 jul 26th

Class GE8 SatTeacher: Jaqueline

Chaowah Veloz

• 1

• Presentation• How the course works• Unit Preview: Natural disasters• Indirect speech with imperatives to

convey a message.• Practice reading and speaking skills.Theme: Reporting News• Indirect speech (tense changes)• Listening activity to identify vocabulary of

Natural Disasters

GE8

7/26

1

7/26

How the course works…

- Must know:•Attendance (Absences are not justified)•Oral interaction SPEAK A LOT!•Exam (70%)•Writing (10%)•Reading (10%)•Workbook (10%)

•e-mail: jchaowah@gmail.com•Blog: jaquienglishuvl.blogspot.mx

1

7/26

Natural Disasters

Convey a message

1

7/26

Indirect speech: Imperatives

Convey a message

Look at the following sentences and identify the differences:

Peter said: ‘Be careful if you go out during the storm.’Peter said to be careful if you go out during the storm.

She told Dan: ‘Call me tomorrow.’She told Dan to call her the next day.

1

7/26

Indirect speech: Imperatives

Convey a message

The imperative in indirect speech becomes an INFINITIVE:

TO + verb in simple form

Peter said to be careful if you go out during the storm.

She told Dan to call her the next day.

1

7/26Indirect speech: tense changes

Convey a message

Diretct Speech Indirect Speech

Present (Simple, Continuous, Perfect)

Past (Simple, Continuous, Perfect)

Past Perfect Past Perfect

Future going to Past future going to

Will, can, may Would, could, might

How to change to reported speech?

Present Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Past Simple Present Simple Simple

1

7/26

Indirect speech: Exercises

Convey a message

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/cw-say-tell_quiz.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/statements2.htm