1. Mary B wrote this letter to a women’s magazine. What did she say? She said that she was 14 and felt confused as to when she became an adult. She could get married at 16, but couldn’t vote until she was 18 She said that at the cinema she already paid for an adult ticket, but she was not allowed to see adult films. She also said that she could drive a car at 17, but on the bus and tube she started paying adult fares at 15! Travel companues and many airlines offered reductions for children under 12. Finally she said that the age she became an adult seemed to depend on where she was sitting. Reporting affirmative or negative sentences.

2. am/is was are were have/has had don’t didn’t want wanted didn’t do (didn’t do) / hadn’t done saw (saw) / had seen was /were had been will /won’t would / wouldn’t can/ can’t could /couldn’t may might had done / would no change could no change ought /might no change When we report a message we change the verb tense. VERBS Say (to somebody/that) Tell Ask Answer

3. this that these those here there now then yesterday the day before tomorrow the next dayl last (month) the (month) before Example: Peter: I will meet you here What did Peter say? Peter said that he would meet him there.

4. Reporting orders Subject + verb + someone + to do something not to do something. Stop running!!! Drop the bag! Raise your hands! Look at me.! stop running!!! drop the bag! raise his hands! look at him! The policeman + told / ordered + the thief + to … Object pronouns Me You him/her Us You them

5. Katty asked Sue if she should marry a man who was thirty years older than her. Mary asked Sue … Roger asked Sue … Lucy asked Sue … Patricia asked Sue … Diane told Sue ………… and asked … 2 1 3 4 5 6

6. Reporting questions The kid asked why volcanoes erupted What did the kid ask?

7. The kid asked why ….

8. The kid asked …. The kid asked.

9. The kid asked why ….