The book can be used for immediate consolidation or for later revision or remedial work. It might be used by the whole class or by individual students needing extra help. The left-hand pages (explanations and examples) are written for the student to use individually, but they may of course be used by the teacher as a source of ideas and information on which to base a lessorC. | Exercises Unit 47 Yesterday you met a friend of yours Steve. You hadn t seen him for a long time. Here are some of the things Steve said to you 1 2 3 4 5 6 I saw Helen at a party in I m living in London. My father isn t very well. My sister has had a baby. I don t know what Frank is doing. Rachel and Mark are getting married next month. 10 11 12 I haven t seen Diane recently. I m not enjoying my job very much. You can come and stay at my place if you re ever in London. My car was stolen a few days ago. I want to go on holiday but I can t afford it. I ll tell Chris I saw you. Steve June and she seemed fine. Later that day you tell another friend what Steve said. Use reported speech. 1 .Steve sauL that he was living tn London. 2 He said that. 3 . . . 4 . 5 . . 6 . 7 . . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . Somebody says something to you which is the opposite of what they said earlier. Complete the answers. 1 A That restaurant is expensive. B Is it I thought you . .cheap. 2 A Sue is coming to the parts tonight. B Is she I thought you said . 3 A Sarah likes Paul. B Does she Last week you said. 4 A I know lots of people. B Do you I thought you said . 5 A Jane will be here next week. B Will she But didn t you say. 6 A I m going out this evening. B Are you But you said. . 7 A I can speak a little French. B Can you But earlier you said. 8 A I haven t been to the cinema for ages. B Haven t you I thought you said. Additional exercise 25 page 316 95 Unit 48 Reported speech 2 It is not always necessary to change the verb in reported speech. If you report something and rhe situation hasn t changed you do not need to change the verb to the past direct Paul said My new job is very interesting. reported Paul said that his new job is very interesting. The situation hasn t changed. His job is still interesting. direct Helen said I want to go to New York next year. reported Helen told me that she wants to go to New York next year. Helen still wants to go to New York .
