Reported speech
When do we use the reporting verb "tell"?
When we mention the listener(s).
What the natural disaster where there's been no water and no rainfall for a long time?
A drought.
This is a symptom characterized by a feeling of uneasiness and a lack of appetite. You can't eat anything.
Nausea. / You're feeling nauseous.
Mention 3 book genres (fiction or non-fiction)
Comedy, romance, sci-fi (science fiction), fantasy, horror, biography, autobiography, memoirs, novel, mystery, self-help, travel, short stories.
What are the 2 most common causative verbs?
get & have
What form do imperatives take in reported speech?
It becomes infinitive.
What food is best to send to relieve the victims of a natural disaster?
Non-perishable food (canned and/or dried food)
This symptom is usually accompanied by shortness of breath and tiredness. It makes a sound similar to a cat mewing.
Wheeze / Wheezing
When you get comfy (comfortable) in your bed or sofa, usually wrapped in a blanket, and you read a book, you're
curling up with a book.
For active causatives, what verb form do you use after get and after have?
Use base form for have, and infinitive (to+ base form) for get after the object (the person doing the activity).
E.g.
I'll have my sister bring the cookies.
She always gets me to do as she says.
When can no tense changes occur?
When the information is still true at the moment of reporting the words.
It is a box that contains items to provide emergency health care.
A first-aid kit.
When you make a supposition of which you're strongly sure (at aroung a 95% rate), you use the modal.
must.
If it is a book or TV series that makes you want to know what coming next, you can say it is a/an
cliff hanger.
Mention 2 services you can get at a tailor's (or seamtress's).
Get something shortened, lenghtened, sewn, adjusted to fit, altered, clothes made, etc.
What does simple past in direct speech change to when in reported speech?
It changes to past perfect.
It is a disaster that it's caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates which produces shaking.
Earthquake.
I ______ nausea, and I _______ vomiting all day long.
have been feeling, have been
Which word do you have to use in order to embed a yes/no question after the introductory clause?
The word "if"
E.g. Are you coming with us?
Embedded "I wonder if you're coming with us."
What's the structure for passive causative?
get/have + obeject (item) + past participle (service done to the item)
Mention 5 examples of other words to be changed when using reported speech.
Any place and time adverbs, most personal pronouns.
If you can't turn on any devices, there are no lights in the street at night, and your neighbors don't have electricity either, there's a/an...
power outage.
Between may and might, which one shows a higher certainty level when making a hypothesis?
May usually shows a higher certainty than might.
What word order do you normally use for embedded (indirect) questions?
Same order as for normal statements.
E.g. "Please tell me what you want for dinner."
Use these ideas to make a passive causative sentence:
"food catering service / hire / niece's birthday party."
Example answer:
I'm getting the food catering service for my niece's birthday party hired.