Reported speech
Disasters and tools
Symtoms & speculation
Reading for pleasure
Causatives
100

When do we use the reporting verb "tell"?

When we mention the listener(s).

100

What the natural disaster where there's been no water and no rainfall for a long time?

A drought.

100

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.

100

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.

100

What are the 2 most common causative verbs?

get & have

200

What form do imperatives take in reported speech?

It becomes infinitive.

200

What food is best to send to relieve the victims of a natural disaster?

Non-perishable food (canned and/or dried food)

200

This symptom is usually accompanied by shortness of breath and tiredness. It makes a sound similar to a cat mewing.

Wheeze / Wheezing

200

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.

200

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.

300

When can no tense changes occur?

When the information is still true at the moment of reporting the words.

300

It is a box that contains items to provide emergency health care.

A first-aid kit.

300

When you make a supposition of which you're strongly sure (at aroung a 95% rate), you use the modal.

must.

300

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.

300

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.

400

What does simple past in direct speech change to when in reported speech?

It changes to past perfect.

400

It is a disaster that it's caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates which produces shaking.

Earthquake.

400

I ______ nausea, and I _______ vomiting all day long.

have been feeling, have been

400

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."

400

What's the structure for passive causative?

get/have + obeject (item) + past participle (service done to the item)

500

Mention 5 examples of other words to be changed when using reported speech.

Any place and time adverbs, most personal pronouns.

500

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.

500

Between may and might, which one shows a higher certainty level when making a hypothesis?

May usually shows a higher certainty than might.

500

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."

500

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.