Reported Speech
What do you do to help the environment? The teacher asked.
The teacher asked what we did to help the environment.
humitat
moisture
I think that next year I ... (find) a part-time job ... (help) with the bills.
will find - to help
The ad was excellent. ..... , the product didn't sell very well.
However / Nevertheless
I regret ... (tell) you that I can't come to your wedding.
to tell
I am going to visit my grandmother later today.
He/She said he/she was going to visit his/her grandmother later that day.
fondre / descongelar
melt / thaw / defrost
When I first ... (listen) to Rosalia I ... (not like) her, but now I ... (love) her!
listened - didn't like - love
The car looked good; ... , the price was right.
moreover / furthermore / in addition
Passive: They should have offered him the main role.
He should have been offered the main role.
Don't move or I will punish you!
He ordered us not to move or he would punish me/us.
He threatened to punish us if you moved.
fuita d'aigua
leak
More research ... (need) so that climate change ... (can/reduce) in the future.
is needed - can be reduced
He was injured and, ..., unable to work.
therefore / consequently
Nancy: There's no way that I'm working with Sam!
Rewrite the sentence (REFUSED)
Nancy refused to work with Sam.
How many electric cars were there on the roads last year? Dan asked.
Dan asked how many electric cars there had been on the roads the previous year.
tan si plou com si fa sol
rain or shine
It ... (be) 20 years since world leaders first ... (begin) to discuss global warming, but climate change ... (not stop).
has been - began - hasn't stopped
She didn't get the job ... her brilliant qualifications
despite / in spite of
Causative:
A professional does her make-up before each performance.
She has/gets her make-up done (by a professional) before each performance.
A minute ago, we were studying in the classroom, but now we're playing outside.
He said that a minute before they had been studying in the classroom, but then they were playing outside.
d'eficàcia provada, eficient
tried and tested
When we ... (arrive) at the cinema, the movie ... (finish) and people ... (leave) at that very moment. We ... (understand) at once that we ... (miss) the film.
When we arrived at the cinema, the movie had finished and people were leaving at that very moment. We understood at once that we had missed the film.
I decided to pack up early ... I would have enough time to go to the airport by bus.
so that
Relative clause (formal):
My boss has decided to look for another job. I have worked with her for a year.
My boss, with whom I have worked for a year, has decided to look for another job.