REPORTED SPEECH

Telling someone what another said is called reported speech.
How often do you have to report what someone else said? Really often. We do this every day. Children tell parents what teachers and classmates said at school. Friends tell one another about events from their day, including what co-workers, classmates, neighbours, and relatives said. Because reported speech does not use the speaker’s exact words, it’s also called indirect speech. It’s different from quoted or direct speech, which uses the speaker’s original words.

What did they say?

The following presentation tries to sum up the main changes that take place when we report what somebody previously said:

Reported Speech Theory And Changes

Practice on Reported Speech
Reported Speech Worksheet

Online Practice

STATEMENTS	QUESTIONS	COMMANDS
Statements1	Questions1	Commands1 (Affirmative)
Statements2(time expressions)	Questions2	Commands2 (Negative)
Statements3 (gap-filling)	Questions3 (time expressions)	Commands3

Revise Reporting Verbs with this useful video:




The following video gives further and modre detailed explanation on reporting verbs.




The following presentation sums up the different reporting verbs and their patterns. 

Reporting verbs

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Now it's time to practice them by doing the activities below.

Reporting Verbs 1
Reporting Verbs 2
Reporting Verbs 3
 
Quizz 1
Miscellaneous
Report the text

Game on reporting verbs

A KISS BEFORE DYING

I hope you are enjoying the book assigned to you this year.
It is an exciting and powerful thriller of murder and suspense.
You are going to start working on a document divided into the three parts of the book. You have to make some kind of contribution in the document. You don't have to answer all the questions, but all of you have to take part in some way. You can answer the questions already asked by me, or you can ask some yourselves. You can give your opinion, write new words you have learnt...







Below you can find the document where you will all be typing your comments. I hope this comes useful as writing practice and to help you understand the book better. Don't forget to write your name after your contribution.



                                                                       
                                                                      PART 1

                                                    Click here to download document 1

                                                      Deadline: Saturday 28th

A Kiss Before Dying: Contributions 1

                                                                         PART 2

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                                                  Click here to download document 2

                                                        Deadline: Monday 6th


                                                                     PART 3 

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                                                 Click here to download document 3
          
                                                    Deadline Monday 13th

Reading Test: February 20th

WRITING 4th ESO

Being writing one of the most difficult skills for students to master, you are going to start writing short texts about the topic suggested on a regular basis.

Being short does not mean making less effort. You need to be creative and write well-crafted paragraphs in correct English. Try to make use of the vocabulary and structures studied so far according to your level.

I have created a collaborative document where you will all type your essays and where I will make my corrections and feedback. Type your essay here.

The pictures below are the first writing task for you to accomplish along the week. You have been studying modals in the course book, so I hope you can use them in your writings. Do not write more than two paragraphs on the whole. Choose the picture that inspires you more.

Deadline: Saturday 21st







As the firewall won't let us access the online document, you can see your mistakes and corrections here

THE PASSIVE VOICE

We often use the passive to describe things, especially when we don’t know -- or aren’t interested in -- who is doing the action. In order to sound natural in English you will need to use the passive sometimes, so let’s practise it!

Passive voice-

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Make sure you do some of the activities below:

Passive 1                                                     -Have something done 1

Passive 2                                                     -Have something done 2



Passive 3

Passive 4

For those of you who are still struggling with Passive Voice, try these exercises to revise the basics.


Now complete the passage with the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Finally try playing this game. You can play alone or in pairs.

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Passive (advanced.1)
Passive (advanced.2)

ENGLISH CENTRAL 2012

Happy 2012! Welcome back after the Christmas break to practise your listening and speaking skills. This term we are going to use English Central for this purpose.

English Central offers a unique speech recognition platform which allows you to practice SPEAKING with any video you choose and then get INSTANT FEEDBACK on how well you are doing. This year it comes with new features which include phonetics and vocabulary study.


First of all, enroll my class (http://class.englishcentral.com/amef) by clicking here.
You need to register with your full name, email address and password. Now you are part of my group of students.


If you are already familiar with English Central, you just need to login using the nickname and password you registered with last year and go straight into videos to start adding points to your account.

I will set different goals for you to reach along the term. The goals are based on videos, words and points. Each new goal will be set weekly. 

English Central will be part of your final marks this term.

GOALS


WEEK 1: from Saturday 14th January to Friday 20th January.


3rd ESO: 2,000 POINTS

4th ESO: 3,000 POINTS


WEEK 2: from Saturday 21st to Friday 27th January.

3rd ESO: 4,000 POINTS + 5 VIDEOS MINIMUM 

4th ESO: 5,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 3: from Saturday 28th to Friday 3th February.


 3rd ESO: 5,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO: 6,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 4: from Saturday 4th to Friday 10th February.


 3rd ESO: 6,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO: 7,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 5 and LAST: from Saturday 11th to Friday 17th February.


 3rd ESO: 7,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO:  8,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

DIVERGENT

I hope you enjoy the book assigned to you this year. The simple fact of reading an unabridged book in English will be quite a feat for most of you and surely I will know how to acknowledge it.
In class we will comment on the book every week and you are going to think of some questions for each of the chapters of  "Divergent" which we will discuss in class on Fridays. You must read a minimum of 5 Chapters every week.
In order to help you collaborate and make this task more interesting, I have created a document where you will type out your questions and you will share them. In this way, all of you will know the questions your classmates have asked. Don't forget to include your name when you make your contribution. The final test will be based on some of these questions. So take good notice!
You can also contribute to the document by answering some of the questions or by writing down a glossary of new words in their context.
If you click on the image below you will be taken straight to the document with the questions. I have typed a couple of them as an example. 

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