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E. Discuss.
• Have any misunderstandings like the ones in the texts ever happened to you?
• Have you heard of any happening to other people?

. VOCABULARY

VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
Look at the verbs in the box and use some of them to complete the sentences.
1. Let’s Alison to our house for
• apologise to someone for doing something dinner next Saturday.
• smile at someone 2. You should to Paul for being
• talk to/with someone about something rude.
• laugh at someone/something 3. It’s not polite to at people
• forget about someone/something when they fall down.
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• invite someone to something 4. Don’t about the appointment.
• wait for someone/something It’s at 8.30 a.m.
• introduce someone to someone else 5. You can for Dr Roberts in his
• lie to someone about something surgery. He’s on his way.
• argue with someone about something 6. Sam didn’t want to to his
family about where he was.
7. My flatmates always with
each other about the housework.

. GRAMMAR

REPORTED SPEECH (questions) REPORTED SPEECH (commands-requests)
Read the examples and answer the questions. Read the examples and complete the rule.
DIRECT SPEECH DIRECT SPEECH
Sue: ‘Why is Dave angry with me? Steve: ‘Please don’t interrupt me. Be quiet!’
Have I done something wrong?’ REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH Steve asked me not to interrupt him. He told me
Sue asked why Dave was angry with her. to be quiet.
She asked if/whether she had done something wrong.
Use the verb to report commands
• Which word do we use after asked when the and the verb to report requests.
question begins with a question word?
• Which word do we use after asked when we
report a Yes/No question? NOTE Don’t changes to not to.
• Are the verbs in reported questions in the
affirmative or in the question form?

. PRACTICE

Complete the sentences using Reported Speech.
1. ‘What are you eating?’ Jeremy asked. Jeremy asked me .
2. ‘Please let me borrow your jacket,’ Fay said to her sister. Fay asked her sister .
3. ‘Stop right there!’ the police officer said to the man. The police officer told the man .
4. ‘Do you need any help?’ my mum asked. My mum asked me .
5. ‘Don’t open that window!’ Harry said to the children. Harry told the children .
6. ‘Why did you come back so soon?’ Ted asked Jill. Ted asked .

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