Grammar

a) What is the name of the underlined grammar from the text? Why is it used?

Lisnard said he wanted to prohibit beach wear which shows religious affiliation.

The underlined grammar is simple past.

b) Match the examples of the grammar on the left with the direct speech on the right:

Direct
1. “Critics have compared the enforcement of
the ban to repression in Saudi Arabia and
Iran.” C
2. “France will not lock away a woman’s
body.” E
3. “I want to prohibit beach wear which shows
religious affiliation” A
4. “Why are we asking this now?” G
5. “There was widespread condemnation over
the stark image…” B
6. “… critics have condemned it as a sexist
attack on human rights that can be a valuable
recruiting tool for Isis…”F
7. “Is there a backlash?” H
8. “Meanwhile, terror analysists are warning
that the dispute will fuel jihadist
propaganda…” D
Indirect
A. Lisnard said he wanted to prohibit beach
wear which shows religious affiliation.
B. The article remarked that there had been
widespread condemnation over the stark
image…
C. The article stated that critics had compared
the enforcement of the ban to repression in
Saudi Arabia and Iran.
D. The article claimed that terror analysists
were warning that the dispute will fuel jihadist
propaganda.
E. Marine Le Pen said that France would not
lock away a woman’s body.
F. The article suggests that the ban could be a
valuable recruiting tool for Isis.
G. The author asks why we are asking this
now.
H. The author wonders whether there would
be a backlash.

c) Complete the gaps below with the appropriate word or phrase:

To report something in the present simple we usually use ___simple past________.

To report something in the present perfect we usually use ____past perfect_______.

To report something in the past simple we usually use _____past perfect______.
To report something in the present continuous we usually use _____past continuous______.
To report ‘will’ we use _____would______.
To report ‘can’ we use ______could_____.
We don’t need ‘if’ or ‘whether’ to report ‘wh’ questions. Instead we use __________.
To report questions beginning with auxiliaries and modals we use ‘if’ or ____ whether ______.
GRAMMAR: EXAM PRACTICE

d) The following exam questions are from the APTIS. What do you think the correct answer is in
each case?

1. “I have something to tell you”.

He told me _____he had________ something to tell ________me_____.

2. “Can you bring me the bill, please?”.

He asked the waiter ______if _______ he ______could_______ bring him the bill.

3. “I’ll call the manager”.

She said she ______would_______ call the manager.

4. “I’ve stopped eating meat”.

She said she _____had stopped________ eating meat.

5. “Alice was living in Detroit when I met her”.

She said that Alice ______had been_______ living in Detroit when she _____had_met______ her.

e) Now choose from the 3 options given:

1. “I have something to tell you”.

He told me _____________ something to tell _____________.

a) he had / me
b) he has / me
c) he had / him

2. “Can you bring me the bill, please”.

He asked the waiter _____________ he _____________ bring him the bill.

a) ----------- / could
b) if / could
c) why / can

3. “I’ll call the manager”.

She said she _____________ call the manager.

 a) will
b) would
c) must

4. “I’ve stopped eating meat”.

She said she _____________ eating meat.

a) is stopped
b) have stopped
c) had stopped

5. “Alice was living in Detroit when I met her”.

She said that Alice _____________ living in Detroit when she _____________ her.

a) was / had met

b) had been / had met
c) was being / had met

f) Rewrite the following text in reported speech

“I am a Muslim woman living in Nice. A few weeks ago I was invited to go to the beach with some
friends. I arrived at 10.00 with my mum, who was dropping me off. We were having a great time
listening to music and I got hot, so I decided to go for a swim. All of a sudden, a police officer asked
me to get out of the sea and told me that I had to go home as my burkini was offending other people
on the beach. I couldn’t believe it.”
_She said she was a Muslim woman who was living in Nice. A few weeks before she
had been invited to go to the beach with some friends. She had arrived at 10.00 with
her mum, who had been dropping her off. They had been having great time listening
to music and she had gotten hot, so she had decided to go for a swim. All of a
sudden, a police officer asked her to got out of the sea and had told her that she had
had to go home as her Burkini had been offending other people on the beach. She
couldn’t believe it.
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