Vocabulary

Elegir la opción correcta para cada oración - borrar la incorrecta-.

1. The printer / publisher owns the newspaper and employs a lot of people.
2. The reporter / journalist reports the news while the reporter / journalist investigates the news.
3. The designer / photographer takes pictures to illustrate the stories. The graphic artist / cartoonist creates other
visuals, like graphs and diagrams.
4. The author / editor decides which stories to include in tomorrow’s paper.
5. The designer / photographer creates the final pages.
6. The printer / cartoonist adds some visual fun to the news while the gossip columnist / blogger writes about funny
things about famous people. Today he’s writing about the famous author / reporter of a bestselling book.
7. When the newspaper is ready to print, it goes to the printer / publisher.
8. While the paper is being printed, the designer / blogger is writing for the digital edition of the paper.

Grammar
 TENSE DIRECT SPEECH TENSE REPORTED SPEECH

PRESENT SIMPLE “I work hard.” PAST SIMPLE He said that he worked hard.

PRESENT “I am working hard.” PAST CONTINUOUS He said that he was working

CONTINUOUS hard.

PAST SIMPLE “I worked hard yesterday.” PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked
hard the previous day / the
day before.

PAST “I was working hard at six PAST PERFECT He said that he had been
CONTINUOUS this morning.” CONTINUOUS working hard at six that
morning.

PRESENT PERFECT “I have worked hard.” PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked
hard.

PRESENT PERFECT “I have been working PAST PERFECT He said that he had been
CONTINUOUS hard.” CONTINUOUS working hard.

PAST PERFECT “I had worked hard.” PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked
hard.

FUTURE SIMPLE “I will work hard.” CONDITIONAL He said that he would work
hard.

MODALS “I can work hard.” He said that he could work

hard.
“I could work hard.”
He said that he had been able
“I may work hard.” to work hard.

“I must work hard.” He said that he might work

hard.
“I shall work hard.”
He said that he had to work
 “I should work hard.” hard.

He said that he should work

hard.

He said that he should work

hard.

A. Completar las oraciones → pasar la primer oración al REPORTED SPEECH

1. “I read a book per month”.

James said -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. “I go to the cinema on Saturdays.”

Peter said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. “Teachers don’t like noise.”

Maria said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. “We are very calm.”

They said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. “We don’t want to watch TV.”

The children said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. “I don’t like horror films.”

Charles said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. “I don’t like TV. I prefer cinema.”

Joshua said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. “The church is just around the corner.”

Mrs. Robins said -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. “This is my favourite film.”

Barbara said ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10. “Sara likes to chew gum when she is at the cinema.”

Peter said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

11. “Girls prefer fashion magazines.”

He said ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12. “Boys like to buy car magazines. They don’t like girlish magazines.”

Tom said -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

13. “I buy this magazine every weekend.”

Brenda said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

14. “We enjoy our classes.”

They said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

15. “This place is absolutely fabulous.”

Samantha said -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

16. “These cars don’t work.”

Daniel said -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

17. “Today is my birthday.”

Carl said -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B. Reescribir las oraciones utilizando el REPORTED SPEECH.

1. John: “Mandy is at home”.

John said that ...................................

2. Max: “Frank often reads a book”.

Max told me that ...............................

3. Simon: “David was ill”.

Simon said that .................................

4. Jean: “My mother will be 50”.

Jean said that ....................................

5. Peggy: “I am watching a film”.

Peggy said that ..................................

6. Charles: “ I didn’t have time to do my homework”.

Charles said that ......................................................................

7. Sarah: “I have cleaned my bedroom”

Sarah told me that .............................

8. Paul and Mark: “We went out last night”.

They said that..........................

9. Philip: “ I didn’t say that”.

Philip told his father that .............................................................................