- Elia Morroni - Eva Pasqualini

- Rosanna Virgili - Giovanni Michele Antonacci

- Ludovica Marini

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Hi! I am Elia Morroni, I’m 23 years old and I live with my family: my mum, my dad and my sister Giulia. I live in Osimo, a little place near Ancona. I have been engaged to Eva since 2010.I work in a factory in Osimo at the weekend. I’m studying Primary Education in Macerata, as everybody knows.I love music and I play bass-guitar in a group called Eclisse with my friends. I like sports and I do MMA: mix martial arts. I love travelling around the world and the best places that I have visited are Australia and India.

ELIA

Hi, I am Eva. I’m 25 years old. I live in Osimo, a little town near Ancona. I love animals, especially dogs and cats. I like the Arts and I read a lot of books.I have been engaged to Elia since 2010. I work in a bar on Friday and Saturday nights. I’m a crazy, friendly person. I love travelling, and every summer my boyfriend and I go to Greece. I like cooking all kinds of dishesbut I’m bad at cooking desserts. Finally, I love fitness, so I go to the gym three times a week.

EVA

Hi! My name is Rosanna and I am 21 years old. I live in Vissani, a suburb of Montecassiano with my boyfriend Luca.I'm attending the third year of the Primary Education degree and I love children and anything related to the world of childhood. For this reason I am very happy because one day I will become a teacher. I have a very large family: mum and dad, two brothers and one sister who lives in Paris. I have a beautiful, sweet dog called Mila and I love her a lot even if she sometimes makes me angry.I hate discos and at the weekend I prefer going to the cinema with my friends and my boyfriend. I like travelling and discovering new places. I am a very sensitive, quiet, introverted person. I love cooking; I’m a master with cakes.

ROSANNA

Hi! My name is Giovanni Michele Antonacci. I am… years old. I live in Cassano delle Murge near Bari, in Puglia. I'm a very quiet boy, friendly, sociable, a lover of nature and simplicity! I also have some defects such as being fussy and stubborn! I came to Macerata in 2011 to study Primary Education. In my family there are usually two of us, but often there are seven, with my sister Grazia and her husband Raffaele and my three terrible nephews: Leonardo, Stefano and Mattia! My hobbies are photography, art, running and watching TV, especially some of the most important American TV series. I am falling in love with technology, the PC and the new social networks. My favourite food is what I cook...pre-cooked pizza and chips... joking apart, I’m a "great chef", and often try to prepare delicious meals and to experiment with new dishes!

GIOVANNI

Hi! I'm Ludovica and I am 23 years old. I was born and I live in San Benedetto del Tronto with my family, but now during the week I live in Macerata, because I’m attending the Primary Education course at university and I'm doing the third year. I have a dog called Cisco; he's lovely and I like go out for walks with him. My little sister is 17 years old and we share a lot of hobbies, especially shopping and photography. At the weekend I always go out with my friends and my boyfriend and often I spend my Saturday nights going to the disco. I listen to all kinds of music, but I love rock music best. I would like to travel around the world to meet new people, to discover new traditions and cultures, and to learn the languages.

LUDOVICA

Lesson 16°

REPORTING VERBS

Definition…What is ‘reporting Verbs’?

The reporting verbs are used to repeat something that was previously said. The most common reporting verbs are ‘say’ and ‘tell’, but there are a number of other reporting verbs we can use to describe more accurately what someone has said. These verbs take a variety of structures.

VERB + ING:

recommend, suggestExample: They recommended taking the bus. She suggested meeting a little earlier.

VERB + INFINITIVE:

agree, decide, offer, promise, refuseExample: They agreed to meet on Friday. He refused to take his coat off.

VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE:

advise, encourage, invite, remind, warnExample: Tom advised me to go home early. She reminded me to telephone my mother.

Variety of structures

VERB + OBJECT + PREPOSITION (+ING):

accuse, blame, congratulate.Example: He accused me of taking the money. They congratulated me on passing all my exams.

VERB + (THAT) + SUBJECT + VERB:

admit, agree, decide, explain, insist, promise, recommend, suggest.

Example: Sarah decide (that) the house needed cleaning.

VERB + PREPOSITION + ING:

apologise, insist.Example: They apologised for not coming. He insisted on having dinner.

Difference between Say and TellSAY and TELL are the two verbs most commonly used to report speech in English. The main difference is that when we use ‘TELL’, we normally say who is spoken to, so we have to use it with a direct object (a person).When we use ‘SAY’, we don’t normally indicate who is spoken to, or, if we do, we must put ‘to’ before the object.

Example: He told me that he was going into hospital for a major operation. He said that he expected to be kept in for about six weeks.

SAY is also used in these expressions: say hello / goodbye the clock says five o’clock

TELL is also used in these expressions: tell a story tell the truth / a lie

tell the time

NOW YOU TRY... LET’S GO!!!

Say or Tell? Choose the correct answer…

1) Can you say/tell me the way to the station, please?

2) He didn't say/tell a word.

3) She said/told her name was Ludovica.

4) Let me say/tell you something about my hobbies.

5) Forget everything I just said/told.

6) Why didn't you say/tell him that before?

7) Why didn't you say/tell that before?

8) What did Luca say/tell when he saw the new bike?

Exercise n°1

Choose the correct reporting verb from this list…

1. "I'd go and see a doctor if I were you," Eva said to me.Eva __________ me to go and see a doctor.

2. "Can you come and help me with this box?"Nicola __________ me to help him with the box.

3. "This is an exam Mr. Dondero!! Be quiet!!!"The headmaster __________ Mr. Dondero to be quiet.

4. "That road is very dangerous so just be very careful!"His mother __________ him that the road was very dangerous and to be careful.

Ordered Advised Warned Asked

advised

asked

ordered

warned

Exercise n° 2

8. "The lesson starts at six o'clock in the evening."The teacher Gill __________ us that the lesson started at six in the evening.

6. "Why don't we go and see that new film at the cinema."Giovanni __________ going to see the new film at the cinema.

7. "I can come and look after the children tomorrow night."Ludovica __________ to come and look after the children the following evening.

5. "Juventus won the match last night." The journalist __________ that Juventus had won the match the previous night.

Offered Said Told Suggested

said

suggested

offered

told

Special reporting verbs: choose the suitable verb

Exercise n°3

Direct = “Why don't we go to the cinema?” he said.Indirect = He to the cinema.

a) suggested going b) thanked for going

c) promised to go d) warned against going

Direct = “Watch out! The bull looks dangerous,” they said.Indirect = They the dangerous bull.

a) denied going to b) warned us against

c) accused us of coming to d) promised not to come

Direct = “Daddy, I'm going out with Luca,” she said.Indirect = Rosanna with Luca.

a) denied going out b) confessed that she was going

c) apologized for going out d) regretted going out

Direct = “What a pity I didn't see the ceremony,” he said.Indirect = He not seeing the ceremony.

a) regretted b) accused

c) denied d) advised

Direct = “You are right. It was a mistake to get up so early,” Eva said. Indirect = Eva early had been a mistake.

a) admitted getting up b) begged getting up

c) denied to get up d) advised getting up

Direct = “Thank you very much indeed,” he said.Indirect = He Susan.

a) refused b) thanked

c) promised d) explained

THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!!!