I told you so!

The editor of the newspaper is interviewing Mr.Tomas Cortez, Antonio’s father. He is talking about his town and family in a local newspaper.

1. Intro warm-up situation

Narration

I’m 55.

How old are you?

Conversation

Yes, I am. My wife’s name is Juliet.

Are you married?

Do you have any children?

Yes, we have 4 twins. 4

sons and 4 daughters.

On Victoria road. It’s a nice house

and we’re very happy there.

Really? That’s exaggerated! Where do you

live?

The best things? Well, we’re very

close to a shopping center, schools and the hospital. Also,

there are a lot of trees around there. We like

that.

What are the best things

about where you live?

It’s the traffic. It’s terrible. It’s

a real problem.

What is the worst thing?

No, I don’t have a favorite one. We eat out on weekends. But

Dude’s burgers is my family’s

favorite restaurant.

Do you have a favorite

restaurant?

At a big

supermarket.

Portal del

Prado or

Americano’s.

Where do you do your shopping?

I read and also enjoy

gardening. But I don’t have a lot of free time, I’m

a teacher.

What do you do in your free time?

The place I like best is

Barquis Park.

Which place do you like best in your

town?

Yes, the area will change in the next 10 years. There will be

more stores and businesses. I think it will be

noisier.

Do you think the area will change in

the next 10 years?

Afterwards Mr. Cortez talks about the interview with his wife Juliet.

Well, first he asked me how old I was and if I was married. And then he

asked me if we had any children.

So, tell me. What did he ask you? Did he ask any questions

about me?

Uhmm – very general

questions really. He asked

me where I lived and what the best and worst things

were.

What else?

Narration

Conversation

Write the correct answer to the questions:

Questions Answers

Where does Mr. Cortez do his shopping?

Does Mr. Cortez have a favorite restaurant?

What questions did Mrs. Cortez ask?

Did the interviewer ask him about his free time?

What did the interviewer say about his children?

Is that all?

Yeah – and the rest I can’t

remember. So you’ll just have

to read the interview in the

newspaper, won’t you?

2. Answer the questions

True or false:

True False

She asked him which place in his town he liked best.

She asked him if he thought the area would change in the next 10 years.

She asked him if he had children.

Reported speech and expressions of opinion.

He is American

"He is American" she said She said he was American

I'm happy to see you

"I'm happy to see you", Mary said Mary said that she was happy to see me

Are you busy tonight?

He asked, "are you busy tonight?" He asked me if I was busy tonight

Dan is living in San Francisco

"Dan is living in San Francisco," she said

She said Dan was living in San Francisco

I'm making dinner

He said, "I'm making dinner" He told me that he was making dinner

Why are you working so hard?

"Why are you working so hard?" they asked

They asked me why I was working so hard

We went to the movies last night

"We went to the movies last night," he said

He told me they had gone to the movies last night

3. Language structure

Compare

Identify the indirect speech for each of the following sentences:

Sentences Indirect speech

I work in Argentina

I am doing my job

We saw a good film on TV

I was dancing with Mary

I have done this before

I have been doing this for two years

I will visit my mother

I will be flying to Spain

I will have arrived there by 5 pm

I will have been selling books for two years

Identify

It's the way we reproduce what someone else says without using quotation marks (" "). Indirect speech is used by the narrator when in his own words he says what a person says, that is, when in one way or another, he summarizes his words or thoughts. In other words the narrator speaks.

Direct style: Peter: "I'm going to make some copies". Reported Speech: Peter said he was going to make some copies. The most commonly used verbs to say what someone else said: "Say" and "tell" are the most used. Example with "say": Anne said she was bored. Example with "tell": My boss told me to call you. Other verbs are also used: Ask(ed): for questions. Note: With “ask” we also use “if / whether”, this is “if” conditional. Example with "ask": The authorities asked if there was a health problem in the area.

Learn

Reported speech

Compare

How to report questions in Indirect speech: From direct to indirect questions: Examples: Where do they sell the tickets? He asked where they sold the tickets.

Direct Speech Reported Speech

What

"Whose dog is missing?" He asked what I was looking for

Where

"Where can we go tonight?" She asked where they could go that night

When

"When did they go to India?" He asked when they had gone to India

Who

"Who told you that?" He asked me who had told me that

How

"How old are the twins?" He asked how old the twins were

Why

"Why did Carla leave so early?" He asked why Carla had left so early

Which

"Which skirt did you choose?" She asked me which skirt I had chosen

Whose

"Whose dog is missing?" He asked whose dog was missing

Yes - no questions

"Are these your glasses?" He asked me if those were my glasses

"Isn't that Jen's boyfriend?" She asked me if that wasn't Jen's boyfriend

Difference between "say" and "tell" Use "say" to say one thing, it is also used in certain expressions.

Example 1, to say one thing: She said she was busy.

Note: This is one thing. It isn`t a long story. Example 2, with an expression: She said her name. “Said” is used "to say your name". It is not correct to say: "tell your name".

With “tell” we tell something longer, give an order or it is used with certain expressions. Example 1, to tell something longer: They told us that it was very complicated to find a solution for that problem. Example 2, to give an order: She told me to leave. Example 3, an expression: She told me a lie. It is correct to say: to tell a lie, but it is not correct to say “to say a lie”. Change of verb tenses in reported speech

Direct speech Indirect speech

1.Present 1.Past

2.Simple Past

2.Simple Past or Past Perfect

3.Present Continuous 3.Past Continuous

4.Past Continuous 4.Past Continuous

5.Present Perfect 5. Past Perfect

6.Past Perfect 6. Past Perfect

7. Can 7. Could

8.Shall 8. Should

9.Will 9.Would

10.May 10. Might

11.Need 11. Had to or Need

12.Must 12. Had to or Must

Note: it is important to repeat these structures many times to memorize and not have to take a look at the list again. Examples of how to do the change of tenses: Direct style: John said: "I'm working too hard” Present continuous. Changes to: Past continuous.

Reported speech: John said he was working too hard. Observe how the “I” pronoun changes to “he” because we talk about what another person said, not “me”. It is possible to omit “that” in reported speech In English “that” can be omitted when it refers to the object in the sentence, but it cannot be omitted when it refers to the subject in the sentence. It is difficult to know when we refer to the object or to the subject in the sentence, but a tip to know this is to observe if “that” is referring to “I, you, he, she…” they are subjects in the sentence. But if on the contrary, “that” is referring to “me, you, him, her…” they are objects in the sentence”. Examples: The woman (that) she mentioned was not my secretary. Note: in this case, “that” refers to the object “she mentioned”, thus it is optional. We like trips that are exciting. Note: in this case, "that" is referring to the subject “trip”, thus, it cannot be omitted.

There exist reporting verbs with “that” and “to”

Reporting verbs

Reporting verbs with “that”: accept, acknowledge, add, admit, agree, announce, believe, complain, confirm, decide, discover, estimate, explain, feel, forget, hope, inform. Example: He replied that it was impossible to call Karen.

Reporting verbs with "to": agree, forbid, instruct, invite, order, persuade, remund, urge, warn.

Example: They have agreed to meet after 4 o'clock.

In English, a variety of phrases can be used to express opinion; it can be formal or informal. These can also be used to express a point of view, to express agreement or disagreement with someone. To express an opinion informally: In my opinion… I think that… I feel that… It seems to me that… If you ask me… To express an opinion formally: I’d like to point out… Don’t you agree that… I’d just like to say that… To express agreement (from less to high formality): You’re right. I think so too. I agree with you. You could be right. I couldn’t agree more. That’s a good point. I see what you mean. That’s just what I was thinking. I agree entirely. That’s exactly what I think.

Expressions of opinion

To express disagreement (from ascending order of formality): To express an opinion adequately without bothering a person when disagreeing. You’re wrong. I don’t think so. I disagree. You can’t be serious. Yes, but… I think you’re wrong. Yes, that’s quite true, but… Perhaps, but don’t you think that… I see what you mean, but…

In English these two short vowels are often confused, exaggerating the movements

for / / and / /

Watch the video and pronounce the words with sound in the following link: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/mp4/vow

el_short_7.mp4

Watch the video and pronounce the words with sound in the following link: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/mp4/vow

el_short_6.mp4 Then, pronounce the following words: Sat / And / End / Pan / Sad / Said

Pronunciation

Insist

Know

Mean

Mention

Notice

Persuade

Predict

Promise

Realize

Repeat

Reply

Think

Threaten

Warn

Wish

Worry

The indirect style is also used with modal verbs, verb tense changes in indirect style also with some modal verbs. Note: with "would", "could", "should", "might" and "ought to", the verb tense does not change.

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Will Would

"I'll go to the movies tomorrow," John said.

John said he would go to the movies the next day.

Can Could

Debra said, "Allen can work tomorrow." Debra said Allen could

Vocabulary

Remember that

work the next day.

Must Had to

She said, "You must work tomorrow." She said I had to work the next day.

Shall Should

"Shall we go to the beach today?" Tom asked.

Tom asked if we should go to the beach that day.

May Might/Could

Jane said, "I may not be in class tomorrow."

Jane said she might not be in class the next day.

Below you can see the changes on expressions of time when reported speech is used.

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Today That day

Tonight That night

This week/month/year That week/month/year

Tomorrow The next day

Next week/month/year The following week/month/year

Yesterday The day before/the previous day

Last week/month/year

The day/month/year before or the previous

day / month / year

Now Then/at that moment

Others changes

Here There

Attention!

Choose the correct answer in each sentence: 1. Mary "I love chocolate."

Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ chocolate." a. loved b. loves c. loving

2. Mary: "I went skiing." Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ skiing." a. went b. had gone c. have gone

3. Mary: "I will eat steak for dinner." Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ eat steak for dinner." a. willing b. will c. would

4. Mary: "I have been to Sydney." Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ to Sydney." a. had been b. has been c. was being

5. Mary: "I have had three cars." Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ three cars. a. has b. has had c. had had

4. Exercising

In this space, you will answer the questions by writing and recording your voice.

This activity is available at the button Activities / Learning Activity 3 / Evidence: Reporting

information.

Exercise 2 Write the reported speech to complete the sentence:

1. “Where is my umbrella?” She asked. She asked ______________________________________ 2. “How are you?” Martin asked us. Martin asked us__________________________________ 3. He asked, “Do I have to do it?” He asked ________________________________________ 4. “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter. The mother asked her daughter ______________________ 5. “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend. She asked her boyfriend ___________________________

5. Producing

In this space, you will present a test.

This test is available at the button: Activities / Learning Activity 3 / Evidence: Test “I told you

so!”

6. Test

References

BBC. (s.f.). Pronunciation tips from bbclearningenglish.com. Consultado el 4 de

noviembre de 2013, en http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/mp4/vowel_short_7.mp4

BBC. (s.f.). Pronunciation tips from bbclearningenglish.com. Consultado el 4 de

noviembre de 2013, en http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/mp4/vowel_short_6.mp4

Document control

Name Charge Dependence Date

Author Andrés Rafael Flórez Salas

Experto temático

Centro de Comercio y Servicios.

Regional Atlántico

November 2013

Adaptation

Andrés Felipe Velandia Espitia

Guionista - Línea de producción

Centro Agroindustrial. Regional Quindío

November 2013

Rachman Bustillo Martínez

Guionista - Línea de producción

Centro Agroindustrial. Regional Quindío

November 2013