Upper-Intermediatelevel
Lexical theme:News and Mass Media.
Grammatical theme: Reported statements.
Practical lesson
Teacher: assistant professor Nurgaliyeva A.Zh.
GRAMMAR COMMENT
Reported statements [5, p.108]
Reported statements
Present Simple —>Past Simple
Present Continuous —> Past Continuous
Present Perfect —>Past Perfect
Past Simple —> Past Perfect
Future —> Future-in-the Past
- Tom said that he was feeling ill.
- I told her that I didn't have any money.
- Sonia told me that you were ill. (not 'Sonia said me')
- Sonia said that you were ill. (not 'Sonia told that ...')
- Ann said goodbye to me and left. (not 'Ann said me goodbye')