10. “I’ll see you later.” She said she would see them later.
“I can’t come to the meeting.” He said he couldn’t come to the meeting.
“I have to/must go to the doctor.” She said she had to go to the doctor.
“We may be late.”
Note: The word that may be omitted after said.
Note: If there is no question word (how, where, when, etc.), if is used.
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11. Reporting Verbs
A variety of verbs with different shades of meaning can be used in place
of say.
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13. 1. He said that he might work late that night and that he had to finish a report.
2. Fahad told Majid that the game started at eight and that he would pick him
up at seven.
3. Ali asked Yahya what the math assignment for the next day was.
4. Maha told Nura that she had had a wonderful time in Abu Dhabi. She said
that she was going to come by Nura’s house to show her the video.
5. Hussain asked Adel if the game was still on for that night.
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14. B. Hameed took a message for his brother Abdullah.
1. Complete what he wrote down, using the correct form of the verbs.
2. Then write the possible telephone conversation between Hameed and
Abdullah’s friend, Saeed.
called
were didn’t call / hadn’t called
left / had left
told wasn’t
was
had
would come
would take
couldn’t call
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16. He said that he would raise unemployment.
He said that he would ask his staff to wake him up at any time, even
during meetings.
He said that people who couldn’t read and write shouldn’t be in school.
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17. A. Listen. Note the difference in the pronunciation of that. Then practice.
He said that he would help.He didn’t say that.
My friends said that the football
game was at ten. Why did they say that?
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18. used to make a statement stronger
used to introduce a statement with the final event or result
or other similar things; used so that the speaker doesn’t have
to give a complete list or explain things in more detail
a plan that is designed to trick someone else
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19. 1. What are Adam and Sammy complaining about?
2. What did the man on the phone with Adam want?
3. What did Adam do?
4. Why did the man call Sammy?
5. What would Sammy have to do in order to go to the Bahamas?
Adam and Sammy are complaining about telemarketers.
The man on the phone with Adam tried to persuade him to open an
account at a bank.
Adam lost his patience and hung up.
The man told Sammy that he had won a free trip to the Bahamas.
Sammy would have to pay a huge amount of money to join a club to go
on the trip.
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22. false
true
false
true
false
true
Emerson said to make yourself necessary to somebody.
Plato said that fools talked because they had to say something even if it was worthless.
Woody Allen said he was not afraid of death but that he didn’t
want to be there when he died.
Charles Duell said in 1899 that everything that could be invented had been invented.
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23. Check facts/content and report accurately
Be objective; do not enhance or change the information
Use appropriate verb forms, e.g. past, past perfect
Think of the reader and organize your account
Use reporting verbs that convey attitude, e.g. he argued, she suggested, etc.
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