Transcript We won`t

Verbs and prepositions
Reported speech
Match the verbs with the prepositions and
phrases:
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Respond
Listen
Deal
Believe
Delegate
Communicate
Invest
 in their employees’
abilities
 to a deputy as often as
possible
 to employees’ concerns
promptly
 with colleagues clearly
 with problems quickly
 in regular training
courses for employees
 to all suggestions from
staff
Say whether the following combine with
someone or something:
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Report to/ report on
Apologize for/ apologize to
Talk to/ talk about
Agree with/ agree on
Argue about/ argue with
Complete these sentences with suitable
prepositions from the previous exercise:
I agreed ______ her that we need to
change our marketing strategy.
I talk _____ my boss every Monday at our
regular meeting.
We argued _____ next year’s budget for
over an hour.
He apologized ______ losing his temper.
We talked ________ our financial
problems for a long time.
The Finance Director argued _______ our
Managing Director over profit sharing.
I apologised _______ Paula for giving her
the wrong figures.
Can we agree _______ the date of our
next meeting?
We use reporting verbs like SAY, TELL
and ASK to report what other people say:
We can report the words that have just
been said:
In this case, the situation is in the present
tense (The boss says she wants to see
you immediately.)
We can report words said in the past:
The tenses change (one tense back) and
different pronouns are used to suit the
context:
 For example:
1) “We are not going to panic”
He said they were not going to panic.
2) “We won’t know before Friday”
She said they wouldn’t know before
Friday.
Tense changes:
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Present simple →---------Present continuous →---Present perfect →--------Present perfect
continuous →----------Simple past →---------Future →-----------------Future continuous → ----Conditional → ------------
 Past simple
 Past continuous
 Past perfect
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Past perfect continuous
Past perfect
Conditional
Conditional continuous
Conditional
Reporting questions:
We use ASK to report questions.
Note the word order: (1) question word, (2)
subject, (3) verb
He asked her when she wanted to take
her vacation.
He asked her if/ whether she wanted to
take her vacation in July or August.
Change the following sentences into
reported speech:
John: “I have already eaten my sandwich.”
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Mary: “I took it home with me.”
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My mother: “I am waiting for Ann.”
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Bill: “I will/shall be in Paris on Monday.”
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