Task 8. Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.,

1) Emily said that her mother would celebrate her birthday the following Sunday.

2) Peter complained that he had spent all his pocket money on CDs.

3) Kevin said that their teacher would go to Italy the next week.

4) Anna told me that she had been writing a letter the day before.

5) Steve told me that his father had flown to Glasgow the year before.

6) Roberta said that her brother had gone to the stadium an hour before.

7) Harry said that he was going to read a book by Oscar Wild that week.

4. Transform the dialogue into reported speech. A: What's your email address?

B: It's sundancel23.

A: Sundancel23. Are you sure that's all? B: Yes.

A: No. That's incomplete.

B: What do you mean?

A: What's your mailing address?

B: 456 Cherry Drive, Pasadena, CA 91170.

A: That's correct.

B: So what's the problem?

A: Sundancel23 is just the street. You have to give me the city, state, and ZIP code. B: Oh, I get it. My email address is sundancel23@yahoo.com.

Task 9. Transform the dialogue into reported speech.

A: My laptop is so slow.

B: Buy a new one.

A: I would if I had the money.

B: Why is it so slow?

A: That's a good question.

B: Did you take it to a computer shop?

A: I would if I had the money.

B: Well, I guess you have to live with it.

A: Sometimes I want to throw it out of the window.

B: You don't want to do that. A: Why not?

B: You might hit someone on the head.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Task 1. Present Perfect чи Present Perfect Continuous

A) Use the ________ to talk about an action or experience in the past when the time is not important or not known (if we know the time or when it is important, we use Past Simple).

B) Use the ________ to describe an action that started in the past and continues in the present, when you are focusing on the finished action (or the number of times the action has been repeated and complete up to the moment of speaking).

C) Use the ________ to describe and action that started in the past and continues in the present, when you are focusing on the activity itself. We often use for (length of time)/since (starting point) to talk about the duration of the activity.

D) Use the ________ to describe an action that happened in the past but has result in the present. We often use just, yet or already in this case.

- just means a short time ago. It usually comes between has/have and the past participle.

- yet shows that the speaker expected something to happen before now. It is used at the end of negatives and questions.

- already shows that something happened sooner than expected. It usually comes between has/have and the past participle or at the end of the sentence.

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