Reporting verbs

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/reported-speech
question tag reporting verb subject verb

How old are you?
She asked me how old I was(am).
Where have you worked before?
They asked me where I'd worked before.
Do you like working in a team?
They wanted to know if I liked working in a team
What are your positive and negative qualities?
They asked what my positive and negative qualities were.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
She asked me where I saw myself in 5yrs.
What did you do before?
He wanted to know what I had done before.
What were your previous responsibilities?
They asked what my previous responsibilities had been?
Can you work under pressure?
She asked me if I could work under pressure?ň
"Why do you want the job?"
They asked me why I wanted the job
"Do you have any experience?"
They asked me if I had any experience
"Can you do word processing?"
They wanted to know if I could do word processing.
"What are you doing at the moment?"
They asked me what I was doing at the moment.
"How much are you earning?"
They asked me how much I was earning
"Where have you worked/did you work before?"
They asked where I'd worked before.
"Do you like working in a team?"
They asked me if I liked working in a team
"When can you start?
They wanted to know when I could start.

reporting verbs
"Can you help me?" 
 She asked me to help her.
"Don't forget to post the letter"
He reminded her to post the letter.
"I really will work hard for my exams"
She promised to work hard for her exams.
"Come to my party"
He invited me to his party
"You really must go traveling - you'd love it"
She encouraged me to go traveling.
"I will give you a lift"
He offered me a lift. He offered to give me a lift.
"Apply for it! You'd be good at it!"
He persuaded me to apply for the job.
"I've been very busy"
She explained she had been very busy.

Reported speech

She says: "I am a student."

She says she is a student. {práve hovorí, že je študentka}

v

She said: "I am a student"

She said she was a student. {povedala, že je študentka}

v.

She said: "I was a student"

She said she had been a student. {povedala, že bola študentkou}

She asked me "What are you doing in London?"

She asked me what I was doing in London.

v.

She asks me "What are you doing in London?"

She asks me what I am doing in London.

She told me: "I have arrived on Monday."

She told me she'd (had) arrived on Monday.

v

She tells me  "I have arrived on Monday."

She tells me she has arrived on Monday.

"We can't understand it!"

Mrs Neal, 36, said that they couldn't understand it.

"I have been on the net,but I didn't buy anything!"

She explained that she had been on the net the day before, but she hadn't bought anything.

"I'm so happy! You will soon get a big surprise!"

Jack kept telling us that he was so happy and we would soon get a big surprise.

"He's joking!"

Mrs Neal, from Sleaford thought Jack was joking. 

"I'm pretty sure he knows the password!"

He often used the computer and she was pretty sure that he knew her password. 

"There has been a mistake!"

Her husband, John, 37, phoned the seller of the car, and explained that there had been a mistake.

"I'll advertise the car again!"

Fortunately he saw the funny side and said he would advertise again.

"You've got more careful, son"

"Do you think you could change your password, dear?"

Mr Neal has told  Jack to be more careful and he has asked his wife to change her password.

"He usually plays computer games."

She told me he usually played computer games.

"I (have) bought the computer for my work."

His father explains he (has) bought the computer.

His father explained he had bought the computer .

"I won't use eBay any more" Mrs Neal decided. 

Mrs Neal decided (that) she wouldn't use eBay any more.

"I don't know how it happened" Said Jack.

Jack said he didn't know how it had happened.

"I've always liked computers"

He told reporters (that) he had always liked computers.

"Please tidy your room." 

His mother asked Jack to tidy his room.

"Go and play football" 

His father told him to go and play football.

Restaurant tips in Bratislava

There’s a really nice place...

...just around the corner/five minutes from here/down the road

Steak house, Bratislava reviews

Casa Inka, Peruvian restaurant

There’s a pretty good place..

...which specializes in:

Steaks - El Goucho

...which does an excellent:

kosher food -  Zámocká

Vietnamese - papaya street food Bratislava

Ethiopian food -

Indian food - , Krishna, Bratislava  

...which you might like:

Fenix Music bar

There’s  a great place where...

...you can get fresh..

...they know me: U deda Bratislava, School cantene

...I go a lot: Café Verne restaurant Bratislava,

There’s a brand new place with..

...an excellent view of the city: UFO restaurant, Sky bar bratislava

...a superb menu:

...very pleasant atmosphere: U twaina, Karloveské rameno

0-1-2-3 Conditionals

ITTT (If this then that)

0(Zero) Conditional - general statements
When/If (pres simple) you're a teenager, you (pres simple) don't have enough money.
When/If you need information, you ask for it.
If you're ill, you go to the doctor.

1st (First) Conditional - possibility in present / near future
When/If (pres simple) I'm a teenager, I (simple fuuture-will) won't have enough money.
When/If you need information, you will ask for it.
If I you're ill, you'll go to the doctor. 

2nd (Second) - improbable present/future
If I (past simple)was a teenager, I (modal: would/could/might+verb) wouldn't have enough money.
If you needed information, you'd (would/could) ask for it.
If you were ill, you'd go to the doctor.

3rd (Third) Impossible condition for the past
If I (past perf) had been a teenager, I (would+pres perf ) wouldn't have had enough money.
If I had needed information, I would have asked.
If you had been ill, you'd have gone to the doctor.

WHAT WOULD  YOU DO? /practice/
If I needed help with my studies...
...I would ask for it.
Things in my country would have been different if I would have become the president.
1stIf a friend finds a diamond ring and keeps it, I'll report him/it to the police.
2nd If a friend found a diamond ring and kept it,
I would report it to the police.
3rd If a friend had found a diamond ring and had kept it, I would have reported it to the police.
(3rd)I would have travelled more in my past if I had been richer.
(2nd) If I could invent/invented something new, I would win a Nobel prize. 
(1st) If my manager gives me a promotion, I'll be happy.
(2nd) If my manager gave me a  promotion, I would be happy.
(3rd) If my manager had given me a promotion,
I would have been happy.
(3rd) If I hadn't come to class today, I wouldn't have learned this.
(2nd) If I didn't come to class tomorrow, I wouldn't know the 2nd conditional.
(2nd)If I spoke perfect English, I would work in an English speaking country.
(1st) If I speak perfect English, I'll work in an English speaking country.
(2nd) If my neighbour dented another person's car, I wouldn't tell that person.
(3rd) If my neighbour had dented another another person's car, I wouldn't have told that person.
(1st) I might move to another country if I want to start a family.
(2nd) I might move to another country if I wanted to start a family. 
(2nd) I think I'd be very happy if I got married./ If I got married, I'd be very happy.