NINE TO FIVE

Name five jobs that are dangerous to do.or Name seven jobs that are not nine to five

jobs.

KEY WORDS

actor / actress = glumac / glumica lighthouse keeper = svetionicar novelist = romanopisac politician = politicar sculptor = vajar stuntman = kaskader stuntwoman = kaskaderka trapeze artist = akrobata na trapezu chef = kuvar TV presenter = spiker

Interview Tense Report Tense

I love the circus.

Present Simple

She said she loved the circus.

Past Simple

I’m working on a new act.

Present Cont.

She said she was working on a new act.

Past Cont.

I have had a few accidents.

Present Perfect

She admitted that she had had a few accidents.

Past Perfect

I didn’t want to do a normal job.

Simple Past

She said that she had not wanted to do a normal job.

Past Perfect

I was practising until 10 o’clock at night.

Past Cont.

She said she had been practising until 10 o’clock.

Past Perf. Cont.

I’m going to perform it for the first time next week.

Going-to Future

She said that she was going to perform it the following week for the first time.

was going to…

I won’t (will not) leave the circus.

Will Future

She told me she wouldn’t leave the circus.

Would + infinitive

If things go well, I will continue with the trapeze.

The First Condit.

She said that if things went well, she would continue with the trapeze.

The Second Condit.

REPORTED STATEMENTS When we report what somebody said we

change the pronouns. ‘I understand you,’ said Ann.> Ann told him that she understood him. Be careful about the use of tell and say. TELL + SOMEBODY She told me a lie. SAY + SOMETHING She said hello. After say and think, we can use THAT, but it’s

not necessary. She said that she liked the circus. She said she liked the circus.

WE USUALLY CHANGE TIME AND PLACE EXPRESSIONS IN THE REPORTED SPEECH:

now > then, at that time

at the moment > at that moment

today > on that day yesterday > the day

before

last week > the previous week

tomorrow > the next day / the following day

here > there

FORM:

Present Simple: I need it. Present Continuous: He’s sleeping. Present Perfect: She’s gone out.

Past Simple: He said he needed it. Past Continuous : They said he was

sleeping. Past Perfect: He said she had gone

out.

Original tense and message Reported Speech

FORM:

Present Perfect Continuous:

I have been waiting for two hours.

Past Simple: We won.

Past Perfect Continuous:

He said he had been waiting for two hours.

Past PerfectThey said they had won.

Original tense and message Reported Speech

FORM:

Past Continuous: He was snoring. Will:

I will do it. Be going to: She is going to be

late. First Conditional: We’ll go there if it

doesn’t rain.

Past Perfect Continuous: She said he had been

snoring. Would: He said he would do it. Was/were going to:He said she was going to be

late. Second Conditional: They said they would go there

if it didn’t rain.

Original tense and message Reported Speech

PRACTICEREPORT THESE SENTENCES:

1. I live in England. He said that ____________________________.2. I’m writing a book about a tribe in Australia. She said that ____________________________.3. We have done our homework. They told me that ________________________.4. I will always love you. She told him that ________________________.5. We are going to work harder next year. They promised that _______________________.

1. I spent my last holiday in Greece. She told me that ___________________________.2. I wasn’t driving at the time of the accident. He said that ________________________________.3. We haven’t read the book. They admitted that __________________________.4. I’ve been playing tennis for three hours. He told me that ____________________________.5. They will open the door if you find the key. He explained that they _____________________.