present perfect continious

reported speech

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

Alice: "I’m going to the park this afternoon."
Bob: "Can I come with you?"
Alice: "Sure, let’s meet at 3 o'clock."

ANSWERS:
Alice said she was going to the park that afternoon.
Bob asked if he could come with her.
Alice agreed and said they should meet at 3 o'clock.

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

John: "I need help with my homework."
Sarah: "I’ll help you after dinner."
John: "Thank you! That would be great."

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

Emma: "I just bought a new phone."
Tom: "What kind of phone did you get?"
Emma: "It’s the latest model from Samsung."

second and third conditional

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second conditional

1. If you won a large sum of money in the lottery, what would you do with it?

2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?why?

3. If you had the chance to meet any famous person, who would it be and why?

4. If you were offered your dream job, what would be your first action?

Practice

third conditional

1. If you had studied harder for your last exam, what might have happened?

2. If you had known about the job opportunity earlier, would you have applied for it?

3. If you had taken that vacation last year, how would your year have been different?

4. If you had bought that house when you first saw it, what would your life be like now?

The future in the past

​1-Would
is used to talk about a past future promise or prediction with no evidence.

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2-Was/were going to
is used to talk about a past future firm plan (usually not realized), intention or a prediction with evidence.

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3-Was/were + continuous verb
is used to talk about a future in the past that was a personal arrangement.

Dear Diary,

Yesterday was quite a day! I was going to visit my friend Lucy, who had just moved into a new apartment. We had planned to spend the whole day together, decorating her new place and catching up. We would have a nice lunch and then head out for some shopping. I had even written down a list of things we were going to buy.

But things didn’t go as planned. Just as I was about to leave, my phone rang. It was my cousin, and she was calling to tell me that she was coming to town for a surprise visit. I was going to tell Lucy about the change of plans when I remembered I had promised my cousin that I would spend the afternoon with her.

I felt bad about not being able to help Lucy, but I assured her we would meet another day. I would make sure to bring her some nice things from the shops I had planned to visit. Lucy said she understood and would wait for me to come over the next weekend.

So, in the end, my plans changed, but I know I’ll get to spend quality time with Lucy soon. As for my cousin, we had a wonderful day catching up and reminiscing about our childhood adventures. Sometimes life doesn’t go exactly as we plan, but it still turns out to be special in its own way.

Until next time, Anna

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Your turn

1. Describe a time when you were going to do something but had to cancel. What happened, and what would you have done differently?

2. Tell me about a trip or event you were planning but never went on. What were your plans, and why didn’t they work out?

3. Explain a situation where you promised to do something but didn’t follow through. What were your intentions, and what was the outcome?

4. Share an example of a project or goal you set for yourself and achieved. What were you planning to do, and how did it turn out?

​Choose two situations and talk about them

preposition of movement

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