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 Unit - 5 Indirect speech (Say and Tell) When and how to use say or tell First we must clarify that, as direct speech is in charge of reporting something that happens or happened, the terms say and tell will be changed to their past tense versions (said and told) that said, let's proceed. The "say" is usually used when referring to the words someone says. example:   She said ‘I don’t know what you mean. while tell is more used when it focuses more on the content or message given. example:   I told her why it had happened. Apart from this, it should be noted that the verbs can, will, is, and had will be changed when converting sentences. Will = Would Can = Could Is = Was  Had = Had had A better way to understand it is as follows Grammar Practice Natural Disaster GRAMMAR PRACTICE: Report the news El Pais news said that hurricane "Roslyn" had made landfall near the coast of Mexico just in the early hours of Sunday morning at 6:20 a.m., it is also said that th...

Unit 5 Inderect speech   Armero's tragedy It was 35 years ago that the Armero tragedy occurred. On November 13, 1985 in Nevado del Ruiz a small eruption occurred in the department of Caldas, Colombia, melted 10% of the mountain ice cap which caused a series of floods and landslides near the municipality of Armero which had been 50 kilometers from the volcano was the most affected and according to data from this disaster, affected 23 thousand inhabitants that unfortunately 20 thousand of them were fatal victims. Indirect speech Structure for Reported Speech Imperatives   Positive: reporting verb + noun/pronoun + to infinitive. Negative:   reporting verb + noun/pronoun + not + to infinitive. To clarify the indirect speech/reported speech is usually used when you want to inform or tell what someone has said without the need to use the exact words uttered by that person hence the name "inderect speech" or "reported speech" that said; there are two types of reported...