UNIT 5

INDIRECT IMPERATIVES

Imperatives can be used when we give orders or order and use the infinitive with to instead of the imperative.

COMUNICATION GOALS.              

Convey a message                  

Tell someone about the news        

Describe natural disasters

Prepare for an emerg

KEY VOCABULARY 

Severe weather and other natural disasters 

Reactions to news

Adjetives of severity

Emergency preparations and supplies

KEY GRAMMAR 

Indirect speech: Imperatives

Indirect speech: Say and tell- tense changes 

ESTRUCTURE

Indirect or reported speech: - Tell /Say/Ask+ Direct object 

For example:

Direct speech: 

Don't open the door 

Don't climb the ladder

Don't run too much 

Indirect speech: 

She told us not to open the door.

She told me not to go up the stairs.

He told me not to run too much.

INDIRECT SPEECH: SAY AND TELL TENSE CHANGES 

Say focuses on the words someone said and telling focuses more on the content or messages of what someone said.

For example: 

My mom said stop yelling

They said: Today is a rainy day.

Carlos told me not to eat that.

They said they will do it tomorrow

She told me she wasn't going to the park.