Indirect Questions Examples

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Fushun and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Direct and indirect speech can be a source of confusion for English learners. Let's first define the terms, then look at how to talk about what someone said, and how to convert speech from direct to indirect or vice-versa. You can answer the question What did he say? in two ways: by repeating the words spoken (direct speech) by reporting the words spoken (indirect or reported speech). DIRECT SPEECH Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cixi and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: N.D. - Mauritius said: Unit 16 covered both conditionals and reported speech. The most common conditionals are zero conditional (e.g. when you heat water, it will boil), first conditional (e.g. if you study hard, you'll pass the test), second conditional (e.g. if I had a million dollars, I'd travel the world), third conditional (e.g. if I had studied harder, I would've passed the test), and mixed conditional (e.g. if I had gone to film school, I'd be a director by now). The grammar for conditionals is often tricky for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Greenfield New Hampshire and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 16 on Conditionals and Reported Speech covered understanding the five different types of conditionals. To understand conditionals, there is a strong emphasis on the likelihood and tense of your statement or question. For example, second conditionals stand out due to the fact that it is detailing a hypothetical situation that is very unlikely to happen. This unit also covered the difference between reported/indirect speech and direct speech. The suggested intermediaries teaching idea with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Dazhou China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Reported speech or sentences aid with productive skills-speaking and writing.It throws light on the usage of verb tenses.Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words. In indirect speech, the structure of the reported clause depends on whether the speaker is reporting a statement, a question or a command.We commit erorrs due to the constant change in the form of tenses.My dillema concerns the usage of modals in expressing willingness or possibility in...  [Read more]

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Learning modes: Young learners vs. adults he role of a teacher is a vast and varied one and there is a considerable amount of factors that will affect this role. One of the main factors that really effects how and what we decide to teach is the age of the students. For instance you could not walk into a classroom full of eight year old primary school children with the same lesson plan designed for teaching a group of 3rd year degree students. Other then the differences that would occur in academic ability, between these two groups, people of different ages have very different needs, competences and cognitive skills. For example, it is through play that much of children's early learning is achieved. (1) ‘The physical, socio-emotional and intellectual development of children is dependent...  [Read more]