Ex.4.Answer the following questions on the text and express your own opinion. 1.Why can a man's character be told by the way he uses his leisure? 2.What types of men are there by the way they spend their leisure? 3. What do passive people do during leisure hours? 4. How does a creative type of character spend his leisure time? 5.Why should leisure be refreshment?
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech.
Indirect Speech is formed according to the Rule of Sequence of Tenses. The Verbs most commonly used to introduce the reported speech are: to tell, to say, to add, to notice, to explain, to inform, to remind, etc. Note: to say smth. (to smb); to tell smb.smth.
Tom said, ”My brother is learning to drive.” (The Present Continuous Tense)
Tom said that his brother was learning to rive ( The Past Continuous Tense)
Marat said, “Sometimes I go home by tram.” (The Present Indefinite Tense)
Marat said that sometimes he went home by tram. (The Past Indefinite Tense)
The teacher told John, “You didn’t write exercise two” (The Past Indefinite Tense)
The teacher told John that he hadn’t written exercise two. (The Past Perfect Tense)
Bob Said, “My uncle has just arrived from Paris.” (The Present Perfect Tense)
Bob said that his uncle had just arrived from Paris. (The Past Perfect Tense)
If the reporting verb is in the present, the tenses that follow are usually the same as those used in the original statement.
An order or request in indirect speech is expressed by the infinitive. The verbs most commonly used to introduce indirect orders are: to tell, to order, to command. Requests are usually introduced by the verb to ask. More emotional forms are: to beg, to implore, to urge.
My teacher said to me: ”Rememberthese grammar rules! ” My teacher told me to remember these grammar rules.
