I want to take a year off and travel round the world. I take my final exams next month and I will finish university in July. I am 22 years old and I am at university studying engineering. This is a letter that Andrew wrote ten years ago: When reporting what people say or think in English, we need to remember that the rules for tense forms in reported speech are exactly the same as in the rest of the language. GapFillTyping_MTY1NTI= Tenses in reported speech GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY1NTE= Reporting and summarising 2

See reporting verbs with that, wh- and if clauses, verbs followed by the infinitive, verbs followed by the -ing form. He suggested stopping and having a picnic. Different reporting verbs have different patterns, for example: When we want to report what people say, we use reporting verbs. When Mary complained that she was tired out after walking so far, Peter said they could stop for a picnic. I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and then we can stop and have our picnic.

We've been walking for hours! I'm exhausted.

When we want to report what people say, we don't usually try to report their exact words. Level: intermediate Reporting and summarising