Indirect speech (2)

Grammar

Choose the correct verb: to say or to tell.

1. Sonia _____ me that you were ill.
2. What did you _____  the police?
3. Anne _____  goodbye to me and left.
4. _____  us about your holiday. Did you have a nice time?
5. Don’t just stand there! _____  something!
6. I wonder where Sue is. She _____  she would be here at 8 o’clock.
7. Ralph couldn’t help me. He _____  me to ask Kate.

Grammar

Translate the following sentences.

1. Jeff sagte mir, dass Sue krank sei.
2. Anne und Michael sagten, dass sie Tennis spielen wollen.
3. Tom sagte mir, dass er keinen Tee mag.
4. Mrs Brown sagt, dass sie jeden Tag früh aufstehe.
5. Julias Eltern sagten ihr, dass sie dieses Kleid nicht in der Schule tragen könne.

Writing

Sarah wants to write a letter to her German friend Tina. Here are her notes. Write the letter and use these notes.

• thank her for letter
• good that she enjoyed holidays
• we’re back at school, too
• ask Tina if I told her that I’m at new school – first day yesterday – really nervous
• mum and dad took me by car – first had to go to head teacher – nice, name: Mrs Thompson – showed me how to get to new class
• all kids in class new – we’re in secondary school now – like German “Gymnasium”  (so far I attended primary school, stayed there for 6 years)
• great: to be old enough – new school – lots of cute older boys
• new classmates: nice
• teachers: seem OK, too – only chemistry teacher (Mr Whitehead) strange – old – smells. Yuck!
• later: went to cafeteria (have lunch), some older girls pushed us around, said we were sitting at their table. Samantha – really ugly & terrible, took bottle of ketchup & squeezed it all over my chips – couldn’t eat them anymore, but was lucky – chemistry teacher saw it, shouted at her
• she had to buy new chips for me & he sent her to detention (= you have to stay longer at school after lessons/extra work/think about what you have done wrong). Ha-ha!
• Mr Whitehead not so bad after all?
• Ask Tina to tell – about her first day at school – hope she had better start
• write soon