passing on information
by jose garcia
1. GRAMMAR
1.1. REPORTED SPEECH
1.1.1. I'm very busy = He said he was very busy.
1.1.2. I have a copy = He said he had a copy.
1.1.3. I can email it = He said he could email it.
1.1.4. I'll send it = He said would send it.
2. USEFUL LANGUAGE
2.1. She promised to finish the repot this week
2.2. He agreed to cincrease the bugget by 10%
2.3. We've decided not to so start work yet.
2.4. He said he was happy to attend and was keen to give a talk.
2.5. He dosen't like flying, so he was reluctant to go by plane.
2.6. They refused to do the work because it was too dangerous.