- Communicative Objective: Learn to report conversations, statements, questions, instructions, and claims accurately while adjusting tense, pronouns, and references when necessary.
- 5 Core Functional Sentences:
- She explained that the project had been delayed because several technical issues had emerged.
- He asked whether I would be available to attend the meeting the following week.
- They advised us not to make any changes until the investigation had been completed.
- The manager claimed that the new procedure would improve overall efficiency.
- I was told that further information would be provided once a final decision had been made.
- Grammar Focus: Reported speech; backshifting; reported questions; reporting verbs followed by infinitives and that-clauses; passive reporting structures.
- Vocabulary Focus: report, claim, advise, confirm, statement
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