Prime Time 4, Workbook

Focus on form: Reported speech  CB, p. 25, 27 a) Ally is at the students’ council and they discuss aspects of “sustainability”. Look at the pictures below and read the students’ statements. 5 1 3 2 4 Students should learn more about sustainability. The choices we make have an impact on our planet. Our planet has got limited resources. We try to buy more local products. b) Ally has to report the comments to headmistress Thornhill. Help her with the statements above and rewrite them in reported speech. 1. Students said that … students should learn more about sustainability. 2. We students said that … . 3. At the council we discussed that … . 4. The teenagers said that … . c) Your turn: What else could have been discussed at the students’ council? Think of two more statements concerning “sustainability” that should be reported to the school’s headmistress. You can start like this: The students discussed … 48 Revision forty-eight Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv