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Reporting

Structures in the reported clause: that-clause, to-infinitive and
-hg; verb tenses in reporting; modal verbs in reporting; reporting
questions; should in that-clauses

Context listening

En If you lived close to an airport, what problems would you be most concerned about?

M LaiJ There are plans to expand the small airport near the village where Leyla and Magnus live.
Leyla has been to a meeting to discuss the plans, and she tells Magnus about it. Listen to their conversation.
Identify three advantages and three problems of the airport expansion that were mentioned at the meeting.
Advantages Disadvantages

Ell OR Listen again and complete these extracts with the words you hear.
They
1
tad, us that the expansion would create around 2,000 jobs directly.
They
2
a growing number of people in the local area supported the expansion.
They
3
us informed about future developments.
4
there and look at the plans in detail.
They
She
5
the airport authorities were not telling the truth.
6
to our local politicians with our objections.
She
She also suggested inviting the Minister for Transport to hear our complaints. I
7 to her.
1.4 Put the past tense verbs you have written in one of the columns according to the pattern that follows
them. Which one of the verbs can also be followed by one of the other patterns?
verb + that-clause verb + to-infinitive verb + object + verb + object +
that-clause to-infinitive
told.

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