GRAMMAR 2

(Simple Present, Past Future

Tense & Reported Speech)
LANGUAGE FEATURE FOR
ASKING & LEAVING PHONE MESSAGE
 GOAL :
To understand
what and how
to use …

Reported
Simple
Past Future Speech
Present
Tense
Hello, thank you for calling Bright Steel Company.

This is Susan – how can I help you?

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Habi
t Facts
The earth
I take a shower
revolves
everyday.
around the sun.

Sam plays
football on The sky is blue.
weekends.
 1. Habit : Repeated Action
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past now future

SENTENCE FORM
STATEMENT I take a shower everyday. S + VI + O/C + ADV.
NEGATIVE I do not take a shower everyday. S + DO + NOT + V + O/C + ..
QUESTION Do I take a shower everyday? DO + S + V1 +O/C + ADV + ?

SENTENCE FORM
STATEMENT Sam plays football in weekends. S + VI + O/C + ADV.
NEGATIVE Sam doesn’t play football … S + DOES + NOT + V + O/C + ..
QUESTION Does Sam play football … ? DOES + S + V1 +O/C + ADV + ?
 2. Fact : Generalization
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past now future

SENTENCE FORM
STATEMENT The earth revolves around the sun. S + VI + O/C
NEGATIVE The earth doesn’t revolve around the S + DOES + NOT + VI
sun.
QUESTION Does the earth revolve around the DOES + S + V1 +O/C + ?
sun?

SENTENCE FORM
STATEMENT The sky is blue. S + TO BE + C
NEGATIVE The sky is not blue. S + TO BE+ NOT + C
QUESTION Is the sky blue ? TO BE+ S + C + ?
I’m sorry, he is in the meeting at the moment.
Would you like to leave a message?

PAST FUTURE TENSE

Plan Promise Prediction

Polite Expectatio
Request Obligation n
 Polite Request
Main Form :
WOULD/SHOULD + SUBJECT + V1 + OBJECT + ?

• Would you like to

Receiver leave a message ?

• Would you tell him to

Caller call me back later ?
“Could you tell Mr. Adam that our shipment will
be postponed and the 500 packs ordered should
arrive tomorrow?”
Miss Anna Yapri said that their shipment will be
postponed and the 500 packs ordered should be
arrive tomorrow.

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported Speech is used when we want to tell

someone what someone else said.
Use a reporting verb (e.g. say - said, tell - told,
ask - asked, etc.).
(1) In progress at the same time or
something that is happening in the future.
• No need to change the verb of the sentence.

Direct • “I will be late for the

Speech meeting.”

Reported • Miss Yulia said that she

Speech will be late for the meeting.
(2) Report what was said at a different time.
‘Shift back’ one tense.
• Present Simple change to Past Simple.
• Present Continuous change to Past Continuous.
• Present Perfect & Past Simple change to Past Perfect
• Can change to Could ; Will change to Would

• “I am not happy with the result of the

Direct Speech interview.”

• The director said he was not happy

Reported Speech with the result of the interview.

Direct Speech • “The package arrived two days ago.”

• The security told me that the package

Reported Speech had arrived two days before.
(3) In commands / requests.

Direct Speech • “Call me as soon as possible.”

Reported • Miss Yulia wants you to call her as

Speech soon as possible.

• “Please check the newly installed

Direct Speech printer.”

Reported • The operational manager ordered you

Speech to check the newly installed printer.
 SAID VS TOLD
You SAY Something You TOLD Someone

• Aaron said that he • Aaron told his

love helicopter. mommy that he
loved helicopter.
 Penilaian Keterampilan 2
• Listen to the parts of phone calls. Then write the messages.

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