Reported Speech TEA Part 2A in aviation Context

How to use reported speech in aviation context.

1. REPORTED SPEECH
Reporting affirmative
statements on the TEA test
of Aviation Part 2A

2. REPORTED SPEECH
What is it ? How do you use it?
It is the grammar we use if we want to tell another person about
a conversation that took place in the past (e.g telephone call,
news or story that someone told us etc.)
Where’s
Tom?
He said he
was feeling
ill.

3. My favourite film is on TV
tonight. I love comedies.
Mrs Brown said that herfavourite film was
on TV that night. She said that she loved
comedies.
Look at the example.

4. What has changed?
Pronoun: My her
I she
Tense: am was
love loved
Time words: tonight that nightbecomes
becomes
becomes

5. In the Reported Speech we
preferably use the past tense.
am /is was
are were
has / have had
see saw
can(’t) could(n’t)
will/won’t would(n’t)
becomes
becomes
becomes
becomes
becomes
becomes

6. Changes in verb tenses
do did
(Present Simple) (Past Simple)
am /is doing was doing
(Present Continuous) (Past Continuous)
are doing were doing
(Present Continuous) (Past Continuous)
has / havedone had done
(Present Perfect) (Past Perfect)
becomes
becomes
becomes
becomes

7. If we want to report a sentence that
is already in the Past Tense, we
normally use the Past Perfect.
I sawthat passenger last
week.
He said he had seenthat
passenger the week before.

8. Changes
Time Place
now then here there
today that day this that
this weekthat week these those
tomorrow the next day
yesterdaythe day before
last weekthe week before

9. EXERCISES.
A comedy show called “Don’t look
now!” has just closed after five years
at a theatre in London’s West End.
This is what the critics said when it
opened five years ago.

10. Exercises
‘It’s a marvellous show.’ The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail said…
…it wasa marvelous show.
‘You’ll love it’ The Guardian
The Guardian said people wouldlove it.

11. Exercises
‘The flight was turbulent’ The Times
The Times said the flight had beenbrilliant.
‘It’s the funniest show I’ve ever seen’ Joan
Proctor
Joan Proctor said it wasthe funniest show she
hadever seen.

12. Exercises
‘It made me laugh’ Ben Walsh
Ben Walsh said it had madehimlaugh.
‘You shouldn’t miss it’ Time Out
Time Out said people shouldn’t miss it.

13. Comprehension TEA part 2A
Report the following messages:
1)Our windscreen is cracked because of a bird strike. We need to descend immediately.
2)Hold your position. Traffic is crossing your taxiway from left to right.
3)Copy your message about the dead passenger. We’ll have medical assistance standing by.
4)You need to change heading because there is a lightning storm south of the field.
5)There is something on the runway. We can’t take off.
6)We can’t continue taxiing because there is a piece of rubber on the taxiway.
7)Your destination airport’s been closed because of flooding. What are your intentions?
8)Many of the passengers now boarding are drunk. We need to remove them before we proceed.
9)We have an indication on board that our gear is not retracting. Request a low pass.
10)The passenger’s refusing to speak to the flight attendant. We’re watching him closely.