47) Learning Hours 99-100

12a | MONEY MATTERS; Reading 1: "I never thought it would happen to me"; 
Grammar: reported speech & thoughts; 
Reading 2 & Listening: "The Money Survey"; 
Grammar: reported questions; 
Speaking & vocabulary: verb collocations (money)
EXTRA TOPIC: "Before" or "ago" in reported speech

I. Reading 1: "I never thought it would happen to me"

V1 Friends - Joey giving and receiving!!

1. ONLINE RESEARCH: 
Was that sacked nurse the same Sheila Fletcher? 
What are the proves for and against this assumption?
1.1 Drunk Hull nurse taken to her own A&E: Sheila Fletcher struck off by council < hulldailymail.co.uk

  

II. Reported speech/thoughts and questions

V2 Reported Speech (Part 1) - Reported Statements in English

V3 Reported Speech (Part 2) - Reported Requests, Orders, Questions

2. Bonus PRACTICES

2.1 Reported Speech Quiz < esl.about.com
2.2  Reported Speech Exercises [statements, questions, orders & requests, mixed] 
< perfect-english-grammar.com
2.3 Grammar & exercises: Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) < ego4u.com

  

III. EXTRA TOPIC: "Before" or "ago" in reported speech

1. Maslow's pyramic of human needs < wikipedia.org

3. Bonus GRAMMAR:

3.1 "Ago" or "Before" in reporting speech and thoughts
   3.1 Learn It / 'before' or 'ago' < bbc.co.uk
   3.2 “Before” and “Ago” by Maeve Maddox < dailywritingtips.com
   3.3 English Grammar - Usage / Since, for, ago and before < perfectyourenglish.com