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Ayumi

Ayumi

LanLan

MarieMarie

Hi Lan, can you suggest a place where I can buy souvenirs for

my family?

Yes, you can go to Ben Thanh

market. Will we go together?

Yes!!! Let’s go together :)

Hi Lan! Did you

see Ayumi?

Yes, I have just talked

to her

Ayumi from Japan and Marie from England are in Hochiminh city for their summer holiday. They are talking to Lan, their Vietnamese friend.

Oh, what

did you two talk about?

She asked me where she could buy

some souvenirs.

Yeah, I see. So

what did you say?

I suggested that she go to

Ben Thanh market.

She and I will go there this

afternoon. It’d be very fun if you

join us.

Yes, I’d love to

^_^

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Ayumi:Can you suggest a place where I can buy souvenirs for my family?

Lan:Yes, you can go to Ben Thanh market.

Marie:Lan suggested that Ayumi go to Ben Thanh market to buy souvenirs for her family.

“All models must place their beauty behind,” say fashion designers.Fashion designers insist that all models place their beauty behind.

“You must release a live album of your last live show,” they said to her.They urged her to release a live album of her previous live show.

“I can’t reveal my plan to you,” he said to reporters yesterday.He refused to reveal his plan to reporters yesterday.

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add confirm feel predict sayadmit consider hope promise * stateagree decide imply reassure * suggestannounce deny insist reckon supposeargue doubt mean remark tell *believe estimate mention repeat thinkclaim expect * object reply threatencomplain explain persuade report * warn

Reporting verbsVerbs followed by that +

clause (with * can be followed by a person)

advise forbid invite persuade tellask instruct order remind warn

Reporting verbs

Verbs followed by person + to

Reporting verbsVerbs followed by subjunctive /

should suggest that + S + should + bare inf Or: doing sthadvise … sb to do/against sthagree … to do sthdemand … to do sthinsist … on sb doing doing sthprefer … sb to do sthpropose … doing sthrecommend … doing sthurge … sb to do sth

1. “You should set up a fan club in this city.”

Activity 1

Reporters advised that famous singer to set up a fan club in that city.

2. “I’m sorry for not releasing a live album of the tour.”

She apologized to her fans for not releasing a live album of the tour.

3. “Would you like to go to the musical with us tonight?”

They invited me to go to the musical with them that evening.

4.“ I can’t give you the name of my latest album now.”

She refused to give me the name of her latest album.

5. “Yes. I’ll lend you that CD tomorrow.”

She agreed to lend me the CD the following day.

6. “Sure. I’ll stage my live show next year.”

He promised to stage his live show next year.

7. “Why don’t we go to the movies tonight?”

He suggested going to the movies that evening.

8. “I’ll help you with the housework before the game show on TV.”

She promised to help me with the housework before the game show on TV.

Activity 2

Nam asked his classmates if they could recommend a good place for the class picnic. Mai recommended Dam Sen Park. Nam asked everyone to bring their lunches to the picnic, but Lan suggested going to a restaurant. Nam objected to the idea because he thought eating in a restaurant was expensive. Lan offered to pay for the meal in a restaurant, but everyone advised her to save money.

E.g. Nam asked, “Can you recommend a god place for the class picnic?”