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Indirekte Rede:

Bilde Sätze in der indirekten Rede. Achte auf die Änderung der Zeitformen und der Pronomen.

1. Samantha (she) said that _she was reading_ a book.
2. Martin and Jack (they) said that they were busy.
3. Jenny (she) said that she had woken up early this morning.
4. He said that he would ring her.
5. Samantha and Jack said that they had just arrived from school.
6. She said (that) she did not know where her shoes were.

Modale Hilfsverben:

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS/NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS

 To compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference, use as + adjective + as:

• Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John.

More examples:

• Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter.
• Ramona is as happy as Raphael.
• Einstein is as famous as Darwin.
• A tiger is as dangerous as a lion.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS

Difference can also be shown by using not so/as ...as:

• Mont Blanc is not as high as Mount Everest
• Norway is not as sunny as Thailand
• A bicycle is not as expensive as a car
• Arthur is not as intelligent as Albert

Present Simple (I do)

1. The present simple refers to something true in general. We use it to talk about things in general while we are not thinking only about now, but that something happens repeatedly or all the time.

• Mothers take care of kids.
• The earth goes round the sun.
• I always play football.

Don't forget we say: he/she/it takes, with -s, but I/we/you/they take.

2. Do/Does are used to make questions and negative sentences:

do I/we/you/they take? / I/we/you/they don't take

does he/she/it take? / he/she/it doesn't take

Example:

• Where do you come from? I come from Cameroon.
• Cat doesn't like water.
• What does it mean? It means nothing.

Do can also be the main verb:

• She's so lazy. She doesn't do anything to help her mum.
• "What do you do?" (Stands for What's your job?). "I work in a bar."

When we say how often we do things, we use the present tense:

• Dave doesn't drink beer very often.
• We get up at 8:00 am every morning.
• How often do you ride a bike?

The present tense is used to promise, suggest...

Here are some examples.

• I promise I'll come.
• I suggest that you...

The same with: I advise.../ I refuse.../ I insist.../ I apologise.../ I agree...etc