Telling what happened accurate report Accurate report : is an organized presentation of facts . What is the purpose of an accurate report ? To tell someone about something that happened . Writing tips 1. Follow chronological order . By yelling what happened first , next , and so on. 2. Be precise . By giving exact information , exact names , times , and places . 3. Answer the 5 wh questions . Who, what, when, where, and often why . Organization skills main idea sentence A main idea sentence for accurate report should tell the reader : 1. What particular event is being reported . 2. who was involved . 3. Where the event happened . 4. When it occurred . Exercise 2pages 23-24 Exercise 3pages 25-26 Being precise : means you must give exact details , the exact time , the correct names , the specific places , and the exact numbers . Exercise 4 pages 25-26 Exercise 5 pages 26-27 Punctuation skills Using comma with introductory phrases . A phrase : is a grammatical unit of two or more words without a verb . Introductory phrase occur before the main clause and often includes a prepositions ( in , on , at , during ) or a time word ( later , earlier , ago ) Form An introductory phrase + , + main clause +. Main clause + introductory phrase + . More uses of commas 1. with dates . a. To separate a day of the week from date . e.g Monday , 26august . b. To separate a date from a year . e.g 13 march, 2014 Note : don’t use comma between month and a year . e.g march 2014 c. After a year that follows date . e.g 7 june , 2006 Note : don’t use a comma after a year by itself 2. To separate a city from a country . e.g riyadh , ksa 3. With numbers over 1,000 ( but not years ) e.g 10,000 , 4,000 Exercise 8 page 29 Grammar skills indirect speech : simple present Form : when changing from direct to indirect speech : 1. Drop the quotation marks “ ’’ 2. change present simple to past simple . 3. Change the pronouns ( I , you , we , etc ) where necessary . 4. Use the reporting verb said , told , reported , announced . * reported , announced are used for formal writing . * told always have indirect object * that is optional . Exercise 9 pages 30 -31 Indirect speech : present continuous Form : Change Present continuous : am / is / are + v-ing To past continuous : was / were + v-ing e.g “ I am studying anatomy , ’’ said Ahmad Ahmad said ( that ) he was studying anatomy .