1. RELATIONSHIPS
English, 1st year of Bachillerato

2. 1. CONTENTS
 Vocabulary
 Speaking
 Grammar
• Reporting verbs
• Reported speech
 Listening

3. 2. VOCABULARY
 Brainstorming: Words that come to mind.
 Answer these questions with help of a
dictionary.
• Wordreference
• Reverso

4. Divorced Engaged
Married Separated
Single Widowed
Get divorced from Get engaged to
Get married to Get on well with someone
Start/end a relationship with
Marry someone
someone
Accept Comfort
Compromise Appreciate
Stand up for Make fun of
Trust Ignore
Promise Boast
Boyfriend/ girlfriend Chat room
Social life Go on a date

5. 3. SPEAKING
 Describe the pictures with your partner.

6. 4. GRAMMAR
Reporting verbs
To present Examples: To reflect the
what someone To wonder meaning and
said. To admit the tone of the
To demand
To announce
sentence.
To insist
To remind
To apologise
To order
To suggest
To beg
To warn
To agree
To explain
To complain
To invite

7. Communication:
Two ways of saying what a
person said
Direct Speech: Reported Speech:
We quote the speaker’s We give the meaning of what
exact words. was said.
“I see my girlfriend every Peter said that he saw his
day,” Peter said. girlfriend every day.

8. Present
Past Simple
Simple
Present Past
Continuous Continuous
Past
Past Perfect
Simple
Tenses
Future
Conditional
Simple
Can: Could
Modals
Must: Had to
Present
Perfect Simple Past Perfect

9. Now Then
Today That day
The next/
Tomorrow following day
Time
expressions The previous
Yesterday day/ the day
before
The following
Next week week
A week The week
ago before

10. 5. LISTENING
 Summarize what these people say about
relationships using the reported speech.
• Listening
 Work with your partner and put in order
the stanzas of the following song.