Youth organization in Uzbekistan (A)
When we report someone’s words, the verb usually moves one step back in time: “I am a volunteer,” he said → He said (that) he was a volunteer. Say has no person after it: She said that...; tell needs a person: She told me that... Other reporting verbs have their own patterns: suggest + -ing (She suggested joining a club), promise + to-infinitive (He promised to help), advise + person + to-infinitive (They advised us to apply early), warn + person + not to (She warned us not to be late), ask + person + to-infinitive (He asked me to speak slowly), explain + that (She explained that the club met on Fridays). Youth organizations and projects in Uzbekistan (for example YLDP, the Young Leaders Development Project described in the textbook) encourage young people to be active, to volunteer and to develop leadership.
“Broken telephone”: one student says a sentence to a partner, who passes it on in reported speech (Aziz said that ...); at the end check how much the sentence has changed.