68 revosreo srareents Practice 1 Read the newspaper report and choose the correct words in italics. In court this week ‘Maggie Givans reports from Brentford Magistrates’ Court (On Tuesday, local shopkesper Bary Southgate appeared in court for dangerous diving, Police Constable Hatiet Diamond sai that onthe ght of 14 February she (0) has seen Chad seen) dark blue Volkswagen Golf travelling at high speed through a residential area, She stopped the motorist, Me Southgate and asked him to tel er his diving speed He replied that he (1) has had no idea ‘When PC Diamond aske to see his driving licence, he replied that he (2) would / wil bring it the police station (3) tomorrow the following day, lose his door and drove off, again at high speed In response to Magistrate Richard Pounds ‘questions Mr Southgate said (4) he knew he had been over the speed limit, bat he didn’t know : i“ eee 2. Complete the reported statements. Mal Listen and check. ‘exactly what speed he (5) was / had been ‘travelling at, He also said said that he (6) has /had forgotten to take his licence tothe police station (9) the next /next day. The magistrate wanted to know how he could forget something important like that, and Me Southgate explained that his wife (8) has had / had had thei ist baby that day, so he (9) can't / hadn't been able to take his licence tothe police station. He added that he thad been rushing tothe hospital (10) the evening ‘before / yesterday evening, and that was why he ‘had been driving so fast. Magistrate Pound said that Me Southgate stil (11) must / hal 10 pay the fine for speeding but that he (12) wishes / wished him and his new family all the best all the changes you can. © roumiciay (to reporters): I'm ready to answer your questions. The politician told the reporters that. he, wa. ready. q to answer their questions. 1 merorren: People were offended by remarks in your speech. A reporter said people remarks in the politician's speech. 2. roumicu: I didn’t make any offensive remarks in my speech yesterday. ‘The politician stated his speech any offensive remarks in 3. roumician: I was just describing my plans for next year. He said that his plans for the next year. 4 nerorrer: You must know that people have asked for your resignation. ‘The reporter said that the politician for his resignation. 5 pourrician: I can’t understand it myself. I simply described the situation in the country. ‘The politician said himselt. He the situation in the country. 6 roumcias: I have been working very hard and I see no reason to resign. He added that and he saw no reason to resign. 7 rouniciaN: [will make a full statement about my plans tomorrow afternoon, He ended by saying that 2063 Match the speech bubbles 1-8 with the reported statements A-L. Two more Of the speech bubbles can match two statements. Sanmtetsng Toran) (iABHsAERBiTorBA) A She said she'd already taken an exam that week, ‘cram af thal mpi exam atthe moment, B He said he had taken an exam the week before. C She said he's revising for an exam at the moment. 7 D He said he was revising for the exam 2m going to SSD that evening ‘ake the exam the exam yesterday 4 tomorow. ‘evening, E She said she’s already taken an exam this week, F-She-said she was-revising foran-exam-then. eae G He said he was going to take the exam Sa that week. 5 im reiiing eran) (6\FniGeing SWE) H She said she was going to take the exam the fram atthe moment. the exam this week. next day. z 1 He said he's revising for an exam this evening. J She-saidshe's revising foranexamat the moment: K He said he was revising for an exam then. 7 Itook an ‘m evsing for the L She said she was revising for the exam exam last week. exam this evening yesterday evening, 0 FL. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 Rewrite the quotes in reported speech. Do not change the tense i itis possible not to. (DERE Listen and check. © ‘You mustn’t discuss the case outside the court room.’ The judge said that we .muurtn’t discuss the care outside the court room 1 ‘The museum was opened to the public in 1965,’ ‘The guidebook says 2 Til take a taxi home after the film tomorrow evening,’ John told us last Friday 3 ‘Humans first walked on the moon in 1969," ‘The lecturer said 4 ‘Samir’ Ill and can’t come to school today.” Mrs Richards, Samir’s mother said 5 ‘Jason had been working for me for two years at that point,’ The manager told the police officer 6 ‘We're meeting our cousins from Vancouver at the weekend.” Lou and Jane told us last week 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for you. © When my teacher gave back my last piece of homework, he/she said hati na one of ry best pieges of warke 1 When my teacher gave back my last piece of homework, he/she said 2 Afriend complimented me recently. He/She said 3 The last time I was upset, it was because someone said 4 The last time I went to the dentist, he/she saidPractice 1 Write the words in the correct order to make (DEKE Listen and check. © would be asked my mother 1 home when My, mother asked when I would be home. 1 myfriend. couldn't come why to his party asked. 1 f reported questions. Start with the underlined 2 had toknow the officer if wanted the keys I 3 how long she it asked had taken to get there 4 he could have his boss a pay rise asked John whether S Maria toknow if liked her hairstyle we wanted © thesalesman whether we the car ornot asked wanted to buy (EQUITIES Read the reporter's questions and complete the text with Teported questions. (JERI Listen and check. 0 Are you going to leave the show? 1 Who caused the break-up? 2. Why can't you sort out your problems? 3. Are you unhappy because Annette gets ‘more money than you? Do you think Annette’ a better singer than you? 5 What will you do next? 6 Have you thought about giving up singing? ¢€That reporter was horrible. He wouldn’t go away. He asked so many questions. He asked me whether (0) I was. going. t.leave. the. shaw. orn... He wanted to know who a and also why (2) Obviously, I didn’t say anything. Then he asked me (3) because Annette got more money than me, and he was so rude — he asked a) - Imagine that! He wanted to know 6) and then he asked Oy . 1 At that point [told going to answer any more questions and shut the door in his face. 99 Twasn’t ‘Think of four questions that people have recently asked you, and report them. 0 My.wife.nthed. me nat. I wanted.ta, have. for. diner last.night 1 2 3 4Practice Read the email and choose the correct words in italics. Listen and check. [Ihwteeamst ——x Hi Vicki a "ve ust come back from my Spanish oral exam. It was awfull| was really nervous. Our teacher hhad advised us (0) try to stay calm: but of cours, that was realy dificult, A group of us were waiting outside the exam room, when a woman came past and told (1) us 0 to us to stop chatting - she warned (2) that we don’t / us not to make too much noise or we'd bein trouble, Then she asked one of our group (3) to go / goin, and we realised that she was the examiner! She was so unfriendly. One ofthe teachers came past - she could see we were all nervous, but she tld (4) us not to /us to not worry. After afew minutes, the {door opened again and a man invited me to go inside. He was quite friendly, but of course the unfriendly woman was aso in there ~ she ordered (5) that //me to sit down, so | took the nearest chair: At fist | couldnt understand their Spanish. After a couple of minutes | felt better and when they asked me (6) that /o tak about my last holiday in Spain, lwas OK. But then the woman told me (7) stop / to stop, and started corecting my Spanish, so elt awful againt ‘The man advised (8) me to / me slow down ~ he said it wasn'ta speed competition - and from then it seemed OK. lust have to wat forthe results now Decide whether each sign is giving an order or advice, or making a request. Then use the words in the chart to describe each one. © Tis sign. delle us nat to.smoke, 1 This sian. asks feed the fish. wars io wear a hard hat. i505 Otto hom ste. touch the paint. Complete the reported orders, requests, advice and warnings. Use tell, sk, advise or warn. Listen and check. © ‘Don’t talk in the library. The librarian fal ur. net fo talk. the, library, ‘Vd take some food for the journey, if were you. My mother “Please have your tickets ready.’ The clerk “Don’t go in the sea - i's dangerous, ‘The lifeguard ‘Its best if you take the frst train that arrives.’ The guard ‘Pick your rubbish up! he police officerPractice Choose the correct words in italics. In four sentences, both answers are possible. 1 agreed({o) hint to sign the bank forms for my son, We told you / fo you that we couldn’t see you that evening. The thief finally admitted to stealing / that he had stolen the painting from the gallery. Your representative said my husband /to my husband that no payment would be taken. The dentist suggested that I should visit / visiting him more regularly. ‘The programme makers apologised upsetting / for upsetting a lot of people. Mario insisted on buying / that he should buy dinner for me as a ‘thank you’. She complained to my manager that I was lazy / about my being lazy. ‘The school encouraged its students / to its students to go to university. (EINE complete the conversation with the verbs from the box. (DERED Listen and check. agreed announced apologised encouraged insisted regretted said told thanked stip Sorry I'm late. Have you seen the news yet? BEN No. My dad called — he (0) insisted... on telling me all about his holiday. Why? stip Well, you know there's been a bit of trouble with the TV company I work for? sex _The complaints about that really violent series, yeah. ast The managing director called the whole company to a meeting after work and a that he was going to resign this evening! He (2) that he took full responsibility for the problems, becaus® he'd (3) to show the series although he knew how violent it was, so it was his fault. ux ‘That's amazing, isn't it? asi Yes, well, he'sa very honourable man. He (4) for causing any difficulties for his staff, you know, with reporters, and (5) us all that he was very proud of the way we had behaved over the last two weeks. mx Did anyone ask how he felt about leaving? asi Yes, he said he (6) having to make this decision, but it was the only one he could make. Anyway, he (7) us for supporting him, and ® us to stay on and make the company a success. Report the spoken words, using the verbs in brackets. You can report some of the sentences in more than one way. EERE Listen and check. © ‘OK, Dad. I did take £5 from your wallet, bt it was to buy Mum a birthday card.’ (admit) The boy admitted taking £5 frome his father’, wallee ‘Would you like me to open the windows?’ (offer) The woman “In answer to your question, the club accepts members of all ages.’ (reply) ‘The assistant ‘really am the best electrician in the area.’ (claim) He . “Please try one of my cakes - they're delicious. You will? Good.’ (persuade) My friend, a : “We didn’t tell the reporter about the company’s financial problems.’ (admit) ‘The managers