UNIT 5 Grammar practice

Reported statements 3 My sister said to me, ‘Don’t forget you have a dentist’s
appointment this afternoon.’
1 Read the dialogue. Then complete the text ...................................................................................
underneath, rewriting the bold phrases in reported
4 ‘Stop talking immediately,’ the teacher told the class.
speech.
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5 ‘There’s a storm coming,’ said the weatherman.
Lee: Hey, Sam, guess what? I got engaged
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(1) yesterday!
Sam: Congratulations! (2) I want to meet
(3) your fiancée (4) this week!
Reported questions
Lee: Yes! (5) You can come round (6) here 4 Complete the reported questions for each answer.
(7) tonight and meet her. (8) We’re not
Jess told Sophie, ‘My wedding anniversary is on 14 May.’
going to have a long engagement –
Sophie asked Jess when her wedding anniversary was.
(9) we’ll get married when we go on
holiday (10) next month! 1 ‘Yes, I can come to the cinema,’ Tom said to Rachel.
Rachel asked Tom ..................................................... .
2 ‘I’m going to Geneva,’ Matt told Rafaella.
Lee told Sam that he had got engaged
Rafaella asked Matt .................................................... .
(1) ...............................................
the day before . Sam told Lee that
3 ‘Yes, I like Beyoncé’s music,’ Christina told Elsa.
(2) ...............................................
he had want to meet
(3) ............................................... fiancée Elsa asked Christina ................................................... .
Her
(4) ...............................................
That week. Lee said 4 ‘Yes, of course I’ll marry you!’ Gemma told Martin.
that (5) ...............................................
He could Come round Martin asked Gemma ................................................. .
(6) ...............................................
There 5 ‘I come from Venezuela,’ Franco told Patrick.
(7) ...............................................
That night night and meet her. Patrick asked Franco .................................................. .
He said that (8) ...............................................
They weren’t going to have a long
engagement and that (9) ...............................................
They would get married
when they went on holiday (10) ....................................... .
Consolidation
The following month
5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. One sentence
say & tell is correct.
Peter ordered us staying where we were. to stay
2 Complete the sentences with your own ideas. 1 James told that Nicole had visited the night before.
When I was sick, the doctor told me to stay in bed. .......................................................
1 On the news today, a journalist said ............................
that in Spain 2 I was living in Barcelona when I was a child.
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2 In our last lesson, our teacher told ..............................
me that I had get well resulta 3 By 2015 we will have being living in Tenerife for
..................................................................................... 20 years. .......................................................
3 When I had a problem, my friend said ......................... that she is going t 4 Cathy ordered that we don’t eat any more cake before
..................................................................................... the party. .......................................................
5 By the time I got to the station, the train have already
left. .......................................................
Reporting verbs & structures 6 Could you move so I can pass, please?
3 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Use the .......................................................
correct forms of the reporting verbs in the box.
6 Translate the sentences into your language.
Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
1 The children denied eating the chocolate but they
advise offer order remind suggest warn admitted stealing the cake.
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‘You shouldn’t drive because the roads are icy,’ said 2 Manuel asked Francesca to marry him, and the
Sarah. wedding is happening next spring.
Sarah advised us not to drive because the roads were icy. ...................................................................................
1 ‘Why don’t we go out for dinner tonight?’ said Ross. 3 Before they got married, they had been engaged for
...................................................................................... eight years.
2 Emma said to me, ‘I’ll help you with your homework.’ ...................................................................................
...................................................................................... 4 I should have gone to bed earlier last night.
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