Grammar review

Exercise 1. Make the Directspeech into Reported speech:

1. “I am sleeping”-

2. “We are contemplating”-

3. “She was speculating” –

4. “Lucy is focusing on the material”-

5. “We are not visiting Paris during our trip”-

6. “I am not convening Julie” –

7. They were pondering over this issue

Exercise 2. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary:

Example: Peter: “Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?”

Peter asked me________________________________________

Answer: Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

1.Mandy: “Are the boys reading the book?”

Yesterday Mandy asked me______________________________________

2.Jason: “Who gave you the laptop?”

Yesterday Jason wanted to know___________________________________

3.Robert: “Is Tim leaving on Friday?”

Yesterday Robert asked me________________________________________

4.Daniel: “Will it rain tomorrow?”

Yesterday Daniel asked me________________________________________

5.Jennifer: “Where do you play football today?”

Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know__________________________________

6.Nancy: “Why didn’t Nick go to New York last summer?”

Yesterday Nancy wanted to know___________________________________

7.Barbara: “Must I do my homework this afternoon?”

Barbara asked me________________________________________________

8.Linda: “Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?”

Linda wanted to know_____________________________________________

9.Grandmother: “Where are my glasses?”

Grandmother asked me____________________________________________

10.Aman: “When does the train to Liverpool leave?”

A man asked me__________________________________________________

Exercise 3. Read reported statements. What words did the speakers actually use in each case:

8. My friends all said it was really easy to use.

9. Most of the music shops in town said they’d never even heard of the band.

10. I said I’d go and visit her next year if I could.

11. They say they are losing sales because people like me aren’t buying as many CDs.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions:

1. What usually happens to verb tenses in reported speech?

2. How is sentence 4 grammatically different from the other three sentences? How does this discrepancy affect the meaning?

Exrecise 5. Report these statements made by some other people on the program:

1. “I’ve stopped getting a daily paper”.-

2. “I’m having regular chats with my older brother who’s in Thailand.”-

3. I’ve even met one of them who still lives quite neat here.

Exercise 6. Read these examples of Reported questions. What other changes, in addition to verb tense changes, do we need to make when we report questions?

a/ “Have you got the CD in stock?”

Mick asked if they had the CD in stock.

b/ “When did you orderthe new CD?”

My friend asked me when I had ordered the CD.

Exercise 7. Rewrite sentences in direct speech:

1. She told Bob she was leaving the next day.

2. She told Bob to leave her alone.

3. She asked Bob why he had done it.

4. She asked Bob to leave his keys.

5. She warned Bob not to try and get in touch.

6. Alan advised Bob to try and forget her.

7. She suggested talking it over.

8. They suggested that we should leave.

Exercise 8. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. You must use between two or five words including the word given. Do not change the word given.

1. Carol: Could you be a little quieter, Peter?

Such

Carol told Peter … noise.

2. Sue: If I were you Richard, I ‘d take the train not the bus

Instead

She advised Richard … of the bus.

3. The doctor advised me to take more execise.

Idea

The doctor told me it … to take more execise.

4. Robin advised me to buy shares in Sony.

I

Robin suggested … shares in Sony

5. He told me it was the first time he had ever flown.

Never

“I ……………..,” he said

6. Porter: Sorry, the train left five minutes ago.

Missed

He told them they … five minutes.

7. “I’ll deliver the puppy the day after tomorrow,” he promised.

In

He promised to deliver … time

8. “Do you know where my tennis racquet is, Mum?” Sharon asked.

Seen

Sharon asked her mother … tennis racquet.

Exercise 9. Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs given to make the first and second conditionals:

1.If you…to the party, you will see Mary. (go)

2.The children … happy, if their mother allows them to go to the party.(be)

3.If I win the lottery, I …a big house (buy)

4. My mother will be angry, if I … home late. (come)

5. If it …, we can have a picnic. (not rain)

6. If I… you, I would go to the doctor. (be)

7. If Mary had insurance, she…pay for the damage to her car (not have to)

8. Jesica … angry, if you told her the truth.(not be)

9. Will she come if Jason …her? (call)

10. Tom will be amazed if you … him the picture you drew. (show)

Exercise 10. Correct these sentences:

1. If it will rain, we will not play tennis

2. If he has a haircut, he would look nicer.

3. If had have phoned you, I would have told you.

Exercise 11. Change the verbs in brackets into the most appropriate form to make conditional sentences:

1. What you (do) if you (be) in my situation?

2. Behave yourself, Lucy. If you (do) that again you (have) to go to bed.

3. Their marriage only lasted three months. If he (be) less mean, she (not leave) him.

4. Good, everybody’s ready. If we (leave) now, we (miss) the rush hour traffic.

5. If you (smoke) less, you (have) a lot more money. But I don’t think you ever will.

6. If we (close) the car window, we (not give) them the opportunity to break in.

7. When Alice (get) here, you (show) her to her room?

8. I know it’s a delicate situation, Inspector, but what you (say) if I (give) you a little present?

9. If you (press) that button, a receptionist (come) to help you.

10. The film was marvelous. If you (come) with us, you (enjoy) it too.

11. Imagine, darling. What we (do) if your husband (have) a little accident?

12. If I (be) the prime minister, I (bring back) capital punishment.

Exercise 12. Fill in the blank with a (an), the if necessary. Put an X where none is required:

1. I still keep wondering if I was doing … right thing when I asked my father for … permission to leave school.

2. We needed … house to live in when we were in London.

3. There are some things … gentleman can’t do, Tom.

4. You are … only person whose opinion is of any value to me in present regrettable circumstances.

5. He told me he hated …doctors.

6. She had … laughing eyes and … most charming mouth.

7. We talked about …books. Charles had just finished … last volume of Proust.

8. I went into … room quietly and sat down opposite him without …word.

Exercise 13. Complete the short text with the articles a, an,or the, or leave the spaces blank where no article is needed.

At sixty-three, I was unexpectedly made redundant from my job of forty years. Not wanting to retire yet, I decided to look for …new job to take me up to … retirement age and to prevent me from just sitting at … home all day. Finding one, however, turned out to be … most difficult task I’ve ever faced, since … elderly are often viewed negatively by… employers. After a year and nearly … hundred applications, I was invited to … interview in Scotland. I was nervous but I needn’t have been.

… interview was very relaxed, and … interviewer was impresses by my experience and took me on. I couldn’t believe my luck. It’s … brilliant job. I’m working as …activity organizer on …cruise ship for older people in … West Indies. Sailing round … Caribbean is not my idea of … work at all.

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