Practice

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Grammar practice – standard Unit 4
Reported speech
1 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1 ‘We’re watching MasterChef right now, so I can only talk for a
minute,’said Miki.
Miki said .
2 ‘She’s gone to the cinema, but I’ll tell her to call you later,’
Pilar’s dad told me.
Pilar’s dad .
3 ‘I’d heard of the film, but I didn’t expect it to be so good,’
Nacho said.
Nacho .
4 ‘We won’t be able to come to your party, but we hope you
both have a great night,’my aunt said.
My aunt .
5 ‘I saw the new Spiderman film when we were flying to New
York a few weeks ago’, Lucía told me.
Lucía .
2 Find four mistakes and rewrite the sentences correctly.
1 Rocio said us to meet her outside the cinema.
2 Juan asked I’d like to go to the theatre with him.
3 Pablo asked me which was the best film I’d ever seen.
4 Fernando told me not to borrow his eReader without
asking first.
5 Silvia asked that I can lend her the DVD.
3 Complete the text with the correct form of the reporting verbs.
warn promise say complain admit tell
In a recent interview, movie star Jenna Jacks apologised
to any fans who have been disappointed by her directorial
debut, The Fast Train. Jacks 1 that the
film was different to her other smash hits, such as Pins
and Short Shrift, but 2 the interviewer
that it was not as bad as some reviews have suggested.
In fact, the 22 year-old 3 that some
reviewers hadn’t even watched the whole film, and she
14 she would boycott interviews
with their magazines in future. Jacks explained that she
had only offered to direct the action film when original
director, Rosa Clayton had fallen ill during production. She
5 her fans not to expect the usual
Jenna Jacks romantic comedy, but 6
that everyone who went to see the film with an open
mind would love it.
4 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using one of the
verbs in the box.
admit recommend warn complain
1 ‘You always tell me the ending of the film before I’ve seen it,’
she told her brother.
She it.
2 ‘Don’t read Twilight. It’s rubbish!’Sandra told us.
Sandra .
3 ‘I borrowed your laptop without asking permission,’I said to
my sister.
I permission.
4 ‘I won’t buy you a new videogame if you don’t pass your
exams,’Jack’s dad told him.
Jack’s dad exams.
Questions
5 Write a suitable question tag for each question.
1 It would be cheaper in the sales, ?
2 You know that’s my book, ?
3 We can’t have missed the beginning, ?
4 You won’t be long, ?
5 I’ll give you a hand, ?
6 Write emphatic questions using the statements as prompts.
1 Brian bought a computer.
2 Brian spent €1200.
3 It took seven weeks to arrive.
4 It’s making a funny noise.
7 Complete the embedded questions with the words from
the box and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
how how long if whether
1 I don’t know you (feel) about it,
but I don’t think it’s right.
2 Could you tell me there (be) a
happy ending?
3 I’d like to know it (take) to write a
book.
4 Do you know there (be) any
tickets left?