GRAMMAR 5 INDIRECT SPEECH (7) FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

GRAMMAR 5 INDIRECT SPEECH (7)

7 Put the correct form of one of the verbs in the box into each space. accuse apologize offer advise suggest admit deny remind confess 1 ‘No, it’s not true, I didn’t steal the money!’ Jean ...denied............. stealing the money / that she had stolen the money. 2 ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema this evening?’ Peter ________________ going to the cinema / that they went to the cinema. 3 ‘I’ve broken your pen. I’m awfully sorry, Jack.’ David ________________ for breaking Jack’s pen. 4 ‘Don’t forget to post my letter, will you, Sue?’ Diana ________________ Sue to post her letter. 5 ‘Let me carry your bag, John.’ Harry ________________ to carry John’s bag. 6 ‘All right, it’s true, I was nervous.’ The leading actor ________________to being nervous / that he had been nervous. 7 ‘If I were you, Bill, I’d buy a mountain bike.’ Stephen ________________ Bill to buy a mountain bike. 8 ‘You murdered Lord Grand, didn’t you, Mr Burns!’ The inspector ________________ Mr Burns of murdering Lord Grand. 9 ‘It was me who stole the money,’ said Jim. Jim ________________ to stealing the money.

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