UNIT 21 Indirect Speech TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 21

Indirect Speech

 

EXERCISE A Choose the correct answer and write its number in the brackets.   1 John said, ‘Paul is ill.’ John told the teacher that _______ ill. (1) Paul is (2) Paul were (3) Paul was (4) Paul are 2 My teacher said, ‘You are very good at music!’ My teacher told me that ________ very good at music! (1) she is (2) I were (3) she was (4) I was 3 Mary said, ’I have a twin sister.’ Mary said that __________ a twin sister. (1) I have (2) we have (3) she had (4) I had 4 Ken and Tom said, "We like basketball very much." Ken and Tom told the teacher that _____________basketball very much. (1) they liked (2) we liked (3) he liked (4) he likes 5 My dad said, "I will take you both to the beach." This morning my dad told us that _____________us both to the beach. (1) he will take (2) he would take (3) he takes (4) he took 6 Jack said, "I've got a stomach ache." Jack told Mrs Lane that _____________ a stomach ache (1) I had got (2) I have got (3) he had got (4) he has got 7 Sue said, "I am 12 years old." Sue told her teacher _____________ 12 years old. (1) she was (2) I am (3) she is (4) I wa 8 Mrs Gill said, 'Tomorrow we will go to the museum." Mrs Gill told the class _____________ go to the museum the next day. (1) they will (2) they would (3) we will (4) we would 9 Sam said, "I write emails to my pen-friend every week." Sam told me _____________ emails to his pen-friend every week. (1) I wrote (2) he write (3) I write (4) he wrote 10 Tom said, "My parents play tennis on Saturdays." Tom told the teacher _____________ tennis on Saturdays. (1) her parents played (2) his parents played (3) my parents played (4) my parents play 11 My little brother shouted, "I'm hungry." My little brother shouted that _____________ hungry. (1) he was (2) I am (3) I was (4) he is 12 Mr Smith said, "My family has a house by the seaside.." Mr Smith told us _____________ a house by the seaside. (1) her family had (2) my family had (3) my family have (4) his family had   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with said or told. A typical day Sally interviewed a new teacher, Mrs Ross, for the school magazine. This is what she wrote. Mrs Ross (1) ____________ that she woke up at 6 am everyday. She (2) ____________ she liked to wake up early so she could read the newspaper over breakfast. Then she (3) ____________ me she had a light breakfast of a boiled egg, bread, some fruit and tea. She (4) ____________ she usually walked to school because she liked the exercise. She (5) ____________ me that she tried to arrive at school by 7.00. She (6) ____________ it gave her some quiet time to plan her day. She also (7) ____________ me that she really enjoyed her work and that the days went very quickly. She (8) ____________ that after work she sometimes went to the gym or to the swimming pool. Then she (9) ____________ me that she did her shopping on the way home and often cooked a big dinner for her family. She (10) ____________ she usually spent her evenings talking to her family and then marking books after her children went to bed. She also (11) ____________ me that her husband was a teacher too. Finally she (12) ____________ she was very happy in her new school and hoped to stay a long time.   EXERCISE C Rewrite the pronoun and verb in colour in the correct reported form to fill in the gaps. The first one has been done for you. An interview: Mistaken identity The police arrested a man they thought was a robber. They took him to the police station and questioned him. One policeman wrote down what the man said as a record of the interview Policeman 1: Why were you at the jewellery shop? Man: I always go to the shop in the morning. Policeman 2: He said that (1) ___he___ always ___went___ to the shop in the morning. Policeman 1: Why were you waiting at the door? Man: I usually wait for the others to come. Policeman 2: He said that (2) _______ usually _______ for the others to come. Policeman 1: OK, then who are the others? A gang? Man: No, they are my friends. Policeman 2: He told us they (3) _______ friends. Policeman 1: Friends? What friends? Man: They are people I work with. Policeman 2: He said (4) _______ people (5) _______ with. Policeman 1: Exactly, a gang! Man: No, they are just my colleagues! Policeman 2: He told us they (6) _______ just _______ colleagues. Policeman 1: Oh, yes? And how long have you known your 'colleagues'? Man: I have worked with them for many years. Policeman 2: He said (7) _______ worked with them for many years. Policeman 1: Ah ha! Always at the jewellery shop? Man: Yes, of course. I have always worked in jewellery shops. Policeman 2: He told us (8) _______ always _______ in jewellery shops. Policeman 1: Exactly, you are a jewel robber! Man: I deny that I am a jewel robber! Policeman 2: (9) _______ that (10) ______ a jewel robber. Policeman 1: Oh, no! What do you do then? Man: Well, I go to the jewellery shop every day because I am the manager there! Policeman 2: He told us (11) _______ to the shop every day because (12) _______ the shop manager. The shop manager? Policeman 1: Oh, no! You're the shop manager! We're terribly sorry, sir. A car will take you home immediately!

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