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    11.c 2020.11.27. Progress Test Part1 Grammar

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    11.c 2020.11.27. Progress Test Part1 Grammar

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    The document provides examples of reported speech and reported questions. It also contains exercises on compound nouns, matching materials to objects, and choosing the correct prepositions in certain contexts. The exercises are focused on grammar and vocabulary skills like changing direct speech to reported speech, forming compound nouns, identifying materials used to make common objects, and selecting the appropriate preposition in different situations.

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    11.c 2020.11.27. Progress Test Part1 Grammar

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    The document provides examples of reported speech and reported questions. It also contains exercises on compound nouns, matching materials to objects, and choosing the correct prepositions in certain contexts. The exercises are focused on grammar and vocabulary skills like changing direct speech to reported speech, forming compound nouns, identifying materials used to make common objects, and selecting the appropriate preposition in different situations.

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    Grammar

    1 Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.


    1 ‘Our company is planning to move out of the city centre next month,’ they said.
    They said their company was planning to move out of the city centre the next month
    2 ‘I will always love you, Fred,’ said Sheila.
    Sheila told Fred she would always love him .
    3 ‘You can’t borrow my bike tonight,’ Steve said to Olivia last Monday.
    Last Monday, Steve told Olivia she couldn’t borrow his bike that night .
    4 ‘We spent our holiday in Malta last month,’ Mr and Mrs Jones said.
    Mr and Mrs Jones told us they had spent their holiday in Malta the month before .
    5 ‘I’ve never encountered any aliens before,’ I told the reporter.
    I told the reporter I had never encountered any aliens before .
    6 ‘Jake knows my password,’ Helen said.
    Helen said Jake knew her password .
    7 ‘I’m making lunch for myself today,’ Christine said.
    Christine said she was making lunch for herself that tay .
    8 ‘Our supermarket is closed on Sundays,’ the shop assistant told me.
    The shop assistant told me their supermarket was closed on Sundays .
    9 ‘My aunt is thinking of moving out of her old house,’ the nephew said.
    The nephew said his aunt was thinking of moving out of her house .
    10 ‘I won’t be able to leave the office early,’ the manager told his wife.
    The manager told his wife he wouldn’t be able to leave the office early .

    Mark __/10
    2 Rewrite the questions as reported questions.
    1 ‘What will you do after you leave school?’ I asked Joe.
    _I asked Joe what he would do after he left school.____________
    11 ‘Have you written the story about our alien encounter yet?’ the newspaper editor
    asked her assistant.
    __The newspaper editor asked her assistant if she had already written the story about
    their alien encounter ____________________________________________________
    12 ‘Are you going to Martha’s birthday party tonight?’ Frances asked Gillian.
    _F. asked G. if she was going to Martha’s birthday party that night._______________
    13 ‘Are you going to write to me every day?’ Lisa asked her boyfriend.
    __Lisa asked her boyfriend if he was going to write to her every day._____________
    14 ‘What can you tell me about what happened last night?’ the reporter asked the
    woman.
    _The reporter asked the woman what she could tell him/her about what had happened
    the night before._____________________________________
    15 ‘Did you see anyone climb out of the window at midnight?’ the policeman asked me.
    _The policeman asked me if I had seen someone climb out of … _____________
    16 ‘Does your boyfriend believe in UFOs?’ I asked Jessie.
    _I asked Jessie if her boyfriend believed in UFOs. ____________________
    17 ‘Were you in bed at the time of the robbery?’ the inspector asked Mr and Mrs Mitchell.
    _The inspector asked Mr and Mrs Mitchell if they had been in bed …_______
    18 ‘When are you going to visit me again?’ Nick asked Alison.
    _Nick asked Alison when she was going to visit him again.____________________
    19 ‘Can you remember what time you went to bed last night?’ the detective asked the
    man.
    _The detective asked the man if he could remember what time he had gone to bed the
    night before._________________________________________________

    Mark ___/10
    Vocabulary
    3 Read the sentences and complete the compound nouns.
    1 Anita put the flowerpot on the __window________sill.
    20 The mouse was hiding under the ___floor_______boards.
    21 The thief looked through the key__hole________ to see if there was anyone in the
    room.
    22 Don’t put your foot on the coffee _table_________ . That’s what a footstool is for!
    23 The old lady was sitting in her rocking __chair________ , reading a book.
    24 I keep all my dictionaries on a book__shelf________ by the window.
    25 You can't smoke in here. There are no _ash_________trays.
    26 They served the breakfast buffet on a / an __side________board.
    27 The __flower________beds in the garden were full of roses, tulips and petunias.
    28 The heavy red curtains were hanging on a metal curtain _rail_________ .

    Mark __/10

    4 Match the materials to the objects made from them. There is one material you do
    not need.
    china fabric glass leather marble wood
    1 _glass_________ : bottle, mirror
    29 _china_________ : lamp, plate
    30 _fabric_________ : trousers, curtain
    31 __marble________ : statue, steps
    32 __leather________ : armchair, boots

    Mark __/5

    5 Choose the correct answers.


    1 My friend Paul lives near here. Shall we call on / up / after him?
    33 I had an accident last year. It took me several months to get out / from / over it.
    34 What are you looking into / for / after? Perhaps I could help you find it.
    35 Do you know Fiona? I’ve never come across / out / through a friendlier person.
    36 The police are looking for / into / across the mystery of the house that disappeared.

    Mark __/5

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