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    NAME: DATE:

    Top Notch 3, Third Edition Unit 5, Lesson 1


    Copyright ©2015 by Pearson Education. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. Extra Grammar Exercises
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    NAME: Nicoll Hernandez Code: T00059059

    Extra Grammar Exercises(Unit 5, page 55)

    LESSON 2 Indirect speech: Say and tell—tense changes


    1 Circle the correct verb.
    1. We (told / said) our classmates to be on time for the meeting.
    2. No one (said / told) us what had happened.
    3. When I arrived at the school, they (said / told) me the air conditioning
    wasn’t working.
    4. The newspaper article (said / told) there was a flu epidemic in several southern
    states of the U.S.
    5. My friend from Mexico called and (said / told) us there had been a landslide in the
    town next to hers.
    6. It (says / tells) that a lot of trees fell down in the hurricane.
    7. They (said / told) the class that a typhoon and a hurricane are the same kind
    of storm.

    2 Correct the errors in the statements.


    1. The newspaper told that there was a terrible storm.
    The newspaper said (that) there had been a terrible storm.
    The newspaper told us(that) there had been a terrible storm.

    2. My friend Anna said me that she was sick today.


    My friend Anna told me that she is sick today.
    3. I told I will go there next week.
    I told that I would go there next week
    4. She said him the earthquake had hit early in the day.
    she said him that the earthquake had hit early in the day
    5. The weather report told the weather would be better tomorrow.
    The weather report said the weather would be better tomorrow

    Top Notch 3, Third Edition Unit 5, Lesson 2


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    3 Write the original direct quote. Use quotation marks.


    1. They said a lot of people had died in the flood.
    “A lot of people died in the flood.”

    2. My friends told me the tornado had hit before they came home.
    My friends told me “the tornado hit before they came home”.
    3. Karen said the 2003 drought had been one of the worst droughts in history.
    Karen said, “the 2003 drought was one of the worst droughts in history”.
    4. The National News said thousands had died of hunger in the famine.
    The national news said, “thousands died of hunger in famine”.

    4 Change each statement from direct speech to indirect speech. Change the
    verb tense.
    1. I said, “It hasn’t stopped raining yet.”
    I said that it hadn’t stopped raining yet.

    2. My friends in Panama told me, “The weather last week was terrible.”
    My friends in panama told me that the weather last week had been terrible.
    3. Susan said, “I’ll bring food to your house for dinner.”
    Susan said that she would bring food to your house for dinner.
    4. Laura’s children told her, “We can’t take the school bus this morning.”
    Laura’s children told her that they could not take the school bus this
    morning.
    5. He said, “I was here all last night.”
    he said that he had been here all last night.
    6. People said, “This was the worst blizzard in 100 years.”
    people said that this had been the worst blizzard in 100 years.
    7. The owner of the store told me, “The rug comes from Pakistan.”
    The owner of the store told me that the rug came from Pakistan.
    8. Our history professor, Mr. Green, called and said, “The hurricane
    damaged myparents’ house, and I can’t come to class today.”
    Our history professor, Mr. Green, called and said that the hurricane had damaged
    his parent’s house, and he can’t come to the class today.
    9. After the tornado warning, most people said, “We stayed in our
    basements formore than an hour.”
    After the tornado warning, most people said that they had stayed in their
    basements for more than an hour.

    Top Notch 3, Third Edition Unit 5, Lesson 2


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