Extra grammar practice extension B1+ Unit

Reported speech – statements, 4 ‘How did you get up that high wall?’, they asked the
graffiti artist.
questions and commands

1 Look at these sentences. Change them into either
direct or reported speech.
5 ‘Do I have to do the drawing again?’, the student
1 ‘This is the most fascinating play I have read in a asked the teacher.
long time,’ the director said.



6 ‘What kind of materials do you use in your paintings?’,
2 The conductor of the orchestra told the reporters the art critic asked the artist.
that the following day’s concert would be his last

before he retired.


4 Find and correct the mistakes. There are three
3 ‘I think her still life paintings represent her better incorrect sentences.
than her self-portraits,’ the art critic said. 1 The tour guide said the temporary exhibition was
not included in the ticket.
2 Some of the people in the queue asked what time
did the box office open.
4 Tom said he had to learn the tunes of the songs
before he wrote the lyrics. 3 The museum staff said the tourists not to touch the
sculptures.

4 The teacher asked her students what was the theme
of the novel.
5 ‘I don’t like abstract art because I can’t understand 5 Most people in the audience said the performance
it,’ my grandmother once told me. was a bit disappointing.
6 The director told the actor not to look so frightened.

5 Choose the best answers to complete the text.
2 Complete these sentences with said, told or asked.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible. A few years ago a British artist made a shocking
statement when he said that taking children to art
1 Was it Oscar Wilde who that all art was
quite useless? galleries was a total waste of time. He (1) a national
newspaper that parents were arrogant if they (2)
2 Before the performance started, a voice off stage
their children (3) abstract painters like Picasso or
the audience to switch off their phones.
Jackson Pollock. However, Picasso himself once said
3 You’ve always to me that you didn’t
that it (4) him four years to paint like the great
like happy endings in films.
Italian master Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a
4 The lead singer the reporters that the
child. But he insisted that showing children a Pollock
band had decided to split.
painting (5) an insult to the artist. Many figures in
5 Our art teacher us that people have
the art world strongly disagreed with him and said that
often found Impressionism confusing.
‘art (6) be understood, but felt.’ A national museum
6 When the actors the audience to get
director said that children can certainly appreciate a
up and dance, everybody stood up.
work of art and they can all say (7) they like it or
3 Write these questions in reported speech. not, even if they probably don’t understand it.
1 ‘What was the conference about?’, the teacher asked
a colleague. 1 A told B said C said to D A or C
2 A think B had C thought D have
thought
2 ‘When will your next album come out?’, her fans 3 A can’t B could C will D would
wanted to know. understand understand understand understand
4 A has taken B had taken C takes D was taking
5 A was B is C has been D will be
3 ‘Where are the science fiction books?’, she asked 6 A mustn’t B hadn’t to C didn’t D B or C
the librarian. have to
7 A when B whether C if D B or C

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