UNIT 5 Grammar practice

Reported statements Joe asked his mum if she had seen his blue coat.
His mum asked him (1) ............................................
If he had looked in the
1 Complete the sentences in reported speech.
cupboard. Joe asked his mum (2) ....................................
‘I’m having the best day of my life,’ said Sylvia. it that day. His mum asked him (3) ....................................
Sylvia said that she was having the best day of her life. it in the car. Joe asked his mum (4) ...................................
1 ‘It’s the first time I’ve seen this film,’ said Maria. after the film. His mum asked him (5) ............................. .
Maria said that ............................................................ . Joe asked his mum (6) ..................................... for him.
2 Hannah said, ‘I’ll call you tomorrow.’
Hannah told me that ................................................... . Consolidation
3 ‘These are my favourite clothes,’ said Damon.
5 Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold.
Damon said that ......................................................... .
‘You should leave before it gets dark,’ she said.
4 Ben said, ‘I was born here.’
(recommended)
Ben said that .............................................................. .
She recommended that we leave before it got dark.
5 ‘This is the man I saw yesterday,’ said Jill.
1 ‘I’ll help you wash the car,’ Carole said to her husband.
Jill said that ................................................................. .
(offered)
...................................................................................
say & tell 2 She hasn’t been on holiday for a long time. (since)
...................................................................................
2 Complete the text with said or told.
3 They used to sing around the piano every Christmas.
The doctor told me that I had a fever. He
(would)
(1) .......................... that I had to take these tablets
...................................................................................
every four hours, and he (2) .......................... me that I
should stay in bed. He also (3) .......................... me that I 4 Sue and José have a plan to meet at the cinema at
should drink plenty of water. He (4) .......................... that I 8 p.m. (meeting)
had a virus and he (5) .......................... my mum that I ...................................................................................
should be better in a couple of days. 5 She’ll be late if she doesn’t hurry. (unless)
...................................................................................
Reporting verbs & structures 6 ‘Don’t forget to book a table at the restaurant,’ he said
to us. (reminded)
3 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. ...................................................................................
She suggested: ‘Why don’t you come and stay with me?’
6 Choose the correct options or complete the gaps with
She suggested that I go and stay with her.
the correct form of the verb or adjective in brackets.
1 ‘Remember to take your medicine,’ he reminded me.
Linda Wolfe, 68, holds the world record for being married
He ...............................................................................
Reminded me to take my medicine .
more times than any other living person, after getting
2 ‘Don’t walk on the carpet,’ ordered his mother. married 23 times. She first (1) .......................... (get)
His mother ..................................................................
ordered he not to walk on the carpet. . married in 1957 when she (2) .......................... (be) sixteen
3 ‘You should try the new restaurant,’ Kim recommended. years old. This first marriage lasted for seven years and
Kim .............................................................................
recommended me that i try the new restaurant. . was the (3) .......................... (long) and the (4)
4 ‘Don’t go any higher,’ warned the climber. .......................... (happy) of her life. (5) Since / For then,
The climber .................................................................
warned me not to go any higher. . she (6) .......................... (marry) many other men. She
(7) .......................... (marry) one man, who was called Jack
Gourley, three times. She (8) said / told that she
Reported questions (9) .......................... never .......................... (cheat) on any
of her husbands and she (10) .......................... (look) for
4 Read the dialogue. Then complete the following text by
her twenty-fourth husband now.
rewriting the bold phrases as reported questions.
Joe: I’m going to the cinema. Have you seen my blue
coat, Mum?
Mum: No, (1) did you look in the cupboard?
Joe: Yes, it’s not there. (2) Did you wash it today?
Mum: No, I didn’t. (3) Did you leave it in the car?
Joe: Oh yes! (4) Can you pick me up after the film?
Mum: OK. (5) What time does the film finish?
Joe: At 6.45 p.m. (6) Where will you wait for me?
Mum: I’ll see you outside the cinema.