EXERCISE 4. Turn the following into reported speech. 


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EXERCISE 4. Turn the following into reported speech.



 1 "I'm tired," he said. "I didn't sleep properly last night."

Не said that he was tired, explaining that he hadn't slept properly the night

before.

  2 "It's cold in here," she said. "Shall I light а fire?"

 3 Аnn: I must go. I'm late.

Dave: What's the hurry?

Аnn: I've got аn important meeting. It starts in twenty minutes.

  4 "Have you finished your report?" she said. "The boss wants it now."

 5 Sam: Саn you help mе? I'm lost.

Gill: Where do you want to go?

Sam: I've got а meeting at the Town Hall. It's оn Regency Road.

 6 "I’m bored,” said Kate. "Shall we go for a walk?"

 7 Tom: I haven’t got time to have lunch today.

Peter: Why not?

Tom: I’ve got a lot of work to do for the presentation. It starts at 3 o’clock.

 

EXERCISE 5. Fill in the correct form of say, tell, speak or talk. What other expressions go with say or tell?

1. "Could you……me the time?" ….. the old lady.

2. He ….. me to ….. up because he couldn't hear me.

3. "I'd like to ….. to the manager please," ….. the client.

4. Mr. Lawson ….. he could ….. French and Arabic.

5. I don't ….. to Bob anymore; he is always ….. lies.

6. She ….. us not to ….. anything to her family.

7. The judge ….. the witness to ….. the truth and

8. nothing but the truth.

9. "….. your prayers and go to bed," Mum …...

 

EXERCISE 6. Rewrite the questions in Reported Speech.

1."Where were you last night at the time of the burglary?" the police inspector asked me. 2. "Was he using the computer to find the secret code?" the manager asked his secretary. 3. "How did the Prince wake Sleeping Beauty up?" Karen asked Grandma. 4. "Has she finally decided to sail from Spain to Australia all alone?" he asked. 5. "Will you tell Harry he's the worst detective you've ever met?" Fred asked Tim.

EXERCISE 7. Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech.

1. "Open the door at once!" the policeman said to him. 2. "Call the fire brigade immediately!" he said. 3. "Don't throw litter out of the window!" Mum said to me. 4. "Fasten your seat belt, please," the air steward said to the passenger. 5. "Don't you ever act like that again!" he said to Mike.

 

EXERCISE 8. Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech.

1. She said "I will always trust you." 2. He said "I can't go." 3. He said "I can't come to help next week." 4. She said " I may be late tonight." 5. She asked "Shall I tell her Tom quit?" 6. She asked "What time shall we be back?" 7. She said "You must do your homework." 8. He said "She must have forgotten." 9. He said "You needn't pay now." 10. She said "He needn't leave until tomorrow."

 

EXERCISE 9. Complete the sentences using the words in bold.

1. "Let me help you with your essay," the professor said to me.

suggested The professor ….. my essay.

2. "When did you move in? " he asked her.

when He asked ….. in.

3. The thief said: "I didn’t steal the car. "

stealing The thief ….. the car.

4. "Would you like me to do the shopping?" Steve said.
offered Steve….. the shopping.

5. "I'm sorry I came late," Pam said.

coming      Pam ….. late.

6. I asked him: "Did you enjoy yourself in Spain? "

had       I asked him …… a good time in Spain.

7. "Don't play football on the grass!" he said to us.
forbade     He ….. on the grass.

8. "You lied to the police," he said to Mark.

lying    He ….to the police.

9. "No, I won't ask her out again," he said.

refused   He ….. again.

10. "Ok, it was me who broke the window," he said.
having He ….. the window.

RELATIVE CLAUSES: Level B

 

Relative Clauses are introduced with:

a) relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that

b) relative adverbs: when, where, why.

Relative pronouns

Subject of the verb of the relative clause(cannot be omitted)

Object of the verb of the relative clause (can be omitted)

Possession (cannot be omitted)

Used for people

Who/that

Who/whom/that

whose

There’s the boy who/that started the fight.

Here’s the woman (who/that) I told you about last week.

This is Mrs. Smith, whose daughter works in my office.

Used for things/

Animals

Which/that

Which/that

whose/of which

I saw a film which/that was very good.

This is the book (which/that) I read last week.

This is the house whose roof/the roof of which was destroyed.

Who, whom, which or that can be omitted when there is a noun or personal pronoun between the relative pronoun and the verb, that is, when they are the objects of the relative clause. When who, which etc are subjects of the relative clause, they cannot be omitted.

The dress (which/that) you bought yesterday is very nice.(can be omitted)

The man who called just now is my brother. (cannot be omitted)

Relative Adverbs

Time

when (= in/on/at which)

July is the month when a lot of tourists visit the country.

Place

where (= in/at/on/to which)

That’s the hotel where the guests are staying.

Reason

why (= for which)

Lack of money is the reason (why) we are not going on holiday.

Prepositions in Relative Clauses

We usually avoid putting prepositions before relative pronouns.

That’s the boy with whom I shared the room. (formal – not usual)

That’s the boy who/that I shared the room with. (less formal)

That’s the boy I shared the room with. (more usual)



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