Question

Grammar
• Reported speech
1 Underline the correct item, then write the speaker's exact words.
A:
Did Linda go to the town
council meeting yesterday?
B:
No, she said she has to/had to write a report for work.
Linda: "T A:
Have you seen Peter today?
Yes, he said he went/was going to the recycling centre.
Peter: "I A:
Will Anna complete her
project on air pollution tonight?
B:
No, she told me she will finish/would finish it tomorrow instead.
Anna: "I A:
Has Ken donated any money
to the homeless shelter?
B:
No, he said that he hadn't
donated/wasn't donating any money yet.
Ken: "I
What was Jack doing all
yesterday evening?
B:
He said that he had been
watching/had watched nature documentaries on TV.
Jack "I
2 Yesterday, Rachael went to a recycling centre for the first time. Keith works there and answered some of Rachael's questions. Turn their questions and commands into reported speech.
1 Rachael: "Does it cost anything to recycle here?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: "Yes, please pay £1 to the man at the gate".
Keith told her
2 Rachael: "Where is the bin for glass bottles?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: Walk up the path for twenty metres."
Keith told her
3 Rachael: "Can I put an old toaster into the plastics bin?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: "Don't put any household appliances into the plastics bin."
Keith told her
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3.
1 Terry, I want to.
.. you something about our
project.
2 "'ll donate to the charity," she...
3 weto hathe had Become a volnter.
4 Lisa......... that she would come to the clean-up
5 lou shouldnt do liter. i...... us.
• Reported verbs
4 Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.
1 "I'm sorry I didn't come to the meeting," said
George. (apologise)
2 "Don't forget to turn off the TV," Jim told Ann.
(remind)
3 "Let's create a poster to raise awareness," said
Tim. (suggest)
4 "Light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife," said Alice. (explain)
5 "You should turn off all the lights at night," Anna told Philip. (advise)
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Key word transformations
5 Use the word in bold to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use two to five words.
1 "Yes, it was me who left the light on last night," he said. ADMITTED
He
the light on the previous night.
"Don't go near the lake," they said to us
WARNED
Tes, you can borrow my car this weekend, ake Adam told Greg. ALLOWED
Adam
_ his car that weekend.
4 "Come to our party later today," Jim said to him.
INVITED
5 OK l donate some money to taerthat day.
Peter said. AGREED
Peter
to the charity.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. A: Did Linda go to the town council meeting yesterday?

B: No, she said she had to write a report for work.

Linda: "I haven't been to any town council meetings lately."

2. A: Have you seen Peter today?

B: Yes, he said he was going to the recycling centre.

Peter: "I visited the recycling centre earlier today."

3. A: Will Anna complete her project on air pollution tonight?

B: No, she told me she would finish it tomorrow instead.

Anna: "I won't complete the project on air pollution until tomorrow."

4. A: Has Ken donated any money to the homeless shelter?

B: No, he said he hadn't donated any money yet.

Ken: "I haven't contributed to the homeless shelter fund."

5. A: What was Jack doing all yesterday evening?

B: He said that he had been watching nature documentaries on TV.

Jack: "I spent the entire evening watching nature documentaries on TV."

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1. Rachael asked him if it cost anything to recycle there.

Keith told her, "Yes, please pay £1 to the man at the gate."

2. Rachael asked him where the bin for glass bottles was.

Keith told her, "Walk up the path for twenty metres."

3. Rachael asked him if she could put an old toaster into the plastics bin.

Keith told her, "Don't put any household appliances into the plastics bin."

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1. Terry: "I want to tell you something about our project."

Terry said that he wanted to tell me something about our project.

2. She: "I'll donate to the charity."

She said that she would donate to the charity.

3. We: "We had become volunteers."

We said that we had become volunteers.

4. Lisa: "I promised that I would come to the clean-up."

Lisa promised that she would come to the clean-up.

5. You: "You shouldn't do littering. I'll report you."

I warned that he shouldn't do littering, as I would report him.

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1. George apologized for not coming to the meeting.

2. Jim told Ann to remember to turn off the TV.

3. Tim suggested creating a poster to raise awareness.

4. Alice explained that light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife.

5. Anna advised Philip to turn off all the lights at night.

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1. He admitted leaving the light on the previous night.

2. They warned us not to go near the lake.

3. Adam allowed Greg to borrow his car that weekend.

4. Jim invited him to come to their party later that day.

5. Peter agreed to donate some money to the charity.