Unit 21 Grammar 132 A Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. Stewart said he Derek said that he and Belinda... When I called, Susie said she me to phone back in halfan hour. Marcus said he suonanennenans (ty) to find a flat for ages before he finally found one he liked. Debbie says she .. (decide) to quit her job but I don't believe her. Our English teacher said that Shakespeare... (be) probably the greatest writer in the English language ever. Richard said he and Patricia. a the weekend, but | don't know if they went or not. Charlotte said last night that she really . doesn't always show it. Ollie said to Linda that he butin fact he asked Grant. Pete told Francis he... hadn't at all. (not / want) any dessert as he was full. (see) Adam recently. (give) the dog a bath so she asked (be going to) invite her parents for (love) me, even if she ----naw (ak) me to be his best man on Monday . (bring up) by his grandperents but in fact he B if a word or phrase in bold is correct, put a tick (V). If itis incorrect, rewrite it correctly. (On Monday, my boss said | ean take Wednesday off, but he changed his mind today for some reason, . Colin id he'd been planning to ask Rich to move in with him for ages. Lucy says she would let us know as soon as she gets the tickets. Jordan said that she has to get up at five thirty every morning. Before he got his results, Philip said that he may have to retake some exams, but now he knows he doesn't have to. Did Mrs Morgan say why she'd called? sei Paul said he should be here tomorrow night at aDOUt MINE. soem Dan said he must drive to Liverpool that night, but apparently he didr’t goin the end. C Write one word in each gap. 1 Tonya said .-ennne TV was broken and asked if she could come around to watch the football with us. Your father said that ~mn Old newspapers in the garage might be collector's items. Dana told the kids she had no option but to punish Wendy said to thank you for the tomatoes and that she'd ever eaten. Before he left, Carsen told his hosts that had been a lovely evening. ‘As soon as he saw the jeans, Bob told us that he had to have were the tastiest onesReported speech / reported questions / reporting verbs Unit 21 7 The Pattersons said that.. White House. 8 Grandpa said that wens .. eldest daughter has just got a job working at the picture over there was painted by his great-grandfather. D Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap. 1 Well be travelling round Europe next month,'said Jerry. following Jerry said that snssnsaenw be travelling round Europe. 2 ‘Ihad Evan and Christi over for dinner last right’said Liz. before Liz said that had Evan and Christie over for dinner. 3° ‘Dazcame here two days ago and then suddenly left said Barry. gone Barry said that Daz had . and then suddenly left. 4 ‘We're going on our yearly diet tomorrow,’said Jessie and Sandy together. starting Jessie and Sandy said together that nunnsmunnsinncninninnnannnnannnnnn yearly det the next day. 5 ‘Ican pickyou two boys up from school this afternoon; said their father to George and Kevin. that George and Kevins father told his sons school that aftemoon. 6 ‘Vil buy these as they'te socheap!'saidToby. going Toby said he 7 "You must study harder, Dave,'said Dave's mum. him Dave's mum . .. study harder, 8 ‘Ithink you may be coming down with flu/Greg said tome. thought Greg said that be coming down with flu. 9 ‘Idon't know why they haven't contacted me recently,'said Tine, been Tine said she didn't know why .. 10 ‘Everything was different yesterday,'said Ben. been Ben said everything up from . asthey were so cheap. recently before. E Write one word in each gap. The Excuses ‘The office was silent. ‘So, let me get this right’ (1) ssn.-sssmssnm Alison calmly.’Not one of you is willing to donate some money towards Mr Bartlett's leaving present. There was silence again for a ‘moment, then Deidre (2) ennmem Up, saying that she (3) .. loveto give a donation, but unfortunately her house (4) sun« being painted that week and she (5) smensonionsenn Ot have any spare cash at all. Alec was next. He was very apologetic and said that he (6) . v= Meant to bring some money 10 WOTk (7) owmnememnen morning, but had forgotten. Perhaps tomorrow? Betty said She (8) vnmnmemamam completely broke at (9) sesmnesnsnmne MOMENE in time, and said he (10) wnnnemnnee NOt Give anything until she (11) ssmensonnnsem her pay cheque at the end of the week Alison stared at them all. She (12) ssnsmennmnmnene them how disappointed she (13) wennnmenneme With all of them, and that she (14) aeneimenes remember their excuses when it was time for (15) . to retire. She slammed the door behind her as she left the room. 133Unit 21 Grammar F Rewrite as reported questions, beginning with the words given. 1 ‘Have you had your ear pierced?” My mum asked meif , 2 ‘Can | meetyou there at six o'clock tonight, Doug?’ Julian wanted to know whether 3. ‘Are you still moving to Blackpool next week?’ Fiona asked Rod and Jenny whether 4 ‘Does Graham have to wear a suit to work? | asked Mrs Daley if Graham . 5 ‘Doyouwant someoneto feed your cat while youre away?” Jan asked meif 6 ‘Can you guess what I've given Lindsay for her birthday? Daisy asked Wendy if . 7 ‘Doyou love me or not,Gloria?” Fred asked Gloria whether 8 ‘Will Simon be coming to the party tomorrow night’ Adrian wondered whether. 9 “Tell meifyou were anywhere near 34 Aylesford Street last night!” The police officer demanded to know whether Sykes . G Rewrite as direct questions. 1 She asked me why I was thinking of qi 3 They asked us how we had got on with Peter three days before. 4 Lasked them when they had last been on holiday. 5 Sheasked him which of them he preferred. 6 _ asked you how you were going to get to Manchester tomorrow. 7 Carlasked Megen who she had been out with the weekend before. 134Reported speech / reported questions / reporting verbs Unit 21 H Complete using the correct form of the words in the box. agree . apologise . ask . claim « deny « order . refuse . state . suggest . tell Ifyou want \ ssnnnneneenanan VErY Clearly several times already that this government is not going to be blackmailed by terrorists. mea question, put your hand up. The general the soldiers to retreat, which they did as quickly as they could! Isabelle, .. susnnmsnnsnnan that story about the giraffe.| love that story! GleNda Still seen .. to me for losing my CD player. Ifyou trouble! tocooperate with the police, you would have been in big waiting a few more days before we make a final decision. .. having done anything wrong, despite the evidence 1 .. to help you with your homework, not do it all for you! ‘Some thieves access to people's houses. smasnnemanee 10 be electricity meter readers 50 they can gain I Circle the extra word in each line. evVanusuna Gaihg a merigage Someone told to mea few months ago that getting a mortgage would be easy. How wrong they were! When I first went into the bank, | asked if them how much I could borrow. They refused that to answer even such a simple question, saying that! had to actually find a house before they could tell me whether they would have lend me the Money or not.! thought this was ridiculous and so told it a white lie, saying that I had been already found a house. They finally said they would lend me the money, so. that was great. Then the problems started. A few weeks later a friend told me that about a wonderful flat that was for sale, He suggested to our buying it together because it was so large and | agreed. When | went back to the bank and said so | was planning to buy a flat with a friend, the bank manager denied doing that he had ever said the bank would give me a mortgage and claimed that he has had looked at my finances and knew I wasn't earning enough to borrow money. begged with him to have another lookat my records as | knew he was wrong. Finally, he agreed me to reconsider my case and eventually sent me a letter which stated that the bank would was quite happy to give me a mortgage. By then, though, it was said too late as someone else had bought the flat! 135