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1 Complete the reported speech. Make any 3 Which reporting verbs from the box match the
necessary changes. sentences?
1 ‘We are going to go on a trip to Mexico.’ advise ask beg explain invite offer order
They told us that they were going to go promise refuse remind tell
on a trip to Mexico .
2 ‘Will you visit New Zealand on your world 1 ‘Finish the report by tomorrow,’ the Finance
Director said to her. tell
tour?’ She asked me if I would visit New
2 ‘Pick it up and put it in the bin!’ the
Zealand on my world tour. teacher shouted at them. order
3 ‘The recording studio is at the end of the 3 ‘I’d complain to the manager if I were you,’
corridor.’ He told me that the recording studio Andy said to Luke. advice
was at the end of the corridor. 4 ‘Don’t forget to buy some bread and milk,’ Judy
4 ‘Is your sister married to that millionaire?’ said to her husband. remind
I asked him if his sister was married to that 5 ‘I will write to you every day,’ Stewart said to Jill.
millionaire. promise
5 ‘When are you thinking of getting married?’ 6 ‘I’m not going to tell you my password,’ Fiona
We wanted to know when they were thinking of said to her assistant. refuse
getting married. 7 ‘Can you come over for dinner on Friday?’
6 ‘Have you been living here all your life?’ Harry asked us. invite
She asked him if he had been living there all his 8 ‘Mum, please, please, please, buy me the pink
life.. car!’ Adam said to his mother. beg
9 ‘The red button is for an emergency stop,’
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the mechanic told me. explain
2 Complete the conversations with the words in 10 ‘Can you help Jenny with her homework?’
brackets. my father said to me. ask
1 A It’s our wedding anniversary today. The 1st 11 ‘I’ll carry your suitcase,’ George said to the
of June. beautiful girl. offer
B Really? I didn’t know you’d got married in 1 point for each correct 10
June . (get married / June). answer

2 A You left your car’s headlights on last night.

B Oh, no! I didn’t realize I 4 Rewrite the sentences from exercise 3 in
had forgotten to turn them off . (forget / turn off) reported speech.
3 A Jack’s ordered fish and chips, too. 1 The Finance Director told her to finish the
B Has he? I thought he said he report by
didn’t want fish . (not want / fish) the following day .
4 A Karen is a shop assistant. 2 The teacher ordered them to pick it up and put
B But she told me she it in the bin.
was a TV presenter . (be / TV 3 Andy advised Luke to complain to the manager.
presenter) 4 Judy reminded her husband to buy some bread
5 A She’s already married. and milk.
B But she said she wasn’t married yet . 5 Stewart promised to write to Jill every day.
(not married / yet) 6 Fiona refused to tell her assistant her
6 A She’s got a baby daughter. password.
B But she told me she 7 Harry invited us to come over for dinner on Friday.
didn’t have any children. (not have / any 8 Adam begged his mother to buy him the pink
children) car.
2 points for each correct answer 10 9 The mechanic explained that the red button
Was for an emergency stop.
10 My father asked me to help Jenny with her
homework.
11 George offered to carry the beautiful girl’s
suitcase.
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5 Circle the most suitable phrase.

1 Could you possibly / You could possibly / Possibly 7 Complete the sentences. Use a suitable verb from
can you show me the way? exercise 6 in the correct form, and a preposition or
no preposition.
2 I think / wonder / know if the library is still open?
3 Can you tell me where is the library / the 1 The police are accusing him of stealing the
library / the library is? necklace.
4 I’m not sure / I don’t / I’m no idea what you mean. 2 I hate gossiping about my friends, but I’ll tell
you what I’ve heard about Jill.
5 She had no idea / not an idea / never idea who
the man was. 3 I thought she’d taken my car without
permission, but she denied taking it.
6 Did / Do / Doing you know when the school
closes on Fridays? 4 Last week, the workers protested against
their bad working conditions.
7 I want to know / know / knowing what she said.
5 Are you suggesting we should go to Mallorca?
8 I wonder / don’t know / not sure the name of
the film. 6 I complimented her on her lovely new hair
style.
9 I’d like to know where / what / whether you
agree with me. 7 Our neighbours quarrel witheach other all the
time. We can hear all their rows.
10 Would you be minding / mind / minded helping
me? 8 We approve of the school’s decision to provide
more vegetarian meals.
11 Could you explain why here you are / are you
here / you are here? 9 Stop screaming at your brother. People
can hear you miles away!
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10 People often criticize Derek for his rude
behaviour.
6 Match the verbs from the box with the definitions. 11 Whisper it in my ear—I don’t want anyone to hear.
There’s one definition that doesn’t have a
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matching verb.
accuse compliment criticize approve deny 8 Correct the mistakes.
gossip protest quarrel scream suggest 1 He said he will be the next President. would be
whisper 2 The boss told me to sit down and started working.
1 speak very quietly so others cannot hear told me to start working
whisper 3 It’s like clapping your head against a brick wall.
2 say what is bad or wrong about something Banging
critisize 4 He told me he would accepted the job. Accept
3 cry out in a loud voice scream
4 advise about a plan or an idea you would like 5 Large minds think alike. GREAT MINDS
to discuss suggest
6 I yelled on the children because they were
5 say that something is not true deny so naughty. At the children
6 argue loudly with somebody quarell 7 I asked her why her have come here. She had
7 say that you do not agree with or approve 8 Oh well. You alive and learn. You live and learn
of something protest
9 I ask him if he had a dog. ASKED
8 talk informally about somebody else’s private
life 10 I’ve broken your glasses! I insist for paying for
gossip a new pair. ON PAYING
11 The teacher told me TO try harder.
9 say that somebody has done something wrong
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10 feel positively about something approve
11 speak in front of a large audience -------
12 say something nice about someone
compliment

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