1. Unit 5
Grammar Practice (Plus)
1 Rewrite the statements in reported speech.
1 ‘ I don ’t mind being here. ’
She said ___________________________________________________ .
2 ‘ We weren ’t doing anything at eight o ’clock yesterday evening. ’
They said __________________________________________________ .
3 ‘ You must get a ticket for next month ’s concert. ’
She said ___________________________________________________ .
4 ‘ You may know Louise from the evening class. ’
She said ___________________________________________________ .
5 ‘ Lisa is doing a test at the moment. ’
He told us __________________________________________________ .
6 ‘ Some of the power cables were damaged in last night ’s storm. ’
He told me __________________________________________________ .
7 ‘ I ’ m going to help you with the cooking tonight. ’
He told _____________________________________________________ .
8 ‘ We haven ’t finished our picnic yet. ’
They told me ________________________________________________ .
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2. 2 Rewrite the questions in reported speech.
1 ‘ What time was it when you finally got home? ’
Joe asked us ________________________________________________ .
2 ‘ How many bottles have you found since you started looking? ’
Pat asked Sue _______________________________________________ .
3 ‘ What were you doing when the fire started last night? ’
The police asked me ___________________________________________ .
4 ‘ What time will you get back tonight? ’
Jill asked me _________________________________________________ .
5 Did you do the washing up earlier today?
Peter asked me _______________________________________________ .
6 When will you do your homework?
Mum asked us ________________________________________________ .
3 Write reported commands, requests and suggestions. Use the prompts in
brackets.
1 ‘ Switch off your laptop. ’ (Ian / Amanda)
___________________________________________________________
2 ‘ Let ’ s go out for lunch! ’ (Peter)
___________________________________________________________
3 ‘ Don ’ t forget to be home by seven! ’ (Steve / Mark)
___________________________________________________________
4 ‘ Why don ’t we call Stephanie? ’ (Harriet)
___________________________________________________________
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3. 4 Read the dialogue and rewrite it in reported speech.
Paul
Where were you going when I saw you last night?
Ben
I was heading for the library on the corner of my street.
Paul
Why didn ’t you stop to chat with me?
Ben
I was in a hurry to return some books.
Paul
I wonder why I don ’t believe you!
1 Paul asked Ben _____________________________________________ .
2 Ben said ___________________________________________________ .
3 ___________________________________________________________ .
4 ___________________________________________________________ .
5 Paul wondered _______________________________________________ .
5 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in the box.
apologize
refuse
admit
advise
agree
warn
1 ‘ I never help with the washing up, ’ said Simon.
___________________________________________________________
2 ‘ Don ’ t throw stones, ’ said Thomas to the children.
___________________________________________________________
3 ‘ I ’ m sorry I forgot to buy some flowers, ’ said Louisa.
___________________________________________________________
4 ‘ I won ’t give you any money, ’ said Matt.
___________________________________________________________
5 ‘ You ought to apply for that job, ’ Jennifer told me.
___________________________________________________________
6 ‘ I ’ l l let you borrow my car, ’ said Roberta.
___________________________________________________________
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4. 6 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 Wendy told them she hadn ’t found anything interesting.
___________________________________________________________
2 Ruth suggested holding a party in the nightclub.
___________________________________________________________
3 We warned you not to go there.
___________________________________________________________
4 Rob said he would help me with the gardening.
___________________________________________________________
5 Andrea asked everybody where they had last seen the children.
___________________________________________________________
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5. Vocabulary Practice (Plus)
1 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Amanda put on her back_________________ and set off on holiday.
2 I love being a sight_________________ when I visit an interesting old city full of
monuments to look at.
3 There is a lot of information about places to stay and things to see in the
guide_________________ .
4 Sandy lives by the sea_________________ . She can see the beach and the
sea from her house.
5 Air France is the national air_________________ of France.
6 A lot of holiday_________________ couldn ’t get home when their package tour
company went bankrupt while they were only halfway through their holiday.
7 We went for a walk in the country_________________ , across fields and hills.
8 How much is the air_________________ from Madrid to Sydney in Australia?
9 If you follow the guide_________________ in the instruction book, you won ’t go
wrong.
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6. 2 Write the missing words to complete the compound nouns.
1 They booked their holiday through a very good _________________ agent who
organized everything.
2 We ’d like to change our pounds into euros. What ’s the current
_________________ rate?
3 I take my _________________ bag with me every time I go away. It ’s more
comfortable than a bed!
4 I always put on _________________ cream when it ’s summer because I have
sensitive skin.
5 Put on your good _________________ boots because we ’re going on a 15kilometre hike across the hills.
6 Jackie suffers from _________________ sickness a lot. She feels nauseous
when she goes on a coach.
7 Bob went on an _________________ trip. He stayed with an Irish family, then an
Irish boy stayed with his family.
8 I love _________________ holidays. You can relax while someone else deals
with all the problems.
3 Write the prefix that goes with each pair of words.
1 _________________-curricular
_________________-terrestrial
2 _________________action
_________________-continental
3 _________________sleep
_________________spend
4 _________________claim
_________________visit
5 _________________estimate
_________________statement
6 _________________-task
_________________lingual
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7. 4 Complete the sentences with words from 3.
1 I ’ve set my alarm for seven in the morning because I don ’t want to
_________________ and miss the flight.
2 One of the _________________ activities you can do after school hours is
volleyball practice on Wednesday evenings.
3 Do you think there is _________________ life on other planets?
4 Amy is _________________ . She can speak Arabic as well as Spanish and
English.
5 Be careful not to _________________ because you don ’t want to go into debt.
6 Maria enjoys the _________________ with other people she gets in her work.
7 You shouldn ’t _________________ how much work there is to do. It ’ll take
much longer than you think.
8 Sandra can do lots of jobs at the same time, which is good because she has to
_________________ at work.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 I can ’t choose _________________ the fish dish and the vegetarian option.
2 You ’ll have to queue _________________ a ticket to go into the museum.
3 Amy kindly paid _________________ both of us to go to the theatre.
4 Peter is worried _________________ his job interview.
5 What time shall we set _________________ for the mountains? I ’d like to get
there before dark.
6 Sam got _________________ the bus at the bus stop and took it into town.
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8. 6 Write a word for each definition.
1 to mock or laugh at something in life or politics _________________
2 to reserve (a hotel room or a restaurant table) _________________
3 giving you a real sense of a place being described _________________
4 rent _________________
5 something you use for drying yourself after going in the sea
_________________
6 a long trip _________________
7 a place by the sea, which is built especially for holidaymakers
_________________
8 a film or book that describes someone ’s travel experience _________________
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