1. Unit 5
Grammar Practice (Standard)
1 Rewrite the statements in reported speech.
1 ‘ I don ’t like watching horror films. ’
She said __________________________________________________ .
2 ‘ I ’ m going to make a phone call. ’
He told me ________________________________________________ .
3 ‘ Louise hasn ’t eaten her lunch yet. ’
They told me ______________________________________________ .
4 ‘ We weren ’t playing cards. ’
They said _________________________________________________ .
5 ‘ Tom is doing a test. ’
He told us _________________________________________________ .
6 ‘ We ’ l l finish it later. ’
They said they ______________________________________________ .
7 ‘ We must go and see the James Bond film. ’
She said they _______________________________________________ .
8 ‘ I can ’t decide what to wear. ’
She said she ________________________________________________ .
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2. 2 Complete the reported statements with the correct words.
1 ‘ I don ’t like this food at all. ’
Penny said _________________ didn ’t like _________________ food at all.
2 ‘ We played tennis here last week. ’
Adam and Joe said _________________ had played tennis
_________________ the week _________________ .
3 ‘ I lost my wallet yesterday. ’
Alicia said _________________ had lost _________________ wallet the day
_________________ .
4 ‘ I ’ m visiting my grandparents next week. ’
Rosa said _________________ was visiting _________________ grandparents
the _________________ week.
5 ‘ We are having dinner here tonight. ’
The twins said _________________ were having dinner _________________
_________________ night.
3 Rewrite the questions in reported speech.
1 ‘ What were you doing last night? ’
He asked me _________________________________________________ .
2 ‘ When did you last have lunch with us here? ’
She asked me ________________________________________________ .
3 ‘ Can you swim? ’
She asked him ________________________________________________ .
4 ‘ How long have you lived here? ’
She asked me _________________________________________________ .
5 ‘ Did Joe win the match? ’
He asked me __________________________________________________ .
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3. 4 Rewrite the reported commands, requests and suggestions in reported
speech. Use the prompts in brackets.
1 ‘ Can you close the door? ’ (Dan / ask / Denise)
___________________________________________________________
2 ‘ Let ’ s have a party! ’ (Rachel / suggest)
___________________________________________________________
3 ‘ Don ’ t be late! ’ (Samantha / tell / the students)
___________________________________________________________
4 ‘ Help with the washing up. ’ (Joe / ask / me)
___________________________________________________________
5 ‘ Why don ’t we rent a DVD? ’ (Harry / suggest)
___________________________________________________________
6 ‘ Wake up! ’ (My mum / tell / the twins)
___________________________________________________________
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4. 5 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in brackets.
1 ‘ Don ’ t go near the edge of the lake, ’ Ian said to the children. (warn)
___________________________________________________________
2 ‘ I ’ m sorry I forgot to bring anything to drink, ’ said Diane. (apologize)
___________________________________________________________
3 ‘ You should join a gym, ’ Jerry told me. (advise)
___________________________________________________________
4 ‘ I never get to school on time, ’ said Fiona. (admit)
___________________________________________________________
5 ‘ I ’ l l meet you there at nine, ’ said Tim. (agree)
___________________________________________________________
6 ‘ I won ’t lend you my pen, ’ said Jo. (refuse)
___________________________________________________________
6 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 Richard told them he had been there the day before.
___________________________________________________________
2 Joe said he would ring me the following morning.
___________________________________________________________
3 Andy asked where we had left the umbrella.
___________________________________________________________
4 Dave suggested writing a letter.
___________________________________________________________
5 Harry warned me to be more careful.
___________________________________________________________
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5. Vocabulary Practice (Standard)
1 Match the words to make compound nouns.
___ 1
back
a seer
___ 2
sight
b maker
___ 3
guide
c bag
___ 4
travel
d book
___ 5
air
e packer
___ 6
holiday
f
___ 7
exchange
g side
___ 8
sea
h agent
___ 9
sun
i
rate
j
cream
___ 10 sleeping
fare
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6. 2 Complete the sentences with the words from 1.
1 I like going to the _________________ every summer – the sea, the sand, ice
cream and cafés – I love it!
2 We booked our holiday through a very good _________________ who
organized everything.
3 Jim is a _________________ – he ’s travelling round South America, staying
in hostels and living on very little.
4 I want to change my euros into dollars. What ’s the current _______________
?
5 Last night, I slept in my _________________ in a tent. It was warm and cosy
but the ground was a bit hard.
6 This morning, I was a _________________ in Oxford. I visited the castle and
saw some of the old colleges.
7 If you open the _________________ on page eight, you ’ll see a list of places
to stay and things to do.
8 I ’d like to fly to New York. How much is the return _________________ ?
9 You should always put on _________________ when you sit in the sun for a
long time.
10 I ’m a _________________ . I ’m on a package tour, staying in a guesthouse
near the beach.
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7. 3 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 I find it difficult to choose between/over a beach holiday or a walking holiday.
2 I hate queuing after/for tickets.
3 Are you worried about/of missing the plane?
4 Dan and Emma set off/for on holiday at eight o ’clock this morning. They ’ll be in
Greece by now.
5 My grandmother has a bad leg and finds it difficult to get off/out the bus.
6 I have plenty of money. I ’ll pay for/from my own ticket.
7 Fiona is always complaining over/about my cooking.
8 We learned about/off the Romans at school today.
4 Add the prefixes in the box to each pair of words.
inter-
extra-
over-
under-
re-
multi-
1 _________________action
_________________-continental
2 _________________sleep
_________________spend
3 _________________-curricular
_________________-terrestrial
4 _________________claim
_________________-visit
5 _________________-task
_________________lingual
6 _________________estimate
_________________statement
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8. 5 Write a word from 4 for each sentence.
1 William speaks at least seven languages. _________________
2 You can have violin lessons but not as part of the normal school timetable.
_________________
3 Sally saw aliens from another planet in the garden. _________________
4 This company has flights that go from Asia to Europe. _________________
5 Jack said that Einstein was quite clever. _________________
6 Wendy only had £100 in her bank account but she used her card to buy £200
worth of clothes. _________________
7 We went to Corfu again for our holidays because we like it so much.
_________________
6 Choose the correct answers.
1 What do you call a piece of writing that imitates and laughs at something?
a a parody
b a travelogue
c a chronicle
2 What ’s another way of saying you have reserved a room in a hotel?
a served
b booked
c written
3 What do you call it when two young people change places and spend holidays in
each other ’s countries?
a a cross-country trip
b a change trip
c an exchange trip
4 What ’s another word for rent?
a spend
b hire
c loan
5 What do you call a company that has planes and flies holidaymakers to different
countries?
a airline
b airfare
c airway
6 What do call it when you feel horrible on a flight?
a travel illness
b travel badness
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c travel sickness