This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet divided into multiple sections. The sections include rewriting statements and questions in reported speech, completing reported speech statements, translating sentences into another language, and vocabulary practice with compound nouns, prefixes, synonyms and antonyms. The document tests a variety of grammar and vocabulary concepts related to reported speech, tenses and parts of speech.

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