INDIRECT SPEECH - 6A

6A- INDIRECT SPEECH (EXTRA)


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I)

2) the girls were
3) they were playing
4) she had read
5) they had been there
6) he had been working
7) she had lived

II)

1) They said (that) they could work the next day.
2) He said (that) he would study with his friend in his house.
3) They said (that) they wouldn’t come back early.
4) I said (that) I wanted to swim then
5) They said (that) they were goinh to buy some flowers to my mother.
6) I said (that) I had already paid that check.
7) She said (that) it was going to rain.
8) He said (that) he could see me later.
9) He said (that) he had seen that film the night before.

III)

2) Joe said that he hadn’t finished his work.
3) Helen said that she had seen him.
4) The teacher said that he/she would be working the next day.
5) William said that they had to go out then.
6) Mary said that Bob spoke English well.
7) Charles and Chuck said that they hadn’t bought their books by that time.
8) Mom said that the children weren’t there then.

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I)

1) her that he hated her.
2) Him that I was Mr. Spencer.
3) Her that he was always there on Fridays.
4) Him to leave the room then.
5) He had to go to the library before it closed.
6) Could paint a picture as well as me.
7) That I should leave the country at once.
8) I ought to visit her the next day.

II)

1) me to sit down.
2) Him to study there.
3) Me not to run away.
4) Him to come in.
5) Her not to open the door.
6) Me not to step on the grass.

III)

1) what I was doing.
2) If I played the piano.
3) How he had gone to school.
4) When Jack would be back.
5) Where I had gone.
6) If the girls were there.
7) What the matter was.
8) If they were coming that day.

IV)

1) Do you want to dance with him?
2) Ann was ill yesterday.
3) It will be raining tomorrow.
4) Show me your documents.


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1) She said to me if I could draw a horse.
2) The boy said that he would never catch a fish in that river.
3) She said that her hair was getting gray.
4) He said to us if we wanted to bet that he could read their minds.
5) He said to them to close all the doors because the wind was blowing hard that day.
6) He said to us why we were digging that hole in the garden.
7) He said to me to bend my knee and tell him where it hurt.
8) He said not to feed the animals.
9) She said that the boys were fighting a minute before.
10) She said if we could hear our heart beating.
11) We said to him if that road let to the castle.
12) She says that her brother always lost his pencils.
13) He said to me that the milk had frozen because he had put it in the freezer.
14) She said that her flowers hadn’t grown as much as mine.
15) She has said that she couldn’t find her glasses in her room.
16) He said to us not to forget to write our names on our books.
17) She asked me what the title of my story meant.
18) She said to him why he had quit his job.
19) I said to you what time the sun had risen the day before.
20) She said that she couldn’t help because she was sweeping the floor.
21) She said that she had sent their catalogue to me twice the month before.
22) She said that dad had been shaving when she had arrived.
23) He said that it was a shame they shot birds when she had arrived.
24) She said that she liked the clothes I had been wearing the day before.
25) He said if I could teach him how to use my computer.
26) I said to him that I wound my watch everyday but it was always five minutes behind.
27) She said who had torn her beautiful curtain.
28) He said if I had ridden his horse that morning.
29) She said that someone had stolen her ring from her drawer.
30) She said that the shirt she had bought the week before had shrunk terribly.
31) He said that by the time I got there, I would be making a cake.
32) She said if I would /should like to wake up at six in the morning of the following day.


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6A- GRAMMAR REVIEW

6A - MID TEST REVIEW (GRAMMAR)


1)

P.S.: Only the following idiomatic expressions will be on the test.

a) holds/check (to keep a control)
b) holds/high esteem (to have a high opinion of sb)
c) fell flat (to be unsuccessful)
d) fall in line (to act according to his plans)
e) fell over (to be anxious)
f) yet/still
g) shivering
h) shook
i) swinging
j) pace (= rhythm)
k) retaliate (to get one’s revenge)
l) nod

2)

a) X / the / X
b) X / the
c) X / X
d) X / a / the / the / a
e) The
f) X
g) X / the / the / the / X
h) X / the / the
i) A / an / the

3)

a) I like to drink a little coffee after lunch.
b) Few students came to the class because of the rain.
c) Nobody believes him, so I can’t put little trust in him.
d) They still have a little copies left but few for tomorrow.

4)

a) Mr. Davis’s friends…
b) The Rio’s women…
c) Susan and Bob’s wedding
d) The Brazil’s government’s plans or The government's plans of Brazil
e) Is that the teacher’s or the student’s book?

5)

a) She said that everybody had to speak English in class.
b) He told me not to make so much noise because there was a client in the room.
c) He asked me to be honest in my work and said that my boss needed to have an employee like that.
d) She said that they had been studying English at YES for 6 years and added that they mustn't* make such mistakes. (the first sentence is in the PAST)

* Prohibition = mustn't (no change)
necessity or compulsion (in the FUTURE or AT THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING) = wasn't to (it changes)

e) He asked me if I hadn’t brought a coat and said that I was shivering.
f) He warned and said that I had (just) hogged the road when overtaking that car.
g) He gave an exclamation of surprise and said that he couldn’t believe that unless I showed him the truth.
h) He greeted me and asked if I could talk to him because he knew that I had too many irons in the fire.


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