Косвенная речь 1

1 Underline the correct word. Enterprise 4

1. ‘Don't forget to ask/ say the Johnsons to come to our Halloween party,' Kate told / said to me.

2. Mum tells / says us a story every night before we go to bed.

3. Tina said / told that she had failed her test.

4. Can I ask / tell you a question, please?

5. Dean told / said nothing about his decision to leave.

6. Anna and Lucy are identical twins. You can't tell/ say the difference between them.

7. Mike said / asked me how old Sharon is.

8. I said / asked someone on the street to tell/say me the way to the train station.

9. "You mustn't say/tell lies," Dad said/told.

10. A: I should have taken your advice and stayed in bed. B: Well, I said/told you so.

2 Put the verbs say or tell in the correct tense. Grammarway 3 p120

A Katie (1) said Dave that she had met a set of twins at a party. They looked exactly the same,' she (2) said. I couldn't (3)tell the difference between them.' 'I've got a twin brother, too,' (4)said Dave. 'Are you (5)tell me the truth?' asked Katie. '(6)Tell me his name.' 'His name is Stephen,' Dave (7)said her. I’ll take you to meet him tomorrow.'

B 'You never listen to me,' Tara (1)said to Jim. ‘I (2) have said good morning to you three times today and you didn't answer,' she (3)said . 'To (4)tell you the truth, it makes me really angry. Why don't you listen to me?' 'Oh, hello Tara,' said Jim. 'Did you just (5)said something?

C 'Claire (1) tolds me that she and John are getting married,' (2) said Sue. 'She (3) says that they're going to have a big wedding with lots of guests. 'That will be expensive,' (4) said Tom. 'I thought John (5).would say that they couldn't afford a big wedding.' 'Well that's what Claire (6) told me,' (7)said Sue. 'I don't think she would (8) tell a lie.'

3 Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. Destination b2 unit 21

1. Stewart said he didn’t want (not / want) any dessert as he was full.

2. Derek said that he and Belinda had seen (see) Adam recently.

3. When I called, Susie said she was giving (give) the dog a bath so she asked me to phone back in half an hour.

4. Marcus said he had tried (try) to find a flat for ages before he finally found one he liked.

5. Debbie says she has decided (decide) to quit her job but I don't believe her.

6. Our English teacher said that Shakespeare was (be) probably the greatest writer in the English language ever.

7. Richard said he and Patricia were going to (be going to) invite her parents for the weekend, but I don't know if they went or not.

8. Charlotte said last night that she really would love (love) me, even if she doesn't always show it.

9. Ollie said to Linda that he had asked (ask) me to be his best man on Monday but in fact he asked Grant.

10. Pete told Francis he had been brought up (bring up) by his grandparents but in fact he hadn't at all.

4 Circle the correct word or phrase. Destination c1 p206

1. Kostas didn't dare ask Elena where had she / she had been the previous evening.

2. I was tempted to ask why did Rangy want / Rangy wanted to sit next to Li Han so badly.

3. We did ask Carol who she had / had she invited but for some reason she wouldn't tell us.

4. Can you believe it? Fred actually asked me how to / could he send an e-mail!

5. No one has asked me why didn't I / I didn't come to work yesterday.

6. I'm going to ask them what on earth did they think / they thought they were doing.

7. Ask that man over there who should we / to complain to.

8. Doug and Sally didn't even ask me how the website was / was the website going.