I. Report the following orders.

1) Andrew: “Clean the blue bike!”

2) Jessica: “Write a text message!”

3) Nelly: “Help Peter’s sister!”

4) Fred: “Wash your hands!”

5) Anna: “Don’t open the window!”

6) Tom: “Come at 8!”

7) Teacher: “Do your homework!”

8) Doris: “Dance with me!”

9) Sabine: “Meet Sandy at the station!”

10) Victoria: “Check your e-mails!”

11) Fred: “Don’t disturb her!”

12) Helen: “Don’t ask me about this!”

13) John: “Don’t do it!”

14) Adrianna: “Don’t go there!”

Mixed exercises

I. Turn the following sentences from into direct speech.

1) The teacher asked the students who had broken the window.

2) He said that there was no one at home.

3) She told me not to forget to call John.

4) Helen asked what time the wedding was.

5) Jill asked if I had gone to the party the day before yesterday.

6) Lesley asked Sara if she would lend her some money.

7) The old lady asked her husband who that man was.

8) Paul asked why they had missed their flight to Canada.

9) My brother asked me whether I could help him with his science Project.

10) His mother told him to tidy his room.

Modal verbs

I. Rewrite the following sentences using can, could, may or might.

1 It is possible that he is Italian.

2 Do you know how to play the piano?

3 You are not allowed to speak during the exam

4 It is not possible that they are still on holiday.

5 You are not allowed to smoke on the plane.

II. Fill in can or be able to in the appropriate tense and form.

1. I’ve been looking for your glasses but I ________ to find them yet.

2. By the time Phillip was ten, he ________ speak three languages.

3. If you don’t tell me what your problem is, I ________ help you.

4. I got home early last night, so I ________ watch my favourite programme on TV.

5. I ________ eat anything when I was younger, but now I have to be more careful.

6. He ________ pass the exam because he had studied hard.

III. Fill in: can’t, might, must or could.

I wonder where Paul is. He (1) _____ be at work because he never works on a Sunday. He (2) _____ be at Sally’s, but I doubt it because they haven’t been speaking lately. I wonder if he (3) _____be at his cottage in the country. No, he (4) ______ be because he told me they’ve rented it to someone else for the summer. He (5) ______ have gone bowling, but I’m almost sure he told me he’d got tired of it. I know! He (6) _____ have gone swimming, because I remember him asking me if I wanted to go with him.

IV. Fill in: should, shouldn’t, ought to or had better.

David: You (1) ________ really do something about your car.

Sally: What do you mean?

David: It’s in terrible condition. You (2) ________ get a new one before the police stop you.

Sally: But I can’t afford a new one!

David: Well, you (3) ________ at least have the exhaust seen to. And you (4) ________ have the brakes repaired before you kill somebody.

Sally: I suppose I (5) ________ But you (6) ________ lend me some money to pay for the repairs.

David: Sally, have you spent the money I lent you last week? You (7) ________ have spent it all!