- •Грамматика английского языка в упражнениях: глагол for grammarholics
- •Часть 2
- •Введение
- •The sequence of tenses Reporting in the Present Tense
- •Kidnapped!
- •It says ……………………………………………………………
- •Exercise 3 Sports at school
- •Play the Game
- •Reporting in the Past Tense
- •She said That I was lying
- •It wasn't Ben
- •Future in the past
- •It is evening now and Sally is telling her mother about her day.
- •Reported (Indirect) Speech Punctuation in Direct Speech
- •Different Sentence Types in Reported (Indirect) Speech Reported (Indirect) Statements
- •The reporting verbs
- •I. Say and Tell
- •Exercise 20
- •II. Other reporting verbs
- •Reported (Indirect) Orders and Requests
- •Milchester Fun Run Rules for runners
- •Reported (Indirect) Offers, Suggestions and Advice
- •Reported (Indirect) Exclamations Exercise 32
- •Exercise 33
- •Reported (Indirect) Questions
- •Reporting a Dialogue or a Conversation
- •Exercise 37
- •I. The customs officer asked Tracy
- •II. Miss Prim said to her students
- •The Unicorn in the Garden
- •Vocabulary
- •Notes to the text:
- •Play the Game
- •The Passive Voice The Passive: Indefinite Tenses Present Indefinite
- •British Facts
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3 Language quiz
- •Exercise 5
- •How much is Recycled?
- •Past Indefinite Exercise 10 Use the Past Indefinite Passive of the verbs in the box.
- •Famous People Quiz
- •Where were they made?
- •Exercise 14
- •Krakatoa
- •Future Indefinite Exercise 16
- •Graffiti Competition
- •The Passive: Continuous Tenses Present Continuous Exercise 21
- •Exercise 22
- •I Protest!
- •At the airport
- •I Protest!
- •Past Continuous
- •The old house
- •Exercise 26
- •Exercise 27
- •The Passive: Perfect Tenses Present Perfect
- •What Has Been done?
- •Has the thief been found?
- •Past Perfect
- •12. They had invited some friends to the party.
- •13. My father had paid the bill. Exercise 35 What had been changed?
- •Future Perfect
- •Revision of Tenses in the Passive Voice
- •Focusing on the Action
- •Focusing on Information
- •Describing a Process or Procedure
- •Writing in a Formal Style
- •Reporting Unconfirmed Information
- •Exercise 54
- •Example:
- •14. His tricks won’t fool me. Exercise 55
- •Exercise 58
- •Exercise 62
- •The Olympic Games
- •1. This Is What Is Meant by Etiquette When You Are at Table:
- •2. A Contest
- •3. Contributing to the Environment Protection
- •The Passive with by and with
- •Exercise 66
- •Exercise 70
- •The Passive with get
- •Exercise 73
- •The Passive: Have / Get Something Done Exercise 77
- •Exercise 78
- •Exercise 79
- •Exercise 80 Mr. And Mrs. Rich
- •Exercise 81
- •Exercise 84
- •Exercise 85
- •Exercise 86
- •The Passive: Modal Verbs and Other Similar Expressions
- •Exercise 89
- •Activity a Discuss with other members of your class what you think should be done about the problem of heavy traffic in towns. The following points can be included in your discussion:
- •Activity b Say what can be done to raise competitiveness of railway traffic in the country as compared to other means of transport. The following points can be included in your discussion:
- •The Environment: What Can Be Done?
- •Don’t Be Impatient!
- •The Passive: Direct and Indirect objects
- •Verbs with two objects in the Passive Exercise 94
- •Computers then and Now
- •Stative Passive
- •Uses of the Passive Voice Peculiar to the English Language
- •Exercise 108 Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
- •A Florist Is Taking a Telephone Order from a Customer
- •A Reporter Is Talking to Lucy Fame
- •My Uncle Tom
- •Vocabulary
- •Play the Game
- •Modal Verbs and Their Equivalents Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4 Complete each sentence using the correct form of a modal verborits equivalent.
- •Exercise 5
- •Expressions Similar To modal verbs
- •Verb can
- •Exercise 12
- •1. I can see perfectly well what it is all about, thank you.
- •Exercise 13 Can Elephants Fly?
- •What Can They Do?
- •Psycho – Clinic the answer to your problems
- •Can and Its Meanings
- •Verb may
- •Exercise 39
- •Exercise40
- •1.May Iaskwhat you intend to do?
- •2. “I may have one or two people coming in tomorrow evening,” she said. “Why not join us?”
- •May and Its Meanings
- •About You
- •Might as well / may as well do something
- •Verb must
- •Exercise 62
- •Must and Its Meanings
- •About You
- •At the Doctor’s
- •Have to / have got to
- •Rules and Regulations
- •Rules at Work
- •Have to / Have Got to and Their Meanings
- •Must and Have to
- •Be to and Its Meanings
- •Play the Game
- •Work with a Partner
- •Verbs Should and Ought to
- •Should and Its Meanings
- •Emotional should
- •Ought to and Its Meanings
- •Verb Would
- •Would rather / had better
- •What Would You Rather Do?
- •Verbs Shall and Will Shall
- •Verb Need
- •Needn’tand Don’t need to / Don’t have to
- •Needn’t – Didn’t need to – Needn’t have
- •Mustn’t – Needn’t
- •Verb dare
- •The Telegram
- •Vocabulary
- •Notes to the text:
- •Библиографический список
Reported (Indirect) Speech Punctuation in Direct Speech
Exercise 14
Punctuate the following to get sentences in Direct Speech. Make any other necessary changes.
1. Shall we play tennis on Saturday she asked.
Colin his mother said is not here.
He said stop it.
Why are you late the teacher asked.
Red is my favourite colour Tom said.
Danny said I play the piano.
Do you prefer basketball or football Peter asked.
Barbara said I wasn’t even there.
Oh that is a very nice sweater she said.
10. How can I lose weight Alan said.
11. Yes please Lisa said.
12. Hello Linda Happy Birthday Roger said giving her some flowers.
13. Will you leave the keys she asked.
Exercise 15
Put the following into Direct Speech.
Example:
Edith thought for a moment and then said that she had a bright idea.
Edith thought for a moment and then said, "I have a bright idea".
1. Jane said that she had to put an advertisement about the lost dog.
Mr. Wingmore said that he could leave his shop almost at once, and that he was willing to study for ten years if necessary.
I told him that if we left we’d catch the train.
He said if he had had a spanner he could fix the tap.
She said I should rest.
They said she might be late.
They said they loved the town.
Sonia told me that she would be late.
They said she was studying art.
10. The boy said that he could play tennis.
11. She told me she had got a promotion.
12. They said he was going to India.
13. Nobody told me that they were from Egypt.
14. She said she would be glad to accept their invitation.
Exercise 16
Turn the following extract into a conversation. Mind the punctuation.
Example:
"Step out of your car!" said the policeman.
The policemen ordered the driver to step out of his car. The driver agreed, but he wondered what the matter was. The policeman inquired if the driver had been speeding, but the driver denied it. The policeman explained that it was illegal to drive at more than 50 km an hour on this stretch of road. The driver protested that he hadn’t been speeding but the policeman insisted that he had. The policeman explained that he was obliged to give the driver a ticket for speeding.
Different Sentence Types in Reported (Indirect) Speech Reported (Indirect) Statements
Exercise 17
Put these statementsintoReported Speech, as in the example.
Example:
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1. “I can’t swim very well,” I told her.
“Mr. Mason has gone out,” the secretary told me.
“I don’t want to go swimming,” Andrew said.
“We are leaving on Friday," we said.
“We had lunch in Luigi’s restaurant,” they said.
“I’ll phone you later,” Sarah told Simon.
“My parents are very well,” Judy said.
“John has given up his job,” Tom told us.
“I’m going to learn to drive,” Ann said.
10. “I can’t come to the party on Friday,” Helen told his colleagues.
11. “I’m going away for a few days. I’ll phone you when I get back,” the boss
told his secretary.
12. “I’m not enjoying my job very much,” the trainee said.
13. “We haven’t seen Diane recently,” the Smiths told us.
14. “I don’t know what Fred is doing,” said Charlie.
15. “Margaret has had a baby,” my friend told them.
Exercise 18
Somebody says something to you, which is the opposite of what they said before. Write a suitable answer beginning "I thought you said…"
Example:
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That restaurant isexpensive. |
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Is it? I thought you said it was cheap. |
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Ann is coming to the party tonight. |
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Is she? I thought you said she ________________________. |
2. |
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Ann likes Paul. |
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Does she? I thought you said she _____________________. |
3. |
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I know lots of people. |
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B: |
Do you? I thought you said you _______________________. |
4. |
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I’ll be here next week. |
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B: |
Will you? I thought you said __________________________. |
5. |
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I’m going out this evening. |
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B: |
Are you? I thought you said __________________________. |
6. |
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I can speak a little French. |
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B: |
Can you? I thought you said __________________________. |
7. |
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I haven’t been to the cinema for ages. |
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B: |
Haven’t you? I thought you said _______________________. |
8. |
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I want to go away for a holiday. |
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Do you? I thought you said ___________________________. |
9. |
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I’m learning Spanish. |
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B: |
Are you? I thought you said __________________________. |
10. |
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I have never been to the USA. |
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B: |
Haven’t you? I thought you said _______________________. |
11. |
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I’ll call later. |
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B: |
Will you? I thought you said __________________________. |
12. |
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I’ve just had lunch. |
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B: |
Have you? I thought you said _________________________. |
13. |
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I can’t drive a car. |
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B: |
Can’t you? I thought you said _________________________. |
14. |
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I know the answer. |
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B: |
Do you? I thought you said ___________________________. |
15. |
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I work in a bank. |
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B: |
Do you? I thought you said ___________________________. |