- •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
The reporting verbs
I. Say and Tell
Exercise 19
Complete the sentences using the correct form of say ortell. Use only one word each time.
Example:
I’ll _____ you about my holiday when I see you.
I’ll tell youabout my holiday when I see you.
1. Could you __________ me how to get to Paris?
2. Do you think she’s __________ us the truth?
3. Have you __________ goodbye to everyone?
4. They __________ the plane was going to be late.
Did he __________ you that he could play chess?
Why didn’t you __________ what you wanted?
Don’t just stand there! __________ something!
I wonder where Sue is. She __________ she would be here at 8 o’clock.
Jack __________ me that he was fed up with his job.
10. The doctor __________ that I should rest for at least a week.
11. Don’t _________ anybody what I ________. It’s a secret just between us.
George couldn’t help me. He __________ me to ask Ann.
George couldn’t help me. He __________ to ask Kate.
Philip __________ it would probably rain tomorrow.
Jim __________ me about the party last night.
Exercise 20
Choose the correct item.
Example:
I can only help you if you say / tellme the problem.
I can only help you if you say / tell me the problem.
1. My mother said / toldto turn the oven on at 6 o’clock.
2. Tom told / saidhe would be late home.
3. The teacher told / saidus he was pleased with our work.
I like listening to him when says / tells us about his youth.
He won’t be punished if he says / tellswhat happened.
My dentist told / saidme to eat less chocolate.
Susan said / told, “Let’s go out for dinner tonight.”
Stop telling / sayinglies.
Could you please tell / sayme your name?
10. The little girl said / toldher prayers and went to bed.
11. I really can’t say / tellJane from Kate. They are twins.
12. He said / toldhe would miss us later.
What did you tell / saythe police?
Could you tell / sayme what time the film starts?
Who told / saidyou I was married?
Exercise 21
Complete the sentences with the correct form of sayortell.
1. Did you ___tell___ your brother the truth about that money?
2. What _____ (you) to Wendy last night? She looks terribly upset this
morning.
3. Is something wrong? Can you _____ me about it?
4. My little sister kept asking me _____ her a story but I couldn't think of one.
5. If I asked you to marry me, what _____ (you)?
6. I never know what _____ to people when they pay me a compliment.
7. Don't worry, I'm sure everything will go smoothly. Anyway, the manager
_____ to call him if we had any problems.
8. I'll never speak to him again after all the lies he _____ me last weekend.
9. If I were you, I _____ (not) anything to the police about your suspicions
until you have more evidence.
10. Promise you _____ (not) anything to my parents. They'll be furious if
they find out what I've done.
11. I _____ (already) you, I don't know where your diary is.
12. Please _____ you'll forgive me. I'm really sorry for all the troubles I've
caused.
13. I'm ready to serve the meal. Can you _____ the children to go and wash
their hands, please?
Exercise 22
Complete the letter with the correct form of sayortell.
Dear Stephanie,
I'm writing to 1_____ tell _____you about the discussion I had with my father last weekend. We talked for several hours and I2__________him all about the plans we've made for our business. At first, he wasn't very interested, he3 __________he didn't think we were old enough to run a business. However, I4 __________him that we had already seen the bank manager, who5 __________that the plan seemed realistic. So then he sat down and asked me 6 __________ him how much money we'd need to start with, and where we'd sell the stuff we made and so on. Eventually he 7 __________ to me "OK, it's a good plan.8 __________Stephanie that I'll lend you some money to get started." Honestly, I couldn't believe he 9 _________ it! Isn't it great? I'm really looking forward to seeing you next week so we can talk to him together and get things going.
All the best,
Neville
Exercise 23
Translate the following sentences from English into Russian. Pay attention to expressions with say and expressions with tell.
1. I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
2. Ruth said her prayersand went to bed.
3. Sometimes it is hard to tell one thing fromanother.
4. She always says, "good morning,"to her neighbours.
Don’t keep silent. Say something.
I’d like to say a few wordsabout our company.
Can you tellmethe time, please? My watch is some minutes fast.
Yesterday my friend saidhewould nottellanyone mysecret.
Ann said goodbyeto me and left.
10. I can’t tell the differencebetween two words “velocity” and “speed”.