Exercises

Exercise 192. Say that your friend told you the same.

Model: – Jane said that she liked tea.

– My friend told me that he also liked tea.

1. Tom said that he was fond of playing football.

2. Alice said that she helped her mother about the house.

3. Mary said that she went shopping every day.

4. James said that he had spent his summer holidays in the country.

5. Richard said that he had bathed in the sea the previous summer.

6. William said that they had moved to a new flat the week before.

7. Richard said that he had been working at the factory for about two years.

8. Charles said that he would invite his friends to a house-warming party.

9. Alec said that he would post the letter himself.

10. Betty said that her grandmother would bake a delicious cake.

Exercise 193. Your friend does (like) something else. Say that he told you about it.

Model: – John said he liked tea.

– My friend told me he liked coffee.

1. William said that he played tennis.

2. Mary said that she studied French.

3. Mary said that her grandparents lived in Odessa.

4. Jane said that she liked to read detective stories.

5. Alice said that she often walked to work.

6. James said that he liked to watch hockey matches on TV.

7. Bob said that he liked to go to the skating-rink in summer.

8. Betty said that she liked to go to the cinema with her friends.

9. Robert said that he liked to make notes when reading a book.

10. Richard said that he always had a cold shower after his morning exercises.

Exercise 194. Your friend did it at another place. Say that he told you about it.

Model: – Jane said that she had spent her summer holidays at the seaside.

– My friend told me that he had spent his summer holidays in the mountains.

1. Grandmother said that she had stayed at home on Sunday.

2. Bill said that had gone to the skating-rink on Saturday.

3. Chris said that he had met Rose at the station.

4. John said that he had had dinner at the cafeteria.

5. Mother said that she had bought some meat at the shop.

6. Alice said that she had done this exercise at the lesson.

7. Jane said that she had invited her friends to her birthday party.

8. Susan said that she had gone to the Circus the previous Sunday.

9. Ralph said that he had borrowed the textbook from the library.

10. Betty said that she had met Professor Robinson at the conference.

Exercise 195. Your friend will do something else at that time. Say that he (she) told you about it.

Model: – My brother said that he would go to the disco in the evening.

– My friend told me that he would watch TV in the evening.

1. My sister said that she would take part in the competition the following week.

2. Richard said that he would go on a trip in July.

3. Nick said that he would go to the meeting after classes.

4. Jane said that she would return the book two days later.

5. Lucy said that she would cook a chocolate cake the following Sunday.

6. Tom said that he would ski in the afternoon.

7. Ann said that she would play chess with her sister after dinner.

8. Louise said that she would plant trees the following spring.

9. James said that he would explain his absence to the teacher.

10. Nina said that she would practise the violin all the afternoon.

Exercise 196. Express your disagreement as in the model. Correct the statement.

Model: – You said you liked playing football.

– No, I didn’t say I liked playing football. I said I liked playing tennis.

1. You said you received excellent marks in all subjects.

2. You said you studied Spanish.

3. You said you liked to watch sports programmes on TV.

4. You said you had cleaned the room.

5. You said you had crossed the street at the wrong place.

6. You said you would buy a dog for your brother.

7. You said you would buy a ticket for me.

8. You said you would take the children to the Zoo.

9. You said you would stay with us for a week.

10. You said you would ring me up in the evening.

Exercise 197. Say that you knew about it.

Model: – Jane is fond of tennis.

– I knew that Jane was fond of tennis.

1. Jane never misses a new film.

2. Bob likes to sit in the 13th row.

3. Jane usually books tickets beforehand.

4. Helen is a very good dancer,

5. John’s sister studies medicine.

6. James speaks three foreign languages.

7. They make TV sets at the factory.

8. Grandmother does all the shopping and cooking.

9. Bob washes his hands before every meal.

10. Jane knows the rule of the sequence of tenses very well.

Exercise 198. Say that you were glad or sorry to hear it. Change ‘last year (week, etc.)’ into ‘the previous year (week, etc.)’.

Model: – We visited Kyiv last year.

– I was glad that you had visited Kyiv the previous year.

1. John posted your letter before breakfast.

2. Nelly crossed the street on the red light.

3. Jane translated the article and did all the exercises.

4. Mary didn’t learn the new words yesterday.

5. Cyril learned the poem by heart.

6. Jane was very ill last Sunday.

7. Larry travelled to France last summer.

8. They planted fruit trees in the garden last summer.

9. Cecil fell down and broke his leg last week.

10. The group reached the summit of the mountain by the evening.

Exercise 199. Say that you didn’t know about it. Change ‘tomorrow’ into ‘the following day’ and ‘next week (year, etc.)’ into ‘the following week (year, etc.)’.

Model: – Jane will go to the country tomorrow.

– I didn’t know that Jane would go to the country the following day.

1. John will buy a parrot for his brother.

2. Mary will get a part in the new play.

3. Bob will bring some new records for the party.

4. Colin will go skating next Sunday.

5. We shall have a grammar test tomorrow.

6. The conference will be held next week.

7. Jane will return the book to the library tomorrow.

8. Chris’s parents will go to the country next month.

9. My grandfather will be retired next month.

10. John and Mary will make reports at the conference.