Activities.

1). Use the correct tense form.

1. “Then we …….(to lose) by two to one. I ……(to think) you ….(to say) you

….(to impress) them.”

2. “We ….(to read) the same cases.”

3. “Goodman …(to know) an expert who ….(to say) anything for a fee. We

… (to bring) him down here to examine you”.

4. He ….(to explain) that he …(to be) the brother of Sam Cayhall, and …(to tell)

he …(can) visit Sam on death row any time before the planned execution date.

5. Sam ….(to type) a letter when the guards ….(to stop) at his door.

6. When Sam …(to step) into the visitors` room, he …(to look) at the man …(to

sit) on the other side of the screen.

7. The man …(to nod) slowly and Sam …(to sink) down in his chair. “God, I

…(to hope) you were dead”.

8. “I just …(to want) to say that I …(to be) here, and I …(to watch) things closely,

and I …(to be) very pleased that my name …(not to mention). I …(to be) very

effective at keeping people quiet”.

9. Lee …(to promise) to make him breakfast, but as he …(to pull) up his jeans and

…(to slip) on a T-shirt, he …(cannot) smell cooking.

10. Some of the inmates …(to hold) hands and pray through the bars. Others …

(to lie) on their beds and …(to wonder) when their time …(to come).

11. They …(to walk) through the kitchen, where breakfast …(to prepare).

12. Packer …(to pull) his elbow, and they …(to walk) together to the east end of

the row, where another guard …(to watch) and…(to wait).

13. Packer …(to say) he …(to return) in an hour, and …(to leave) with the guard.

2). Use Indirect Speech.

to introduce oneself to assure to ask to inform to advise smb. to do smth. to wonder to explain invite smb. to do smth. suggest doing smth. to want to know to confess to doing smth. to admit doing smth.

1. “Mr Cayhall, my name is Ralph Griffin, and I’m the chaplain here at Parchman.

I’m new, so we haven’t met”.

2. “Do you believe in God?”

3. “That’s the way I read the Bible”.

4. “Anyway I’ll be around. Would you like me to come back tomorrow?”

5. “During your last few hours you’re allowed to have only two people present.

Your lawyer and your spiritual adviser. I’ll be honored to stay with you”.

6. “ Listen, Sam, this is not a pleasant subject, but we need to address it. You’re

going to die one of this days. Your family, Lee and I, need to make some burial

arrangements”.

7. “Leave, Wedge. And don’t ever come back”.

8. “I hate to say it, Sam, but I hope they gas you”.

9. “Let’s file something else, OK, quick. I’ve got eleven days”.

10. “I’m developing a new theory of attack. I think we can prove you’re mentally unbalanced”.

3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

at for into by at to by into with at on around of with of with in of by during within for with for to from on about

1. “The Fifth Circuit called ….Thursday, and said they wanted to hear …me

….. Friday”.

2. Adam was surprised to hear Sam speak … such familiarity …the individual

judges. But he’d been studying the court … many years.

3. “You’re unable to understand the reason … your execution”.

4. Sam stared …the screen and thought … a few minutes.

5. He stopped …a guard station … the front gate, and produced some

identification.

6. The guard instructed the visitor to park his car, and …a few minutes a white

prison van appeared. The visitor was driven …the front entrance of MSU, where

he was searched …two guards. They led him …the empty visitors` room.

7. When Sam stepped …the visitors` room, he looked … the man sitting …the

other side …the screen.

8. Adam’s mind was burdened …the events …the past two weeks, and his mind

raced wildly … what was coming.

9. “That could be because he was …favor …the death penalty. Can you imagine?

He was called …God to help us, but he believed we should die”.

10. “I’d like to talk …you …the next few days. I’d like to pray … you if you want.

You know the rules …here, don’t you?”

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