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Unit 5

Grammar Practice (Standard)

1 Rewrite the statements in reported speech.

1 ‘I don’t like watching horror films.’

She said __________________________________________________ .

2 ‘I’m going to make a phone call.’

He told me ________________________________________________ .

3 ‘Louise hasn’t eaten her lunch yet.’

They told me ______________________________________________ .

4 ‘We weren’t playing cards.’

They said _________________________________________________ .

5 ‘Tom is doing a test.’

He told us _________________________________________________ .

6 ‘We’ll finish it later.’

They said they ______________________________________________ .

7 ‘We must go and see the James Bond film.’

She said they _______________________________________________ .

8 ‘I can’t decide what to wear.’

She said she ________________________________________________ .

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2 Complete the reported statements with the correct words.

1 ‘I don’t like this food at all.’

Penny said _________________ didn’t like _________________ food at all.

2 ‘We played tennis here last week.’

Adam and Joe said _________________ had played tennis

_________________ the week _________________ .

3 ‘I lost my wallet yesterday.’

Alicia said _________________ had lost _________________ wallet the day

_________________ .

4 ‘I’m visiting my grandparents next week.’

Rosa said _________________ was visiting _________________ grandparents

the _________________ week.

5 ‘We are having dinner here tonight.’

The twins said _________________ were having dinner _________________

_________________ night.

3 Rewrite the questions in reported speech.

1 ‘What were you doing last night?’

He asked me _________________________________________________ .

2 ‘When did you last have lunch with us here?’

She asked me ________________________________________________ .

3 ‘Can you swim?’

She asked him ________________________________________________ .

4 ‘How long have you lived here?’

She asked me _________________________________________________ .

5 ‘Did Joe win the match?’

He asked me __________________________________________________ .


4 Rewrite the reported commands, requests and suggestions in reported speech. Use the prompts in brackets.

1 ‘Can you close the door?’ (Dan / ask / Denise)

___________________________________________________________

2 ‘Let’s have a party!’ (Rachel / suggest)

___________________________________________________________

3 ‘Don’t be late!’ (Samantha / tell / the students)

___________________________________________________________

4 ‘Help with the washing up.’ (Joe / ask / me)

___________________________________________________________

5 ‘Why don’t we rent a DVD?’ (Harry / suggest)

___________________________________________________________

6 ‘Wake up!’ (My mum / tell / the twins)

___________________________________________________________


5 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in brackets.

1 ‘Don’t go near the edge of the lake,’ Ian said to the children. (warn)

___________________________________________________________

2 ‘I’m sorry I forgot to bring anything to drink,’ said Diane. (apologize)

___________________________________________________________

3 ‘You should join a gym,’ Jerry told me. (advise)

___________________________________________________________

4 ‘I never get to school on time,’ said Fiona. (admit)

___________________________________________________________

5 ‘I’ll meet you there at nine,’ said Tim. (agree)

___________________________________________________________

6 ‘I won’t lend you my pen,’ said Jo. (refuse)

___________________________________________________________

6 Translate the sentences into your own language.

1 Richard told them he had been there the day before.

___________________________________________________________

2 Joe said he would ring me the following morning.

___________________________________________________________

3 Andy asked where we had left the umbrella.

___________________________________________________________

4 Dave suggested writing a letter.

___________________________________________________________

5 Harry warned me to be more careful.

___________________________________________________________


Vocabulary Practice (Standard)

1 Match the words to make compound nouns.

___ 1 back a seer

___ 2 sight b maker

___ 3 guide c bag

___ 4 travel d book

___ 5 air e packer

___ 6 holiday f fare

___ 7 exchange g side

___ 8 sea h agent

___ 9 sun i rate

___ 10 sleeping j cream


2 Complete the sentences with the words from 1.

1 I like going to the _________________ every summer – the sea, the sand, ice

cream and cafés – I love it!

2 We booked our holiday through a very good _________________ who

organized everything.

3 Jim is a _________________ – he’s travelling round South America, staying in

hostels and living on very little.

4 I want to change my euros into dollars. What’s the current _______________

?

5 Last night, I slept in my _________________ in a tent. It was warm and cosy

but the ground was a bit hard.

6 This morning, I was a _________________ in Oxford. I visited the castle and

saw some of the old colleges.

7 If you open the _________________ on page eight, you’ll see a list of places

to stay and things to do.

8 I’d like to fly to New York. How much is the return _________________ ?

9 You should always put on _________________ when you sit in the sun for a

long time.

10 I’m a _________________ . I’m on a package tour, staying in a guesthouse

near the beach.


3 Circle the correct alternatives.

1 I find it difficult to choose between/over a beach holiday or a walking holiday.

2 I hate queuing after/for tickets.

3 Are you worried about/of missing the plane?

4 Dan and Emma set off/for on holiday at eight o’clock this morning. They’ll be in

Greece by now.

5 My grandmother has a bad leg and finds it difficult to get off/out the bus.

6 I have plenty of money. I’ll pay for/from my own ticket.

7 Fiona is always complaining over/about my cooking.

8 We learned about/off the Romans at school today.

4 Add the prefixes in the box to each pair of words.

inter- extra- over- under- re- multi-

1 _________________action _________________-continental

2 _________________sleep _________________spend

3 _________________-curricular _________________-terrestrial

4 _________________claim _________________-visit

5 _________________-task _________________lingual

6 _________________estimate _________________statement


5 Write a word from 4 for each sentence.

1 William speaks at least seven languages. _________________

2 You can have violin lessons but not as part of the normal school timetable.

_________________

3 Sally saw aliens from another planet in the garden. _________________

4 This company has flights that go from Asia to Europe. _________________

5 Jack said that Einstein was quite clever. _________________

6 Wendy only had £100 in her bank account but she used her card to buy £200

worth of clothes. _________________

7 We went to Corfu again for our holidays because we like it so much.

_________________

6 Choose the correct answers.

1 What do you call a piece of writing that imitates and laughs at something?

a a parody b a travelogue c a chronicle

2 What’s another way of saying you have reserved a room in a hotel?

a served b booked c written

3 What do you call it when two young people change places and spend holidays

in each other’s countries?

a a cross-country trip b a change trip c an exchange trip

4 What’s another word for rent?

a spend b hire c loan

5 What do you call a company that has planes and flies holidaymakers to different

countries?

a airline b airfare c airway

6 What do call it when you feel horrible on a flight?

a travel illness b travel badness c travel sickness


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