Grammar unit 9

Indirect requests 3 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1 Order the words to make indirect requests. Im hungry, said Clara.

1 to finish / told / me / the teacher / the exercise

Clara said that she was hungry.

__________________________________________ 1 The computer doesnt work, said Jake.

__________________________________________ __________________________________________
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2 the truth / him / his mum / asked / to tell
__________________________________________ 2 Weve just finished lunch, said the boys.

__________________________________________ __________________________________________
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3 not to be / I / you / told / silly
__________________________________________ 3 Were painting the bathroom, Mum and Joe told

__________________________________________ us.
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4 anyone / us / the secret / asked / she / not to tell
__________________________________________ __________________________________________

__________________________________________ 4 Ill make the dinner, said Dad.

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5 to tidy / told / Dad / bedroom / me / my
__________________________________________ __________________________________________

__________________________________________ 5 You cant borrow my bike, Paul told me.

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6 ask / lend / her / Helen / him / to / a pen
__________________________________________ __________________________________________

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Reported and indirect questions
Reported speech: tense changes 4 Correct the mistakes. One sentence is correct.

2 Complete the text with the pronouns in the box. 1 Mrs Brown asked me if I have seen her cat.
Use some pronouns more than once. __________________________________________
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her him me them us
2 I asked Lisa did she wanted some water.
When I got home from school, Mum wanted to talk
__________________________________________
to me. She asked me what I had done with her hat. I
__________________________________________
told (1)_____________ I hadnt touched it. This was a
3 Suzy asked Joe where he did left the
lie it was under my bed. Id worn it to a party and
newspaper.
Id made it dirty. Then my brother came in. Mum
__________________________________________
asked (2)_____________ the same question. He told
__________________________________________
(3)_____________ he wasnt interested in her hats
4 Jack asked Sam if hed lend him some money.
this was the truth. Mum looked at my brother and
__________________________________________
me and told (4)_____________ that she was fed up
__________________________________________
with our lies. Then Dad came in. I told
5 The teacher asked Ben what was he doing.
(5)_____________ that Mum was being silly. He told
__________________________________________
(6)_____________ not to be rude to my mother. Then
__________________________________________
my sister came in. She had the hat in her hand.
Everybody was looking at me. There was a silence.
I told (7)_____________ all I was sorry then I ran!

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Vocabulary unit 9
Summary
Verbs: honesty and morals
break a promise break the law do something wrong feel guilty about something
hurt someones feelings keep quiet about something make a mistake make an excuse
make something up pretend to do something tell a lie tell the truth
Reporting verbs
admit agree complain convince explain
Verbs: honesty and morals
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the
summary.
You break a promise when you say you will do
something and then you dont do it.
1 When you invent a story, you
___________________________.
2 If you feel bad because you think youre
responsible for a problem, you
___________________________.
3 When you ___________________________, you
make people think you are doing it, but you dont
really do it.
4 When you say something that isnt true, you
___________________________.
5 When you ___________________________, you
decide not to say anything about it.
2 What are these people doing? Use the present
continuous or present perfect form of verbs
from the summary.
I copied Saras answers in the exam.
She has done something wrong.
1 Im not going out tonight because Im too tired.
She is ___________________________________ .
2 OK, Ill be honest. I broke the window.
She is ___________________________________ .
3 You dont look very nice in that dress.
He is ____________________________________ .
4 Lets steal that car!
They are _________________________________ .
5 Oh no! Ive spelt the word wrong!
He has __________________________________ .
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insist invite offer order refuse
Reporting verbs
3 Complete the sentences with the past simple
form of verbs from the summary.
1 Matt and Luke __ __ __ __ __ __ to keep quiet
about the accident.
2 Laura __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ that her leg
was hurting.
3 Dan __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to help John with his
French homework.
4 Maria __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ her father that
he needed to see a doctor.
5 Emma __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ that she had
cheated in the exam.
6 Helen __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ how she had
made the cake.
7 We __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the girls to come to our
picnic in the park.
8 Andrew __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to go to bed when
his mother asked him to.
4 Match 14 with ae. Then complete the
sentences with that or to.
Jack refused to d
1 Patrick insisted ____________
2 The teacher ordered Ben ____________
3 Holly admitted ____________
4 Lucy invited Clare ____________
a he knew the right answer.
b she had told a lie.
c go to her party.
d eat his dinner.
e wait outside the classroom.
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