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Exercise 2

A. Complete the following sentences in reported speech. (20%, 4@)


1. “Please open your books to page 131,” said the teacher.
The teacher asked us ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. “You must not talk during the exam!” said the teacher.
The teacher warned the students ___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. “I studied for 3 hours yesterday,” Chris said.
Chris told me __________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. “Why were you late today?” the teacher asked.
The teacher asked the student _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
“Can we use our dictionaries during the exam?” the students asked.
The students asked _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the following in reported speech. (40% 5@)


Nadia: How long have you been living here?
Joe: We moved in two weeks ago.
Nadia: Do you like this apartment better than your old apartment?
Joe: I like it a lot more. When did your brother arrive from America?
Nadia: He came today.
Joe: How long is he staying with you?
Nadia: He’s staying for three weeks. He will like the temperate weather.
Joe: Yes, he will like the weather.

1. Nadia asked__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Joe told her__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Nadia asked__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Joe said_____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Joe asked Nadia_______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Nadia said___________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. Joe asked____________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________
7. Nadia said ___________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Nadia stated__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Joe agreed___________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

C. Complete the rewrite for each sentence. Use the best modal verb and two or three other
words in each gap. (40% 5@)
1. Oscar plays tennis every day for one hour at 3:00 PM. Yesterday, I called Oscar at 3:30 PM.
I’m sure he was playing tennis when I called.
Every day Oscar plays tennis at 3:00 PM and when I called Oscar yesterday at 3:30 he didn’t
answer. He_________________________________(play) tennis when I called.
2. I didn’t invite Betty to my birthday party. Now she’s mad at me. I wish I had invited Betty to
my birthday party.
I didn’t invite Betty to my birthday party, but I________________________________(invite)
Betty to my party so she wouldn’t be mad at me now.
3. I didn’t study for the exam, so I got a bad score on the exam.
I____________________________________(got) a good grade on the exam if I had studied.
4. I am watching a reality TV show where there are four contestants. In four weeks, one
contestant will be the winner.
I am watching a TV show in which there are four contestants competing to be the winner. After
one month a winner___________________________________(choose).
5. Last week I saw a man writing his name on paper for many women around him. Maybe he
was a famous actor.
Last week I____________________________________ (see) a famous actor because he was
surrounded by women and writing his name for them.
6. I didn’t have enough money to buy the shirt. Ed was with me, but he didn’t lend me any
money to buy the shirt. Ed is very rich.
I didn’t have enough money to buy the shirt but Ed_____________________________ (lend)
me the money because he is very rich.
7. I ate too much food. It is unhealthy to eat too much food. Now I feel sick
I________________________________________(eat) too much food because it is unhealthy.
8. I was singing alone in my apartment. My neighbor came over to my apartment and told me to
be quieter.
I_____________________________(sing) too loud because my neighbor told me to be quiet.
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