Practice. Part 2.[footnoteRef:1] [1: Материалы подготовлены на основе: Foley M., Hall D. Advanced Learners’ Grammar. Harlow, Longman, 2003.]

Task 1.

Four of these six sentences contain mistakes in grammar or punctuation. Tick (√) the correct sentences, then find and correct the mistakes.

0 'These traffic-calming measures have been put into place for a very good reason,' said he. he said

1. The doctor said me that I should really do more exercise.

2. Alison decided that she'd have the whole kitchen floor replaced.

3. Delia commented that fresh coriander could be found in any good supermarket now.

4. The child shouted he wanted to go home to his mother.

5. And then the interviewer actually said that's a lie, Minister.

6. The new Honda Civic, the salesman added, is one of the most popular small family saloons now.

Task 2.

Report these telephone messages. Make sure that you change the tenses, pronouns and adverbs as necessary.

Task 3.

Rewrite these sentences in reported speech. Decide whether to change the tenses and adverbs of time and place.

0'The London Eye is now the most popular tourist destination in London.'

The guidebook states that the London Eye is now the most popular tourist destination in London.

1. 'I've decided to stay another week as the research is going so well here.'Professor Jones rang from Vancouver. He said …………………………….

2. 'We've got tickets for the opera in New York this weekend.'

Gerry and Louisa told me last week that …………………………………..

3. The smaller islands of the archipelago are mostly uninhabited and very peaceful.'

There are so many people here! But that TV programme a few weeks ago said…………………………………………………………………………..

4. 'Mum's really ill. I wish we didn't live so far away from her.'

Sharon was really depressed last night. She told me that ………………......

5. 'The house is in a very pleasant cul-de-sac, and there aren't many children or animals there.' Here's the road. Oh no - it's awful! But the estate agent insisted that…………………………………………………………………

6. 'The accused first met the Wilsons when he decorated their living room.'

In court, the lawyer claimed that

7. ‘Shall we switch to an online banking system for the household accounts?’

My husband suggested that………………………………………………….

8. 'They had been living together secretly for years before they revealed their relationship.'

The newsreader said that the two politicians…………………………….

9. 'You mustn't leave your car in these parking bays for more than twenty minutes at a time.'

The traffic warden explained ……………………………………………..

10. 'Oh really! There is no such thing as reincarnation!'

The scientist maintained that ……………………………………………….

Task 4.

Each of these reported questions and commands contains a mistake. Find the mistakes and correct them.

1. Andy was really excited about the new job and asked if could he start straight away.

2. Miriam was running as fast as she was able to, wondering how possibly could she get away from this maniac.

3. The Prime Minister asked for the new crime bill to draft as soon as possible.

4. The builder told us let the plaster dry completely before we paint it.

5. The neighbours asked if or not we had heard anything during the night.

6. They informed us where buy the books of tickets for the buses and trains.

7. Dad asked me where I'd been all night?

8. The salesperson wanted to know what is the problem with the new fax machine.

9. Sandra begged to her landlord not to evict her before she had found somewhere else to live.

10. Standing in the dank, dark cell, Leyton wondered if he can make contact with the prisoners on either side of him.

Task 5.

Report each of these statements, using an appropriate verb from the box.

accuse apologis blame consider encourage reassure recommend refuse regret remind suggest warn volunteer

0 My wife: 'Don't worry about the arrangements for the reception. They're all under control.'

My wife reassured me that the arrangements for the reception were all under control.

1. Geraldine: 'I will not take part in the new play.'

2. My best friend: 'Don't you ever discuss my problems behind my back again!'

3. Pete: 'You should think about going to the new Thai restaurant. It's excellent.'

4. The departmental manager: 'It was your fault that we lost the Siemens contract.'

5. The disc jockey: 'Oasis were definitely the best band of the nineties.'

6. The fan: 'I'm terribly sorry about confusing you with George Michael.'

7. The police officer: 'We believe that you have been making obscene phone calls to this office.

8. My friends: 'Come on - you can do the Swimathon with us. You're just as good as we are.'

9. Mike's brother: 'I don't mind organising the collection for Mike and Sarah's wedding.'

10. The team manager: 'I feel terrible now about contradicting Julie in front of her whole team.'

11. The director: 'Let's try this scene a different way, shall we?'

12. My mother: 'You had your tonsils taken out when you were about nine, remember?'

Task 6.

Read the article at the top of the next page and then decide which word or phrase below best fits each space. Circle the letter you choose for each option. The exercise begins with an example (0).

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Worries about Internet use

A recent survey into Internet use has thrown up some worrying results. The Stanford Umversny survey asked respondents (0)... a number of questions about their Internet use It asked how much time (1)... on the Internet and (2)... Internet use had affected the amount of me they spent with family and friends. It also enquired whether their Internet use (3)… the time respondents spent working, either at home or in the office. The answers were interesting but not unexpected. Two-thirds of the people surveyed responded that (4) ... fewer than five hours a Week on the internet. The survey concludes that the behaviour of these people (5)... little. However, a quarter of those people who do use the Internet for more than five hours a week claimed that they spend less time with their family and friends. One in four of the total respondents alsp said that the time they spent working at home (6) …, benefiting their employers.

Professor of Political Science at Stanford, Norman Nie, (7)… that we are moving from a world where we know and see neighbours and friends to one where interaction (8) … place at a distance. He asked rhetorically whether (9)... a hug or hear a warm voice over the Internet It seems that the results of the survey prove that the Internet (10)... people into solitary beings who can’t be bothered to call their mother on her birthday.

Task 7.

What did these people say? Rewrite the reported versions of some quotations by famous people in direct speech.

1. Al Capone once complained that he had been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.

2. President Woodrow Wilson once remarked that he would never read a book if it were possible for him to talk for half an hour with the person who wrote it.

3. Pablo Picasso once claimed that age only mattered when one was ageing, He said that as he had arrived at a great age, he might just as well be twenty.

4. Jean-Paul Sartre once commented that the world could get along very well without literature and it could get along even better without man.

5. A spokesperson from UNESCO stated that since wars had begun in the minds of men, it was in the minds of men that the defence of peace had to be constructed.

6. Groucho Marx once asked a club to accept his resignation because he didn't want to belong to any club that would accept him as a member.

7. President John F Kennedy once told the American people to ask not what their country could do for them, but to ask what they could do for their country.

8. Albert Einstein once said that he knew why there were so many people who loved chopping wood. He explained that in that activity one immediately saw the results.

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