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Indirect Statements

Exercise 47. Say that your friend told you the same.

Model: - Jane said that she liked tea.

- My friend told me that he also liked tea.

1. Tom said that he was fond of playing football.

2. Alice said that she helped her mother about the house.

3. Mary said that she went shopping every day.

4. James said that he had spent his summer holidays in the country.

5. Richard said that he had bathed in the sea the previous summer.

6. William said that they had moved to a new flat the week before.

7. Richard said that he had been working at the factory for about two years.

8. Charles said that he would invite his friends to a house-warming party.

9. Alec said that he would post the letter himself.

10. Betty said that her grandmother would bake a delicious cake.

Exercise48. Your friend does (likes) something else. Say that he told you about it.

Model: - John said he liked tea.

- My friend told me he liked coffee.

1. William said that he played basketball and tennis.

2. Mary said that she studied French.

3. Helen said that her grandparents lived in Odessa.

4. Jane said that she liked to read detective stories.

5. Olha said that she often walked to work.

6. James said that he liked to watch hockey matches on TV.

7. Nina said that she liked to go to the skating-rink in winter.

8. Betty said that she liked to go to the cinema with her friend.

9. Robert said that he liked to make notes when reading a book.

10. Richard said that he always took a cold shower after his morning exercises.

Exercise 49. Your friend did it at another place. Say that he told you about it.

Model: - Jane said that she had spent her summer holidays in the Crimea.

- My friend told me that he had spent his summer holidays in the Caucasus.

1. Grandmother said that she had stayed at home on Sunday.

2. Bill said that he had gone to the skating-rink on Saturday.

3. Bill said that he had met Rose at the station.

4. John said tat he had had his dinner at the cafeteria.

5. Mother said that she had bought some meat at the shop.

6. Alice said that she had done this exercise at the lesson.

7. Jane said that she had invited her friends to her birthday party.

8. Olha said that she had gone to the Circus the previous Sunday.

9. Ralph said that he had borrowed the text-book from the library.

10. Betty said that she had acquainted with Mr. Robinson at the party.

Exercise 50. Your friend will do something else at that time. Say that he told you about it.

Model: -My brother said he would go to the skating-rink in the evening.

- My friend told me that he would watch TV in the evening.

1. My sister said that she would take part in the competition the following week.

2. Richard said that he would go on a trip in July.

3. Nick said that he would go to the meeting after classes.

4. Jane said that she would return the book two days later.

5. Lucy said that she would cook her favourite cake the following Sunday.

6. Tom said that he would ski in the afternoon.

7. Ann said that she would play with her sister after dinner.

8. Louise said that she would plant trees the following spring.

9. James said that he would explain this rule to me after classes.

10. Nina said that she would practise the violin all the afternoon.

Exercise 51. Express your disagreements as in the model. Correct the statement.

Model: - You said you liked playing football.

- No, I didn’t say I liked playing football. I said I liked playing tennis.

1. You said you received excellent marks in all subjects.

2. You said you studied Spanish.

3. You said you liked to watch sports programmes on TV.

4. You said you had cleaned the room.

5. You said you had crossed the street at he wrong place.

6. You said you would buy a dog for your brother

7. You said you would buy a ticket for me.

8. You said you would take the children to the Zoo the following Sunday.

9. You said you would stay with us for a week.

10. You said you would ring me up in the evening.

Exercise 52. Say that you were glad or sorry to hear it. Change “last year (week etc.)” into “the previous year (week etc.)”.

1. John posted your letter before breakfast.

2. Nelly crossed the street on the red light.

3. Jane translated the article and did all the exercises.

4. Mary didn’t learn the new words.

5. Jane was very ill last Sunday.

6. Cyril learned the poem by heart last week.

7. Larry travelled to France last summer.

8. They planted fruit trees in the garden last autumn.

9. Cecil fell down and broke his leg last week.

10. The group reached the summit of the mountain by evening.

Exercise 53. Say that you didn’t know about it. Change “tomorrow” into “the following day” and “next week (year etc.)” into “the following week (year etc.)”

Model: - Jane will go to the country tomorrow.

- I didn’t know that Jane would go to the country the following day.

1. John will buy a dog for his brother.

2. Mary will get a part in the new play.

3. Bob will bring some new records for the party.

4. Colin will go skating next Sunday.

5. We shall have a grammar test tomorrow.

6. The conference will be held next week.

7. Jane will return the book to the library tomorrow.

8. Chris’s parents will go to the country next month.

9. My grandfather will be retired next month.

10. John and Mary will make reports at the conference.

Exercise 54. Speak on the following situations.

1. Tell a story heard from a traveller-passenger in a train.

2. Tell a story you heard from the friend who went to the country to see his sick grandmother.

3. Tell a story you heard from your grandfather how he helped partisans during the war.

4. Tell your mother the question the doctor asked you during the visit and his diagnosis.


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