Exercise3 .Use direct speech

Exercise2 Rewrite the sentences, using the reported speech

Exercise 1. Rewrite what the government minister said at a meeting, using the verbs in brackets.

1.(claim ): ‘ Unemployment is going down at a steady rat.’

The government minister claimed that unemployment was going down at a steady rat.’

2.(insist): ‘The problem started with the previous government ‘

3.(announce): ’We will create 100, 000 more jobs by next year’

4.(admit): ‘There were more than 1,000 new cases of AIDS last year.’

5.(warn): ‘The number is likely to rise by 20 percent in the next two years’

6.(promise): ‘We will end poverty’

7.(deny): ’The government has done something about it’

8.(remind the public): ‘We have spent over $ 500 million on new houses’

9.(agree): ’Yes, I`ll answer questions at the end of the meeting.’

10.(refuse): ‘I`m sorry, I won`t answer questions about my person life ’

1. He said: I have just received a letter from my uncle.‘’

2.” I`m going to the theatre tonight,” he sais to me.

3.Mike said: “I spoke to mister brown this morning.”

4. He said to her: “I shall do it today ifi have time.”

5.I said to them: “I can give you my uncle`s address”

6. oleg said: “My room is on the second floor.”

7.He said I`m sure she will ring me up when she is back in London.”

8.Mischa said: “ I saw them at my parents` house last year.”

9. He said: “ I haven`t seen my cousin today.”

10. “ I don`t go to this shop very often,” she said.

1. Tom said he would go to see the doctor the next day.
2. He told me he was ill.
3. He told me he had fallen ill.
4. They told me Tom hadn`t come to school the day before.
5. I told my sister she might catch cold.
6. she told me she had caught cold.
7. he said that while crossing the English Channel they had stayed on the desk all the time.
8. She said she was feeling bad that day.
9. The old man told the doctor that he had pain in his right side.
10. He said he had just been examined by a good doctor.

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. You will not need to use all the verbs.

Promise, suggest, warn,add, offer, complain, announce, admit, deny, claim, agree, insist, advise, beg, refuse, threaten, regret, accuse, apologize, remind, declare

1. Judy promised not to tell my parents that I had lost money.

2. Out neighbour … to call the police if we carried on fighting.

3. The old man … that he had a pain in his chest.

4. Frances … not going to the concert when she heard how god it had ben.

5.Jack … breaking the mirror in the bathroom.

6. The police … the man of planning a terrorist attack on a government building in Paris.

7. The patient … to have a blood transfusion for religious reasons.

8. My sister … organizing a surprise party for our parents` wedding anniversary.

9. He shouted at me but then quickly … for his behavior.

10. Patrick … that he and Carol were getting married.

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