Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la UNIT 14
din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa VI intitulat ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK –
GRAMMARWAY 2, Editura Express Publishing, Autori Jenny Dooney si Virginia Evans,
Editia 1998
UNIT
14: Reported Speech
Exercise
1
A
2. said
3. told
4. said
5. told
6. tell
B
1. said
2. said
3. tell
4. said
C
1. said
2. said
3. said
Exercise
2
2. he, his
3. they, their
4. his, him
5. he, his
6. he, me, his, him
Exercise
3
2. He said (that) they were working in the
garden.
3. She told us (that) they had got married six
months before.
4. He said (that) he would go shopping the
following/ next day.
5. He said (that) he had bought a new car the
previous week/ the week before.
6. They said (that) they weren’t doing anything
the next/ following week.
7. She told me (that) she couldn’t go out that
night.
8. He said (that) he had forgotten to pay the
bill.
9. She told me (that) they had brought me a
present.
10. She told Peter (that) she would phone him
the following/ next/ the day after.
Exercise
4
3, 6, 8 and 12 do not change tense because they
are general truths.
5 does not change because the introductory verb
is in the present simple.
2. Rose said (that) she had put the washing in
the washing machine.
3. He said (that) a giraffe is bigger than a
mouse.
4. She said (that) they hadn’t seen Tom for two
weeks.
5. She says (that) she hasn’t phoned her uncle
last month.
6. The student said (that) birds can fly.
7. She said (that) he was studying for an exam
then/ at that time.
8. He said (that) leaves fall from the trees in
autumn.
9. They said (that) they had visited the circus
the previous weekend/ the weekend before.
10. Tony said (that) she had dropped the vase on
the floor.
11. She said (that) he had taken the money to
the bank that morning.
12. The teacher said (that) the Earth moves
round the sun.
Exercise
5
2. She asked George when he would call her.
3. She asked if/ whether I could play the piano.
4. He asked who was there.
5. She asked Jonathan if/ whether I had gone to
work the previous day/ the day before.
6. Mother asked what I had done that day.
7. Jim asked if/ whether I had gone to work the
previous day/ the day before.
8. He asked how I had got there.
9. She asked if/ whether I had seen her blue
jacket anywhere.
10. He asked if/ whether I would take him to
work the following/ next day/ the day after.
11. She asked where I had been.
12. She asked if/ whether they would visit us in
the summer.
Exercise
6
2. who had called the fire brigade.
3. if/ whether we/ they had asked people to
leave the building.
4. if/ whether anyone had been injured.
5. how many fire-fighters were there then/ at
that time.
6. if/ whether any of the houses had been
damaged.
Exercise
7
2. told
3. asked
4. ordered
5. begged
Exercise
8
2. The fire-fighter told/ ordered them to stand
back.
3. The fire-fighter told/ ordered them to bring
the light nearer.
4. The fire-fighter told/ ordered them to pass
him the axe.
5. The fire-fighter told/ ordered them to go to
the other side of the plane.
Exercise
9
2. The shop assistant told the child not to
touch anything.
3. The secretary asked me to wait there.
4. She suggested going swimming.
5. The park keeper told them not to walk on the
grass.
6. He told them not to stay out late that night.
7. Annie begged Barry to help her.
Exercise
10
2. He asked Jill to get him a glass of water.
3. She refused to help Jim.
4. Her mother promised to buy her something nice
for her birthday.
5. He warned us not to play near the road
because it was dangerous.
6. She offered to do the shopping.
7. She begged her parents not to leave her alone
in the dark.
8. He suggested going to the cinema that night.
9. His father ordered him to go to bed at once/
immediately.
10. They suggested watching a video.
Exercise
11
2. Alison offered to help organise the meeting.
3. Alex offered to give them copies of the plan.
4. Bob suggested doing some research on the
subject.
5. Nick promised to give them all the details
the following week.
6. Diana warned them not to decide until they
knew the cost.
Exercise
12
2. Sarah said to me, ‘I’m looking for a new
job.’
3. Brian asked, ‘What time does the train to Leeds leave?’
4. She said, ‘I don’t like jogging.’
5. ‘I’ll be back tomorrow,’ he said.
6. He asked, ‘How much did your new car cost?’
7. ‘Can you do the shopping for me, please?’ I
asked Marie.
8. Jill said to Roy
Exercise
13
2. He asked her why she had done that.
3. ‘Titanic
is the best film I’ve ever seen,’ Susie said to her mother.
4. ‘Put the rubbish in the bin,’ he said to
them.
5. He asked her to answer the telephone.
6. ‘We’re going to Hawaii
7. Ben asked me if/ whether I was going out on
Saturday night.
8. ‘I’ve never ridden a horse before,’ said
Adam.
9. Mother said that we would go to the circus
the following day.
10. ‘Pick up the paper from the floor,’ Mr
Carter said to them.
11. ‘Please, please let me go to the party,’
Julia asked her parents.
12. Greg suggested having a party on his
birthday.
Exercise
14
‘Can you give me your phone number, please?’ she
asked me.
‘Call me very soon,’ I said to her.
Exercise
15
1. He asked me where the post office was.
2. She suggested visiting the zoo.
3. Mother said, ‘You must always tell the truth.’
4. The doctor told me not to exercise a lot.
5. My parents offered to give me a lift to the railway station.
6. Our teacher told us that the test was quite easy.
7. She asked how she could contact me.
8. He said that Kate had left the previous month/ the month before.
9. The old man said good night and went to bed.
10. Jenny said to me, ‘I hate Maths.’
Exercise
16
2. Have you done, did
3. myself
4. enough
5. used to
6. needn’t
7. have been washing
8. was written
9. whose
10. Shall, will
11. which
12. used to
Oral
Activity
SA: What else did Tim Stevens say?
SB: He said (that) he had already been to Venice and Florence
SA: What else did Tim Stevens say?
SB: He said (that) he had already been to France
SA: What else did Tim Stevens say?
SB: He said (that) he had starred in a film
called ‘L’amour’.
SA: What else did Tim Stevens say?
SB: He said (that) he would return with his wife
in the summer.
Writing
Activity
… that he had already been to Venice
and Florence and that he had been to France
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