Treść zadania

/Unreal past, reported speech
I. Change the sentences into reported speech.

1. ‘I broke my leg when I was skiing, ’she said.
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2. ‘Why don’t you walk to school anymore? ‘she asked me.
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3. ‘You must set the alarm when you leave your house, ‘he told his sister.
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4. ‘Are you going to college next year?’ she asked him.
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5. Where have I left my bag?’ she wondered.
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6. ‘We might go to France again this summer, ‘she said.
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7. What shall I do with this painting?’ he wanted to know.
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8. ‘We ought to write to our local politician,’ they said.
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9. ‘You needn’t give me a lift tomorrow?’ he told me.
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10. ‘If I were you, I’d be happy to meet them, ‘she said.

II. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Use appropriate introductory verbs.

1. ‘Don’t drink the pond water, ‘the farmer said to us.

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2. ‘I’m sorry I overcharged you,’ said Mr Bleak to the customer.
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3. ‘Come to my birthday party on Sunday,’ said Ryan to me.
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4. ‘If these problems arise again, I’ll have to make a complaint; ‘ he said.
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5. ‘We wish we were going to the cinema tonight, ’said the children.
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6. ‘No, I didn’t kill him, ‘ he said.
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7. ‘Shall I take another loan or not?’ said Ms Jones.
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8. ’Would you open the windows, please? ‘ said the woman to me.
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9. ‘Don’t forget to buy some more milk,’ he said.
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10. ‘You must let me help you,’ he said to me.
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III. The word must not be altered (changed) in any way.

1. I’d rather eat at home than in a restaurant.
TO
2. You should do what they tell you.
WERE
3. You really should learn to drive
TIME
4. Please , listen to me.
WISH
5. I’d rather stay at home tonight.
PREFER
6. I prefer to play chess rather than play cards.
SOONER
7. If I were you, I wouldn’t have behaved so rudely.
RATHER
8. Why didn’t you tell him so?
WOULD
9. I’d prefer you to leave now.
RATHER
10. It would have been better if you hadn’t left so early.
RATHER

IV. Choose the correct item A,B,C or D.

1. Martha ……………. She would be late for the meeting. She ……………. She was feeling ill.
A. Told that ….. said that B. told that …. Said me that
C. Told me that …… said that D. Told me that … said me that
2. She……………… her holiday in Finland.
A. told me about B. said about C. said me about D told about
3. ‘ I suppose you’ve heard the latest ……………………
A. news,’ said she B. news.’ She said C. news’, she said D. news,’ she said.
4. I notified ………………………… I had changed my address.
A. with the bank that B. the bank that C. that D. to the bank that.
5. She reminded …………………………
A. what to do B. me what I had to do C. what I had to do D. me what to do
6. Last nigh the police said that they ………………… .
A. had found B. have found C. find D. were finding.
7. She encouraged …………… the job.
A. to take the job B. that Frank should take C. Frank to take D. to Frank to take
8. He asked where he ……………… put the box.
A. shall B. ought to C. will D should
9. They directed that the building ………………………………..
A. be pulled down B. to be pulled down C. Should be pulled down D. should pull down.

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. I would prefer……………. (pay) in cash rather than by credit card.
2. It would have been better if she …………….. (give) us the information sooner.
3. We’d prefer …………………. (call) our child David, rather than ……………..(call) him Steven.
4. I’d rather you …………… (not/tell) them the news yet.
5. We prefer ………………….. (watch) films to ………………. (watch) political programmes.
6. I’d rather you …….. (say) you didn’t want to come.
7. I’d rather ………………….. (go) fishing tonight.
8. I prefer …………………… (cook) dinner rather than ……………… (eat) in that restaurant.
9.You’d better ……………………. (not/wake) her up because she hasn’t slept for two days.
10. Id rather you ……………… (not/use) such bad language. It upsets people!.

VI . Read the letter below. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

Dear Sarah,
I’m having an absolutely fabulous time here!. I wshi you ………………. (decide) to come with me.
It ………………. ( be) even better if you were here. I wish I ………… (try) harder to persuade you to come with me. If only you ………………. (change) your mind! I’m sure you could get time off work if you …….. (ask). If you can’t come, ……………………. (you/consider) meeting in Rome at the beginning of next month? Of course if you …… (come) with me in the first place, we …………… ( have)a great time right now. Anyway, if you ………….. (give) me a ring , I ………………….(tell) you exactly what my plans are and then you can decide what you want to do.

VII. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Czas najwyższy, żebyś pomyślał o swojej przyszłości.
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2. Traktujesz mnie jak gdybym był twoim niewolnikiem. ( don’t use like)
3. Niech lepiej o tym zapomnÄ…
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4. Wygląda jakby zobaczył ducha!.
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5. Oni sugerują, że powinniśmy znaleźć inne rozwiązanie.
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