Complete the conversation. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets
A: I don’t feet well. I wish I (0) ..........didn’t have ................. (not have) to go out tonight. If only I (1) ........................... (not agree) to go!
B: Why don’t you phone and say you’re not well?
A: I haven’t got Scott’s phone number. I wish 1 (2) ........................... (ask) him for it on Monday. If only I (3) ........................... (think) of it then!
B: Where are you going?
A: To a restaurant. And I’ll have to walk. I wish 1 (4) ........................... (not leave) my bike at Jack’s last night! If only I (5) ........................... (have) a car! Anyway, are you going out tonight?
B: No. I’ve got to start an essay. I’ve got to hand it in on Wednesday. I wish I (6) (start) it earlier, but I hope I’ll finish it in time.
Complete the conversations. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
..... A: If I’d known you were ill, I (1) ........................... (phone) you at the weekend. Sorry.
B: That’s OK. I was too ill to talk to people!
A: Are you going to college tomorrow?
..... B: I don’t know. I (2) ........................... (go) if I feel well enough.
..... A: I always feel better if I (3) ........................... (do) some exercise. Don’t you?
B: Yes, but I’m hopeless at sport, so I don’t do enough. If I (4) ........................... (be) better at
sport, I’d do more, I’m sure!
A: I know what you mean. I can’t swim very well. I wish I (5) ........................... (have) swimming
lessons when I was younger.
Circle the correct answer.
6 If you put /’d put / would have put your glass on the table instead of the floor, I wouldn’t have knocked it over!
7 I’ll finish this tonight if I work / ’ll work / worked hard on it now.
8 I wish I know / ’11 know /knew what to do.
9 I’ll come with you as long as / unless / in case I don’t have to stay too long.
10 If you could change one thing about yourself, what will you change / would you change / would you have changed?
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the word in bold. Use between two and five words.
11 We should get there early because there might be a long queue. case
We should get there early ........................... a long queue.
12 I didn’t watch the match yesterday afternoon because I went out. coul........................... d
If I’d stayed in yesterday afternoon, I ........................... the match.
13 It would have been better if I’d brought my mobile phone, only
If........................... my mobile phone!
14 Don’t apply for the course if you don’t want to do it. unless
Don’t apply for the course ........................... to do it.
15 He’d like to go to the festival, but he doesn’t know how to get a ticket. if
He’d go to the festival........................... how to get a ticket.
Complete the note. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I'm sorry I couldn’t meet you yesterday. I (16) ........................... (not go) swimming if I’d known you were coming into town. I hope you had a nice time with Becky. If you (17) ........................... (see) her tomorrow, say hello from me.
I'm busy learning lines for the play I'm in. I'm, so busy I wish I (18) ........................... (not agree) to be in it, but never mind.
We’ve done quite a lot of the first part, so I’m learning some of the second part in case we (19) ........................... (do) that at our next rehearsal. It’s not going to be easy. I’m sure it would be easier if I (20) ........................... (can/understand) my lines, but I don’t!
Змістовий модуль 8 «Descriptions»
Reported speech
Reported statements: tense changes
• We use reported speech to report what someone said earlier. After a past tense reporting verb (e.g. said, told), the original verb forms usually move one tense into the past, and the pronouns and possessive adjectives change: 7 like pizza,’ Tim said, (direct speech) – Tim said (that) he liked pizza, (reported speech)
‘You look great,’ I told Anna. – I told Anna (that) she looked great.
| Direct speech (actual worlds) | Reported speech |
| present simple | past simple |
| present continuous | past continuous |
| present perfect/past simple | past perfect |
| past continuous / present perfect continuous | past perfect continuous |
| past perfect | past perfect |
| will | would |
| am/is/are going to | was/were going to |
| can | could |
| may | might |
| must | must/had to |
• Could, would and might don’t change in reported speech: I might come with you, ’ she said. - She said (that) she might come with us.
• Say and tell are the most common reporting verbs for statements. Notice how they are used:
– He said (to me) (that) he was tired. (Not He said me that he was tired)
– He told me (that) he was tired. (Not He told that he was tired.)
Report the statements.
0 ‘I’ve got an awful headache.’ Kim said ......(that) she had an awfulheadache...... .
1 ‘I haven’t been feeling well all day.’ She ........................... .
2 ‘I’ve found some great trainers.’ Tom ........................... .
3 ‘I wasn’t looking for them.’ He ........................... .
4 ‘I’m going to wear them to college.’ He ........................... .
5 ‘I didn’t see David.’ Lisa ........................... .
6 ‘I called him.’ She ........................... .
7 ‘I’m staying at home.’ Ben ........................... .
8 ‘I don’t feel like going out.’ He ........................... .
9 ‘I’m late.’ Amy........................... .
10 ‘I have to be there at eight.’ She ........................... .
Report the conversation.
0 ‘I’m going to the park with my brother,’ Paul said
Paul said (that) he was going to the park with his brother.
1 ‘We’re going to have a game of football,’ he said.
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2 ‘I might come too, ’Stephen said.
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3 ‘We’ll be in our usual place,’ Paul said.
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4 ‘I can’t stay long because my friends are coming at six,’ Stephen said.
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5 ‘They’re taking me to the skate park in Burnley,’ he said.
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6 ‘I’ve never been there before,’ he said.
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7 ‘I’d like to go to the skate park in Manchester,’ Paul said.
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8 ‘We could go together,’ Stephen said.
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