Unit 1 Grammar
Reported statements & questions
1 Rewrite each statement in reported speech.
Claire said, ‘I’ve fallen out with my best friend.’
Claire said that she had fallen out with her best
friend.
1 Ali said, ‘Homework is a pain.’
_______________________________________
2 Pam said, ‘I’ll get the bus at 8.00.’
_______________________________________
3 Kaz said, ‘I must make up with Annie.’
_______________________________________
4 ‘Gina shouldn’t gossip about Joe and Fiona,’ said
Luisa.
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
2 Read the reported speech and write the question.
Rufus asked what my best friend’s name was.
Rufus asked, ‘What’s your best friend’s name?’
1 Fran asked if she had upset Karen.
‘____________________________,’ asked Fran.
2 Tom asked whether the teacher was joking.
Tom asked, ‘____________________________’
3 Amira asked who would be invited to the party.
Amira asked, ‘____________________________
______________________________________’
4 The teacher asked when we had uploaded our
homework.
The teacher asked, ‘______________________
______________________________________’
Time and & place
3 Complete the sentences in direct speech with
one word in each gap.
1 Ulla asked Yenko if she had enjoyed the lecture
the day before.
‘Did you enjoy the lecture __________ , Yenko?’
2 My teacher said the essay I had written a few
weeks earlier had been my best so far that year.
‘The essay you wrote a few weeks ___________
was your best so far ___________ year.’
3 At the end of the exam, Mrs James said that we
had to stop writing then.
‘You have to stop writing ___________.’
4 Karen said she had seen Lou there ten minutes
earlier.
‘I saw Lou _________ ten minutes __________.’
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Reporting verbs
4 Complete the text using that or a verb from the
box in the gerund or infinitive form.
find look be take (x2)
Is it possible to make good friends for life? You may
have parents who still have friends now that they
went to university with, or even school. They may not
even live in the same area or see each other very
often, and yet their friendships have survived through
the years. How is this possible? We asked five adults
with long-term friendships how they did it.
Jade explained that she makes time every week to
call her long distance friends, however busy she is,
as she thinks staying in touch is the most important
thing for friends.
Ruth told us (1) _____________ she found it was
harder to stay friends when people started having
babies (Ruth has never had a baby). She warned us
how important it is (2) _____________ an interest in
your friends’ children.
Ana agreed that (3) _____________ a good friend
means remembering your friends’ children’s
birthdays, and also your friends’ partner’s birthdays.
Ollie agreed and encouraged young people
(4) _____________ something in common with their
friends’ partners. He said (5) _____________ he had
lost a good friend by not (6) _____________ the time
to get to know his friend’s new girlfriend properly.
Lucy, however, said that she would advise young
people (7) _____________ for friends who share
common interests, as then you will always have
those interests, however much your lives change.
Consolidate
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
1 You’re late! What _______________ (you / do)?
2 What do you think we ____________________
(study) in English next week?
3 I’ve just seen Dave and Tara – when _________
______________ (they / get back) from France?
4 I ____________________ lunch yet! (not have)
5 Do you think in 100 years’ time people ________
____________ how to write with a pen? (forget)