Grammar unit 9
1 Correct the mistakes.
1 I told he to leave me alone. 
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2 The teacher us told that we must concentrate
more. 
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3 Amy me asked not say anything. 
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4 Holly admitted that she have took the necklace. 
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5 Dad said he will to speak to my teacher in the
morning. 
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2 Complete the text with the correct form of the
verbs and a pronoun.
It was a normal day at school, but Daniel was
feeling nervous. He knew that he was in trouble
and he knew why, too. During the morning break,
his English teacher, Mrs Drury, asked him to go
(go) into her office for a chat. Daniel said
(1)__________________ (have to) go to his maths
lesson, but he realized that he had no choice.
In the office, Mrs Drury had some of Daniel’s
essays on her desk. She wasn’t happy with
them. She held the work in her hands and asked
Daniel (2)__________________ (tell) where
(3)__________________ (get) the information for
his essays. Daniel said (4)__________________
(read) a lot of different books. Mrs Drury
said (5)__________________ (know) that
(6)__________________ (be) lying. She told
(7)__________________ (be) honest. Daniel admitted
that (8)__________________ (copy) the information
from the internet. He said (9)__________________
(be) very sorry to Mrs Drury. He promised that
(10)__________________ (never do) it again.
3 Look at the information. Write the questions and
answers using reported speech.
Alice: want / something to eat
Phil: not feel / hungry
Alice asked Phil if he wanted something
to eat.
Phil said that he didn’t feel hungry.
1 Katie: know / London well
Sarah: never / been / there
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2 Mum: how / are feeling
I: be / very tired
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3 I: what / get / for his birthday
Jack: receive / a lot of presents
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4 Harry: will go / to the party
The girls: not decide / yet
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5 Tom: can / speak / Spanish
Helen: only / know / a few words
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4 Think of three different endings to the sentence.
We had just arrived home from a hard day at
school. Dad asked us to help him in the garden.
We told him …
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2 ____________________________________________
3 ____________________________________________
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Vocabulary unit 9
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box.
a mistake right honest quiet  any money.
someone’s feelings the law
wrong your word
1 When you’re responsible for something bad that
has happened, you’re in the _______________.
2 When you do what you have promised to do, you
keep _______________.
3 When you don’t talk about something, you keep
_______________ about it.
4 When you make _______________, you do
something that isn’t correct.
5 When you do the morally correct thing in a
situation, you do the _______________ thing.
6 When you decide to be _______________ about
something, you tell the truth.
7 When you hurt ____________________, you
offend them personally.
8 When you break _______________, you do
something illegal.
3 Choose the correct words.
1 Jake ordered / complained that he never had
2 Becky refused / complained to eat her carrots.
3 Lee begged / admitted that he had told a lie.
4 She agreed / persuaded him to lend her the car.
5 Jenny begged / offered her parents to let her
stay up late.
6 They insisted / invited that they were telling
the truth.
7 Sean refused / warned me that a teacher was
coming.
8 My parents encouraged / offered me to work
hard at school.
9 Kate ordered / offered to help me with my
maths homework.
10 The police officer ordered / warned the man to
get out of his car.
11 Matt agreed / encouraged to lend me his bike.
12 Ruth invited / offered me to stay for dinner.
13 We ordered / promised not to say anything.

2 Write sentences about the people with the correct 4 Look at the sentences in exercise 3. Then
form of the bold phrases from exercise 1. complete the table with the verbs in the box.
1 Tessa lost Emma’s T-shirt. Tessa is buying
admit agree beg complain encourage 
Emma another one. insist invite offer order persuade 
Tessa _____________________________________. promise refuse warn
2 Tom forgot to do his homework. His friends told
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him to make up an excuse but he told his
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teacher the real reason. someone to do something
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Tom _______________________________________. (verb + object + infinitive)
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3 Ella told Lucy she would stay with her at the
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party. Ella stayed with Lucy the whole evening.
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Ella _______________________________________.
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4 Last week two boys from my class stole some to do something
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DVDs from a shop. (verb + infinitive)
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They ______________________________________.
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5 Adam caused the accident with the paint but he
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didn’t tell anyone.
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Adam ______________________________________. that
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6 Jessica has just told Emily that her new dress is (verb + that)
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horrible. Emily is very upset.
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Jessica ____________________________________.

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