68 Reported statements

The union leader said that their members had

voted earlier and that the result would be
available latcr in the afternoon, but he added
Ihal he couldn't say any more.

1 Repo rt ing speech

When we repeat another person's words, we can use d irect speech or reported speech.
• For direct speech, we use the exact words and we put quotation marks ("") o r inverted
com mas (") around them:
'I'm really hungry because J haven't eaten since breakfast,' said A1IIwbel.
• When we report speech with a report ing verb (e.g. say) in the presen t, we use the same
tenses, but we have to change the pronouns and verb forms when necessary:
A/mabe/ says (t/Jat) she 's really hungry because s/le IIaslI 't eaten si/lce breakfast.
• W h en we report anot her person's words some time after he/she sa id them, we usu ally
use a past tense verb to introduce them, and we change the tense of the verbs as well:
A/lllabel said (that) s/le W ( IS really h1lngry becallse s he hadn't eatell since breakfast.
• We can use tll(lt after said but we o ften leave it out:
fake said he would meelus here.

2 Te nse chang es in re ported speec h

ORIGiNAl WORDS
Present simple:
'We work for the town council. '
Present continuous:
'I'm doing the washing.
Past simple:
'We decided to leave earlier today.'
Past continuous:
"wasn't telling the truth.'
Present perfect simple:
'My guests haven't arrived yet. '
Present perfect continuous:
'We've been waiting for ages!'
be going to:
'They're going to stay at home tonight. '
Most modal verbs (e.g. can, will, must):
'/ can't say any more.'
'The result will be available later. '
'You must stop writing!'
REPORTED STATEMENT
Past simple:
- They said they worked for the town council.
Past continuous:
-+ She said she was doing the washing.
Past perfect:
-+ He said they had decided to leave earlier that day.
Past perlect continuous:
- She admitted she hadn't been telling the truth.
Past perfect simple:
-+ She said her guests hadn't arrived yet.
Past perfect continuous:
- They complained (that) they had been waiting for ages.
was/were going to:
..... They said they were going to stay at home that night.
could, would, had to;
-+ He added that he couldn't.say any more.
-+ He said that the result would be available later:
-+ She said we had tolmust stop wn"ting.

Some verb forms don't change.

• Past perfect: 'll/adu't m et your sister before.' -+ He said (that) he hadn't met my sister before.
• Modal verbs collld, wOIl/d, sl/OlI/d and IIIIIStll't:
'We could go to Fra/lce {or ti,e day.' -- Lell suggested (that) we could go to Frallce for the day.
'You mustll 't talk dl/rillg the exam. ' -+ He imisted (that) we mustn 't talk during tile exam.
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3 Other changes in reported speech
We usuall y change pronouns and time and place words in reported speech:

dl""
1
me
--
heIshe
him/her
his/her
d_
.. ·.'r~·.I ..

Joday
tonight
lomonow
~·_ ..

--
•

thar day
that night
the neKt day
mine his/hers the following day
,ou l/we next (week. month, the next/the foIlowtng
etc.) (week. month, etc.)
J'OU.r my/our
ago before
,ours mine/ours
yesterday the day beforel
we 'hey the previous day
us them last (week, month. etc.) the last/the previous
our their (week. month, etc.)
ours theirs now 'hen
here
this (place

Pauf said, 'I arrived ',ere atl hOllr ago.' - Paul said he had arrived there (w/lQllr before.
Ange/ique and £lienlle said, ' We're sta rting our course at rite college n ex t montlr.'
- Tl1er said they were starting their cOllrse at the college ti,e following m OtltlJ.
fORMAl1TY CHECK Wc do not usually repeat yes and 110 in reported speech, except in
informal specch for emph asis:
rYes, we decitled earlier to<Jay. ' - He said tliat they had decided earlier lIwl day.
- (informal) Anyway, lie said tllat yes, tlley lIad decided ear/ier tllat day.

4 Reaso ns for not changing t he tense

There are times when we ca n choose not to change the tense of verbs in reported speech .
• When the situation or fee lings/opinions in the origina l speech are still true:
M three .~jsters halle bright red lIair. - He told me lIis three sisters /wlle bright red hair.

I really like your frielld. - Slle said slw really likes YOII.
Compare:

We're ' ealling tomorrow at 6.30.

- They said lhey're leaving tomorrow at 6.30. (reported on the same day as the o riginal)
- They said they w ere leaving tI/e /lext day at 6.30. (reported some days after the o riginal)
• When the verb fo llows the linking words after o r because:
fl ocked the door atter 1 finished dealling.

- She told him she'd locked the door after she finiS/led cleaning.
OR She told him she'd locked the door after sl/e'd finish ed cleaning.
I'm annoyed because 1 was talk;~ and YQu intenupted me.

- She said she was anPloyed because she was talking and I interrupted her.
OR She said she was annoyed because she had been talking and J had interrupted IIer.

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68 RE PORTE DSTATEMENTS
Practice
1 GRAMMAR IN USE Read the newspa per report and choose t he correct w ords in italics.

In court this week

Maggie Givans reports from Brentford Magistrates' Court

On T uesday. local shopkeeper Barry Southgatc
appeared in court for dan~erous dri ving. Police
Constable Harricl Diamond said that on the night of
14 February she (0) ho,( seen {had seen). dari;: bl ue
Volkswagen Golf travelling al high speed through
a residential area, She stopped the motonst, Mr
Somhgate, and a~ked him to tell her his driv ing
speed. He replied that he ( I) has / had no idea.
When PC Diamond asked 10 sce his driving licence,
he replied that he (2) would / will bring it to the
police station (3) lonwrrow Ithe following day,
closed his door and drove off. again at high speed.
In responsc to Magistrate Richard Pound's
questions Mr Soulhgale said (4) I t he knew he
had been over the speed limit. but he didn ' t know
exactly what speed he (5) W(lS I hod bun
travelling at, He also said said that he (6) has/had
forgotten to take his licence to the police station
(7) Ihe nUl / nexl day, The magistrate wanted to
know how he could fo rget something important
like that, and Mr Soulhgate explained that his wife
(8) has had / had luui their first baby that day,
so he (9) call 'I / hal/n ' I/)eell able to take his
licence to the police stati on. He added that he
had been ru shin g to th e hos pital ( 10) the evening
before / yesterday el'ening, and that was why he
had been dri vi ng so fast. Magistrate Pound said that
Mr Southgatc still (It) must / had to pay the fine
for speeding but that hc ( 12) wishes / wished him
and his new fami ly all the be.~t.

2 Co mplete t he re po rte d statements. Ma ke all the cha nges you can.

CIIIB Usten a nd check.
o POUTICIAN (to reporters): I'm ready to answer your questions.
The politician told the reporters t.~!.. ~. ~~! . ~~y. .................. .
to answer their questions.
REPORTER: People were offended by remarks in your speech .
A reporter said people ........... .. .. ... .. ........................... .
remarks in the po litician 's speech.
2 I'OLtTlCIAN: I didn 't make any offen sive remarks in m y speech yesterday.
The politician stated ................... ........ .... ...................... any o ffensive remarks in
his speech ............ .
3 I was just describi ng my plans for next year.
POUIl CIAN:

He said that ............................ .............. ......................... his plans for the next year.
4 REPORTf.R: You must know that people have asked for your resignatio n.
The reporter sa id that the politician .... . .............................................................................. .
for his resignation.
S POt.mcw:: I ca n't u nderstand it myself. I simply described the situation in the country.
The politician said ..................................... .......................... hi mself.
He ............................................................... the situation in the country.
6 POLITICIAN: I have been working very h ard and I see no reason to resign.
He added that ..................................................................... a nd he saw no reason to resign.
7 I'OLlTIClAN: I will make a full statement about my plan s tomorrow aft ernoon.
He ended by saying that ... .. ......... _....................................................... ..

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 3 Mat<h the spee<h bubbles 1-8 with the reported statements A- L. Two more of the spee<h
bubbles can match two stateme nts.
A She said she'd alread y taken an exam that week.
III
o I' m revising for an 1 Adrian~ revising for an
exam at the moment. eKam at the moment B He said he had taken an exam t he week before.
C She said he's revising for an exa m at
the moment.
o He said he was revising fo r the exam
that evening.
the exam yestefday
eveni~. E She said she's already taken an exam t his week.
F She saifl she was revising fo r a n eJl'affi then.
4 I've already taken G He said he was going to take the exam
an exam this week.
that week.
6 I'm going 10 take H She said sh e was going to lake t he exam t he
the (,!(Bm this week . next day.
He said h e's revising for an exam t h is evening.
j She said she 's re... ising for an exa m al-
the moment.
K He said h e was revising for an exam then.
7 I took an L She said she was revising fo r the exam
exam last week. ycste,rdayeveni ng.
o /.1 .. 2 .......... 3 ...... . 4 5 .......... 6 .......... 7 .......... 8 ......... .

4 Rewrite the quotes in reported s peech. Do not change the te nse if it is possible not to.
ClOD liste n and check.
o ' You mustn ', discuss the case outside the court room .'
The judge said that we . ~~~..4.4~f..~~. ~~ .~.~!!.e;..~~..,!?~.~..~.~ ~.......... .
'The museum was o pened to t he public in 1965.'
The guidebook says ............................ ....... .. ......... ........................................ .
2 ' I' ll take a tax i h ome after the fil m tomo rrow evening.'
Joh n told us lasl Friday .......... ............ .... ... ..... . ............................................. .
3 ' Humans first walked o n t he moon in 1969 .'
The lecturer said ............................... ........ ......................... ...... . . ... ... '
4 'Samir's HI and can 't co me to sch ool today.'
Mrs Richards, Sami r's mot her said ... ....... .. . ............ ....... ........... .. .... .
5 'Jaso n had been working fo r me for two yea rs at that poin t.'
The manager told the police officer ............................................................................... .
6 ' We' re meeting our cousins from Vancouver at the weekend.'
Lou and Jane to ld us last week ............................................... .

5 Complete t he sentences so they are true for you.

o When my teacher gave back my last piece o f ho mework, h e/shc said .~~~.. ~ .~~f..~.~ ..~f. ...
.~y.. !!.e4: .p.~~ ..of.'t!.~!.~ .......... .
1 Wh en my tcach er ga ve back my last piece o f h omework, he/sh e said ................. ......... .
2 A fr;end complimenled me recently. He/She said .... ....... ............ ................................... .
3 The last lime I was upset, iI was because someone sa;d .......................... .................... .
4 The last time I wen l lo t he dentist, he/she said .............................................. ...
5 The last person who spo ke 10 me was .... .. ... ....... .. ..... He/She said ........ ......................... ..
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69 Reported q uestions
Miss Doyle was faced with a crowd of
reporters yesterday. They asked her why
s he wa nted to move 10 Paris and whether
s he was leaving the show. They also
wanted 10 know who he r new agen t was
- but she remained silent. and was quickly
driven away from the studio.

1 Wo rd order in reported questions

When we report a question, we change the word order of the question - it becomes the
same word order as a statement:
direct question reported question

I ,
iflwltetherl wh- word
,
(+ subject) ,
+ verb
'Arc YOII goillg to buy that book?' ..... He asked if I was going to buy the book.
I , I I
' What was tile re.~lIlt? ' - They asked wlJat tI,e result was .
A We do nOI use auxiliary do, does or did in reported questions:
X He /uked wl/at time did the fligllt lem'e J'lafis. ./ He asked what time ti,e flight. left Paris.
We make the same Changes in tense, pronouns and time and place words as for reported
statements :
The reporters asked, 'Did you le/l lls the truth yestenlay, Minister?
-- Tile reporters asked tile Mit1i.~ter if lie had told tl,em tile truth the day before.
A. We don't use question marks in reported questions:
X The,'ask~d in W-(lS satisfied willl tile fflom?
./ They asked if I was satisfied with tIle roolll.

2 Reported yeslno questions

We introduce reported yes/llo questio ns with (lsk/wa11l to know ... itor whether:
'Has yOllr IIl1ioll agreed tile new pay dea l?'
-- Reporters asked the leader ifhis union had agreed the new pay deal.
'Did tlte Millister amwer YOllr questiolls?'
-- She asked me wh ether the Millister had a/lSwered my questiolls.
'Have YOII a/ways lived ill this city? Why do YO lllike it?'
-- They wanted to k now if I had always lived in the city, ami why [liked it.
With ifand wllether, we can add or 110t at the end of the question:
Site asked if/whether tile Millister had answered my qllestiolls or 1I0t.

3 Reported wh- quest ions

We introduce reported wh- questions with ask/w(lllt to know + wh- word:
• 'When will the article appear;11 ti,e newspaper?'
- They asked us wile" the article WOI//(/ appear ill the newspaper.
'Wllere's the casl1 desk?'
- Slle wlll/ted to k now wllere the casll desk was.
A. We don't use an object after wa/lt to kllOw:
X The)' wall red to kllew me wh,.! liked it.
General information on questions .. Units 61 and 62

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 Practice
1 Write the words in the co rrect order to make reported questions. Start with the underlined
word or phrase. CIIIiD List en and check.
o would be asked my mother I home when
~y".~~~~. ~~.~..~~.~/.vj~'~~'~~ '~'~" """" " '"
1 my friend couldn 't co me wh y to his party asked

2 had to know the offi cer if wan ted t he keys 1

3 h ow lo ng W it asked had taken to get th ere

4 he cou ld have his boss a pay rise asked J.Qhn whet her

5 MaIi.a to kn ow i f liked her hairstyle we wanted

6 th e sa lesma n whet her we the car o r no t asked wa n ted to bu y

2 Read the reporter's

questions and complete the text w ith
reported questions. CI!III!I Usten and check.
o Are you going to leave t he show?
1 Who caused the break-up?
2 Wh y can' t you sort out your p roblems?
3 Are y Oll unhappy because Annette gets
mo re money than you?
4 Do you thin k An nette's a better Sin ger
t han you'!
5 Wh at will you do next?
6 Have you thought about giving
up singing?

"That repo rter was h orrible. He wouldn 't go away. He asked so many questio ns. He
asked me wh eth er (0) J .W.'l'f...9Q(I:!8 ..~QJ~y.~.l~ ..r.~W..QUW.C .. . He wanted to know who
( 1) .. ... ....... .. ... .. . ........ .. ..... .. . ...... and also why (2) ...... .. ......... .. .... ... ....... ..
Obviously, I did n't say an ythin g. Then he asked me (3) whether I was unhappy
because Ann ette got mo re money than me, and h e was so rude - h e asked
(4) __ ...... ... _..... ._. ... ......... .. . Imagine th at! He wanted to know
(5) . . .... and then he asked
(6) ............................................. .... ............ .. . .. ! At that poi nt I told him I wasn't
goi ng to answer any more questions and sh ut t he door in his face. "

3 Think of four questions that people have recently asked you, and report them.

o M y. .wifo .,Wi m<. w""t.I. "'.""',,.."",•./11",1<""",- kit..>JitIht... ..... ............. .

I
2
3
4

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70 Reported orders.
requests and advice

1 Reporting orders
We can report orders, requests and advice
with a repofting verb + in finitive wit h to.
These reporting verbs all need an object.
We usually report instructions and orders
wit h tell:
Tile doctor said, 'SLOp working so hard.' ..... The doctor told me to s top working so !/ard.
We use order when the meaning is stronger:
Tile police officer shollled: 'Gel out of the car!' ..... The police officer orllered llS to get out of the car.

2 Reporti ng requests
We usua lly report requests with ask:
My mother said, 'Will yOIl please tidy YOllr room?' ..... My motiler asked me to tidy my rOOI1l.
We can use beg fo r a strong request:
'Please - oh, please - give liS tile sweets.' ..... n,c cllifdreu begged liS to give them lhe sweets.
With these verbs, we make the same cha nges to pronouns and time and place words as for
reported statements. We also change the ten se if necessary:
011 Mom/ay my mot/ler said, ''ndy your room wheu yOIl get back (ram school this a(temoon.'
- My motller asked m e to tidy m y room when I got back (rom Se/100/ th at aftemootl.
A We don't use say + to to report requests or orders: X Mf lIIallrer said me L=8 hd""1f ream.
To request information, we use ask (+ obj ect) + i(/wl1ether/wll- word:
He (lsked (m e) i( Iliad everything I needed.

3 Reporting advice
We report advice wit h advise, tell or warn:
Tile doctor said, 'I think you sllOllId go to a gym. '
_ The doctor (ld vised m e to go to (/ gym.
Tlte teacher said, 'YOII sllOlIld (If/lake the exam. '
- The teacher told all the students to tllke the exam.
DOli said, FBe care(ul- there's ice 0/1 the road.~. '
- Dad warned m e to be careflll bemllse there was ice 011 the roads.
A We do not use this pattern with suggest. We use sugsest + sllOlIld or slIggest -+ -ing form:
X Tile dech;Jr suggested me te get seme (Yiff€;se .
./ The doctor suggested (Olat) I sllOullI get some exercise.
./ My friends suggested goillg to lhe gym.

4 Reporting negative orders, requests and advice

We report negative instructions, o rders, requests and advice with verb -+ IIOt + infin itivE'
with to:
'Please dOIl't brillg (ood illto the shop.' - Tile assistallt asked us "ot to bring fOOd jllto the sllOp.
'1IVol//d,,'t buy a /lew car i( / lVere YOII. ' - My (ather advised m e '101 10 buy a new c(/r.
We ca n also use W(lf/1 in a situatio n where there is some danger:
'DolI't swim beyond tile rocks.' - He war"ed liS n ot to s wim beyolld ti,e rocks.
'Don't do too 11/11(/1 exercise at OIlCe..' - The doctor warneri m e tlot £'0 do loo IIII/cll exercise at ollce.

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 Practice
1 Read the email and choose the correct words in italics.
am listen and check.

Subject I

HiVicki
I've just come back from my Spanish oral exam. It was awful! I was really nervous. Our teacher
had advised us (0) try to stay calm tG"o try to stay calm) but of course, that was really difficult.
A group of us were waiting outside the exam room, when a woman came past and told
(1) us to I to us to stop chatting - she warned (2) that we don't I us not to make too much
noise or we'd be in trouble. Then she asked one of our group (3) to go I go in, and we realised
that she was the examiner! She was so unfriendly. One of the teachers came past - she could
see we were all nervous, but she told (4) us not to I us to nor worry. After a few minutes, the
door opened again and a man invited me to go inside. He was quite friend ly, but of course
the unfriendly woman was also in there - she ordered (S) that /1 me to sit down, so I took the
nearest chair. At first I couldn't understand their Spanish . After a couple of minutes I felt better
and when they asked me (6) that 1 to talk about my last holiday in Spain, I was OK. But then
the woman told me (7) stop 1 to stop, and started correcting my Spanish, so I felt awful again!
The man advised (8) me to 1 me slow down - he said it wasn't a speed competition - and from
then it seemed OK, I'll just have to wait for the results now .

2 Decide whether each sign is giving an order or advice, or making a request. Then use the
words in the chart to describe each one.
o .Th4..Jfj~.!<i/J.""..,,,UOJ"".kL, .
.~. :~f9.~. ~!.J.:.:r.
2
3 .. ......... . .
4 WARNING
feed the fish.
WET PAINT
tells us smoke.
warns us to
wear a hard hat,
asks us not to
queue from this side. @] Please queue
advises us touch the paint. from this side

3 Complete the reported orders. requests, advice and warnings. Use tell. ask. advise or warn.
QZlDl listen and check.
o 'Don 't ta lk in t he library.'
Th e librarian .M~.~.~.tM.l~~. ,i.~J~. U·!?.r:~.r:y.
'I'd take som e food for the journey, if I we re you .'
My mot h er .. .... .... .. ... ... ... .. ... ...... .. .. ... .
2 'Please ha ve your tic ket s ready.'
The clerk
3 ' Do n 'l go in the sea - i t's d a ngerous.'
The li feguard .... .. ...... .. ....... .
4 ' It 's best if you ta ke th e fi rst train t h a t a rri ves.'
The guard ... ...... ...... .... ... .. ... ..... ... ...... .....
5 'Pick your rubbish u p!'
The p o lice officer .. .. ... ... .. .. .. ...
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71 Reporting verb patterns
1 tell and say
The two most common reporting verbs are
tell and say. Wc use these two verbs to report
information, but we use them in different ways.
• TeJl needs an object, usually a person:
He l olel tile reporters t"al the explosio/l llad
beet! all accident.
• Sew d (X!S not usua lly have an object:
fie St.;ti that the explosioll had bee" all accident.
• But we ca n use an object with say. if we
int roduce it with to:
He said to the reporters tll(lt the exploSion had
been (I" accidellt.
A X A il5a said us silt amltf.,, 't wa!k RI,,' fllrther.
.I Ai/sa said (to liS) sIte cOllld,, 't walk allY further.
)( Aitsi/ leld she col/kIll" walk 8h',. !iI,lI/er. i refused to admit

,..,....
t AiJsa told HJ LIS /Imf slf f C8 /1 kJ/I 't wa[.k (m,. sending soldiers here. He told
reporters that the desen
./ Ai/sa told liS (that) she Ctm /tlll 't walk allY further.

2 Reporting verb patterns

There are different ways of reporting speech, with different verbs:
MT1UN VERn
1 verb no object add admit announce claim complain insist reply respond
+ that say state suggest
clause + object reil someone warn someone
2 verb + no object agree claim offer refuse
infinitive
+ object advise someone ask someone beg someone ern:ourage someone
with to
invite someone order someone persuade someone
remind someone reil someone warn someone
3 verb no preposition admit advise consider regret suggest
+ -ing + preposition admit to apologise for complain about insisr on
form
thank someone for

I'ATn:II.N I 'I'm getting married ill fllly.'

_ 5imOll amwlHlCecl tlwt ',e
was gettiug married illlllly.
]'An.:RN 2 ' You must remember to book tile I/Ore! later.'
- He reminded me lo IJOok tlte hotel later.
sorry I lost your umbrella. '
I'A'ITERN 3 ' 1'11/
- She apologised for 105illg my umbrella .
• Some reporti ng verbs (shown in blue above) can have two or more pattern s:
Tlte boys ad",itle(1 that they had broken the office window. I Tile boys (u/m iNed breaking the
office window. / The boys cu/",itled to /Jreakillg ti,e office wi/ldow.
When a reporting verb is fo llowed by a preposition (e.g. thallk someolle (or), we always use
the -ing form of the verb that fo llows:
5/,e thallked me (or helping her.
You can check which preposition is used in a good dictionary.

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 Practice
1 Choose the correct words in italics. In four sentences, both answers are possible .
o I agreed@! him to sign the bank forms for my son.
t Wc told YOII / to rOil that we couldn't see you that evening.
2 The thief fi nally admitted to stealing / thar lIe /I(ut stolen the painting from the gallery.
3 Your representative said my hWiband I to my husband that no payment would be taken .
4 The dentist suggested tlwt I should visit / visilillg him more regularly.
5 The programme makers apologised upsettillg / for upsetting a 101 of people.
6 Mario insisted 011 buying / rJwl lIe should buy dinner for me as a ' thank you'.
7 She complained to my manager thall waS lazy / aoolll my being Iclzy.
S The school encouraged its studencs / to its students to go to un iversity.

2 Complete the conversation with the verbs from the box.

CIIID listen and check.
agreed annou nced apologised encouraged insisted regretted said told thanked
RASHlD Sorry I' m late. Have you seen the news yet?
li EN No. My dad ca lled - he (0 ) ..i.IY.!f~~...... on telling me all about h is hoUday. Wh y?
RAS IHll Well, you know there's been a bit of trouble with the TV company I work for?
liEN The complaints about that really violent series, yeah.
RASIIIl) The managing director ca lled the whole compa ny to a meeting after work and
(1) ................... that he was going to resign this evening! He (2) ................... that he
took full responsibility for the problems, because hed (3) ................... to show the
series although he knew how violent it was, so it was his fault.
li EN That's amazing, Isn't it ?
RASHIIl Yes, well, he's a very honourable man. He (4) .......... , ........ for causing any difficulties
for his staff, you know, wi th reporters, and (5) ................... us all that he was very
proud of the way we had behaved over the last two weeks.
Bf.N Did anyone ask how he felt about leaving'!
itASHID Yes, he said he (6) ................... having to make this deciSion, but it was the only
one he (ould make. Anyway, he (7) ................... us for supporting him, and
(8) .................. LIS to stay on and make the company a success.

3 Report the spoken words. using the verbs in brackets. You can report some of the sentences
in more than one way. am
liste n and check.
o 'OK, Dad. I did take £5 from your wallet, but it was to buy Mum a birthday card.' (admit)
The boy . ~~~!~~ .~~~ .4.m~h4.f~~~.f ..~~I.~~ . .............. .
'Would you like me to open the windows?' (offer)
The woman ....................................................................................... .
2 'I n answer to your question, the club accepts members of all ages: (reply)
The assista nt ................................................. ..... .. .... .......................... .
3 ' [ really am the best cll'Ctrician in the area.' (claim)
He ....................................... ........................... .................... .
4 ' Please try o nc o f my cakes - they' re delicious. You will? Good: (persuade)
!lily friend .................................... .. ........................ ......................... .
5 ' We didn't tell the reporter about' the company's financial problems.' (admit)
The rnanagcrs ... .................................. ... .............. ......... ... ....... .............. .

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 Review MODULE 13
1 UNrTS 68, 69 AND 70 Read the conversation between a student -
and her tutor, then complete the email below it with one word
(or short form) in each gap.
lVTOR Jess, could you come into my o ffice, please?
JESS Of course.
nrrOR Thanks. j ess, I've just read your essay, and it's excellent.
JESS Thanks. That's really good news!
TUTOR Well, actually, it isn't. Tell me, j ess, did you write that essay yourself?
JESS or course I did .
TVTOR Well, there's a problem . I received an essay from another studen t in the gro up
yesterday, and your essay is almost identical to that one.
JESS I don't understand. How is that possible?
lVTOR Well, did you di scuss it with other students?
JESS Yes, three or four of us wo rked on it together. You always say to us: ' Don 't struggle
on your own ; talk to o ther students.'
WTOR True, that could ex plai n similarities, but your two essays are iden t ic al. I ' m goin g to
send the two essays to the Head o f Departmen t tom o rrow.
JESS What w ill h appen?
WTOR This is the first time this situatio n has h appened, so the H ead o f Depart m en t might
ju st give you a warning. But you really must be m ore careful in future, Ellen. You
shouldn 't wor k too closely w ith o th ers w h en you 're writing essays. The departm ent
really can 't h ave problem s like t his.

Hi Samira
I'm just writing to tell you about a really awful thing that has happened at university. This
morning my history tutor asked me (0) .!!'. ............... go into his office. When I got in, he said
that he (1) ...... ...... .. ... .. just read my latest essay and that it (2) .. . ... .. .. . excellent . 1said
that was good news, but then he said that it (3) ............... .... and he ask.ed me (4) .... ... ... .. .. .
I'd written the essay myself. I told him I had, but then he said that there was a problem. He said
that he had received an essay from another student in the group the day (5) .. ...... .. . ..... .. , and
that (6) ... .... .. ...... .. .. essay was almost identical to that one. I (7) .. ..... ........... how that was
possible, and he wanted to (8) .. ... .. ... ..... .... whether I had discussed it with other students.
I told him that three or four of us had (9) ................... on it together - he always advises us
(10) .................. to struggle on our own, and to talk to other students. Anyway, he said that
(11 ) ....... ............ explain similarities but that (12) .................. essays were identical. He
said he was going to send the two essays to the Head of Departrrnmt the (13) .................. .
day. I ask.ed him what (14) ................... happen and he said that as it was the first time the
situation (15) ................... happened, the Head of Department (16) ................... just give
(17) ................... a warning. He(18) ..... .. ........ .... me to be more careful in future, and
(19) ..... .............. me not to work too closely with others when (20) .. ................. wri ting
essays because the department couldn't have problems like that. I simply can't understand
what hapPefled .

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2 UNITS 70 AND 71 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first. using the
word in brackets. Use two to five words in your answer.
o Gwyneth said: 'Would you like to join our team in the quiz competition?' (invited)
..
Gwyneth ..i.~.~ ~ . ~.i~~~............. their team in the quiz competition.
1 'Don't run in the school corrido rs,' the head teacher told us. (ordered)
The head teacher .................................... .. .... ....... .............. in the school corridors.
2 'I'm really sorry that I didn't remember your birthday,' jen nie told her sister. (remembering)
jennie ............ .............................. .......... her sister's birthday.
3 'My advice is that you shouldn 't give up your job yet,' Dad told me. (to)
Dad ......................................... give up my job yet.
4 Our manager said to us, 'I'm going to pay for everyone's lunch and that's final.' (insisted)
Our manager ......................................... for everyone's lunch.
5 'john, please don't ride that motorbike again,' said his fath er. (begged)
John's father ........................ ........ ride that motorbike again.

3 AU UNIT5 Choose the correct words in italics. In five places. both answers are possible.

MUM Alan, how many times has your father told you (0) to not spend ~ot to spenC9ages on the
land line? That's what your mobile is for.
ALAN Sorry, Mum. but that was a reporter from the local newspaper. She phoned me.
MUM Oh. what did she want?
ALAN She wanted to know how I ( 1) was feeling I am feeling after winning the regional final of the
Junior Musician of the Year competition.
M UM Oh. I see.
Al.AN Yeah, she said she (2) has been / hod been at the competition and she thought t hat
(3) I'd performed 11 performed really well. She asked when (4) was 1going 11 was going to
the national final. so I told (5) her / to her that' might not go because I (6) can't I couldn't
afford to go to London.
MUM What did she say?
ALAN She said that the local newspaper (7) will I would sponsor me if money was a problem. She
invited me (8) going I to go to the office tomorrow and have my photo taken for the paper. I
said (9) I'm not /1 wasn't sure. you know, I said (10) her I to her that I (11) had only done it /
only did it for a laugh . But then she told me what a good opportunity (1 2) was it I it was and
she tried to persuade me (13) to go / going to the final.
MUM What did you say?
AI.AN I told her I'd see her ( 14) the next day I tomorrow at her office, of course!

4 All UNITS Find four more mistakes and correct them. Tick (.....) the correct sentences.
o The police officer asked me where die yeH werk. YOK WOrJw;{
1 The docto r told that I should have an X-ray as soon as possible.
2 He phoned me last week and asked what I had been doing this morning.
3 He admitted to Icavi ng a cigarette burning in an ashtray, which caused th e fi re.
4 That woman wanted to know where were the nearest toilets.
5 Ou r history tcacher said that the Hundred Years' War lasted more tha n 100 years.
6 We can't go into th'e theatre yet - they told us to not.

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 Test MODULE 13
Reported speech

Choose the correct a nswer, A. B o r C.

1 Maria said last Sa turday that she .......... her moth er in hospita l
t he day before.
A had visited B visited C was visiting »- Unit 68
2 Mike sa id yesterday that he .......... us as soon as he had any news.
A calls B will call C would call ,... Unit 68
3 The doctor to ld me that I .......... drink less coffee.
A shall B should C to ,.. Un it 68
4 jenna said the other day that she ..... .. ... to your party this even ing.
A comes 8 had come C is coming ,.. Uni t 68
5 'Arc you and 1 both in t he team fo r Saturday?' ' Yes, Lcwis said he'd selected
both o f .......... .'
A us B you C wc ,. Unit 68
6 When [ called Ihe cinema the other day, they sa id all the tickets
h ad sold Qu i .... ..
A th e day before B t he nex t day C yesterda y ,. Unit 68
7 The reception ist asked us jf ..... ..... upgrade to a better rOOIll .
A we like to B wou ld we like to C we would like to >- Unit 69
8 My mum wanted to know which restaurant .......... go to for Sunday lunch.
A we want to B we wa nt C do we want to >- Unit 69
9 I asked that man where ......... . , but he doesn't know the ci ty.
A is the nearest metro B was t he nearest metro C th e nearest metro was ,.. Unit 69
10 Your sister wants to know where her football boots.
A you put 8 did you put C do you put ,.. Un it 69
11 Sali ma asked us wh y .......... to the club recently
A we didn 't go B wc hadn 't been C we weren 't ,.. Unit 69
12 The genera l ordered h is soldi ers ....... ... .
A no t to shoot B not shoot C to not shoot ,.. Unit 70
13 'Will you stay for supper?' - She asked . .. ...... fo r su pper.
A if I stayed B me stay C me to stay ,.. Un it 70
14 There are signs warning ..... th e city centre this weekend.
A d ri vers avo id B drivers to avoid C avoid d rivers ,.. Unit 70
l S The shop assistant advi sed ..... ..... the following day.
A me to come back B me come back C me coming back ,.. Unit 70
16 Th e presenter told .......... t he sh ow was over.
A to her guests that 8 her guests th at C that ,.. Unit 71
17 The woman at t he front .......... we could use the back en trance.
A said us B said to C said ,.. Unit 71
18 The gym instructo r suggested th at ...... .... do forty m inu tes a day at first.
A me to B I shou ld C me doing ,.. Unit 71
19 The managing d irector thanked all his staff .......... him d uring the crisis.
A fo r supporting B far support C to support ,.. Unit 71
20 I was very tired when I got home, so Pete offered .......... dinner.
A m e to cook B to cook C cooking .,.. Unit 71

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