ENGLISH B1

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3rd TERM – EXAM 1

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1 REPORTED SPEECH
Change the sentences to reported speech.

1. Mary said, “I will play a card game tomorrow.”

Mary informed me that
______________________________________________________________ .

2. Sophie said, “I went to bed early last night.”

Sophie said that
______________________________________________________________________ .

3. He told me, “You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.”
He told me
that_______________________________________________________________________ .

4. Marty said, “I’m going to visit my uncle next month.”

Marty said that
_______________________________________________________________________ .

5. Gloria explained, “I can’t come to the party because I’m going away for the weekend.”
Gloria explained that
_________________________________________________________________ .

6. Judy complained, “I have already written this essay four times.”

Judy complained that
_________________________________________________________________ .

7. The boy asked the tour guide, “Where is the main tourist office? “ The boy asked the tour
guide _______________________________________________________ .

8. The police officer said, “Get out of the car ! The police officer ordered the boys
_________________________________________________ .

9. The woman asked,” How long have you worked as a tour guide ?” The woman wanted to
know _______________________________________________________ .

10. Dad advised us “, You should always wear a helmet when you ride a bike!” Dad advised us
_____________________________________________________________________ .

11.She said, “Let’s go out next week !” She suggested

______________________________________________________________________ .
12.She asked, “Can I go tomorrow?” She asked
__________________________________________________________________________ .
2 MODALS AND MODAL PERFECTS

Match the modals or modal perfects in A with their uses in B.

A
1. Shall I help you with that heavy bag?
2. You should have done all the homework.
3. She didn’t answer the phone so she must have left.
4. I need to clean my room. I promised my mum that I would.
5. I think that they might have left.
6. Would you sign your name here, please?
7. It’s not fair. I ought to have received a prize too.
8. You mustn’t use this computer.

B USES
a. a logical conclusion about a past event
b. formal request
c. prohibition
d. offer
e. unfulfilled expectation
f. obligation
g. advice which was not followed
h. a guess about something which happened

3 MODAL VERBS

1. You ____________ fall asleep when you are driving.

2. You ____________ feed the cat, it isn't hungry.
3. ____________ you help me move the furniture?
4. A fish ___________ swim, but it ____________ fly.
5. The children ____________ leave school early tomorrow.
6. You ____________ wait any longer, you ____________ go now.
7. The fire spread quickly but everyone ____________ escape.
8. You ____________ drive so fast, we're not late.
9. ____________ I borrow your bicycle tomorrow?
10. Dad, you ____________ smoke so much, it's bad for you.
11. Sir, ____________ I make a suggestion?

4 MODAL PERFECTS

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use a modal
perfect.
1. Nobody told her anything about the argument. She ....................................... (know) about it.
2. We arrived too early. We ....................................... (be) in such a hurry.
3. She ....................................... (leave) the office because her coat and bag aren’t here.
4. I ....................................... (drive) to work, but the weather was so nice that I decided to walk.
5. It’s possible that I ....................................... (forget) to tell Joe about the meeting.
6. You ....................................... (call) her on her birthday. She never forgets to call you.
1 REPORTED SPEECH
ANSWER KEY

1. Mary said, “I will play a card game tomorrow.”

Mary informed me that she would play a card game the following day.

2. Sophie said, “I went to bed early last night.”

Sophie said that she had gone to bed early the night before.

3. He told me, “You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.”
He told me that I was the most beautiful girl in the world.

4. Marty said, “I’m going to visit my uncle next month.”

Marty said that he was going to visit his uncle the following month.

5. Gloria explained, “I can’t come to the party because I’m going away for the weekend.”
Gloria explained that she couldn’t / wasn’t able to come to the party because she
was going away for the weekend.

6. Judy complained, “I have already written this essay four times.”

Judy complained that she had already written that essay four times.

7. The boy asked the tour guide, “Where is the main tourist office? “
The boy asked the tour guide where the main tourist office was.

8. The police officer said, “Get out of the car !

The police officer ordered the boys to get out of the car .

9. The woman asked,” How long have you worked as a tour guide ?”
The woman wanted to know how long I had worked as a tour guide.

10. Dad advised us “, You should always wear a helmet when you ride a bike!”
Dad advised us to wear a helmet when we rode a bike.

11.She said, “Let’s go out next week!”

She suggested going out the following week.

12.She asked, “Can I go tomorrow?”

She asked if she could go the following day.

2 MODALS AND MODAL PERFECTS

1. d 5. h 2. g 6. b 3. a 7. e 4. f 8. c

3 MODAL VERBS

1. mustn’t
2. needn’t
3. Can / Could
4. can – can’t
5. will be allowed to
6. needn’t – can
7. was able to
8. needn’t
9. Can / Could / May
10. shouldn’t
11. Could/May
4 MODAL PERFECTS
1. couldn’t have known
2. needn’t have been / shouldn’t have been
3. must have left
4. could have driven
5. might have forgotten / may have forgotten
6. should have called / ought to have called