I. Rewrite following sentences so that the meaning stay the same.

1. "Don't repeat this mistake again!" the instructor warned the sports¬man.
.......The instructor warned the sports-man not to repeat thí mistake again
2. "Leave your address with the secretary," the assistant said to me.
........The assistant told me to leave my address with the secretary
3. "Phone to me for an answer tomorrow” the manager said to the client.
........The manager told the client to phone to him for an answer the next day
4. "Don't be so silly," the father said to the kid.
.........The father told the lid not to be so silly
5. "Give a smile," the photographer said to me.
........The photographer told me to give him a smile
6. "Please, help me to make a decision," Ann asked her friend
..........Ann told her friend to help her to make a decision
7. "Don't leave these books on the table, put them back on the shelf," the
librarian said to the student.
.........The librarian told the student not to leave these book on the table, put
them back on the shelf
8. "Be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes," the nurse said to the child.
.........The nurse told the child to be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes
9. "Leave your things here," my companion advised me.
..........My companion advised me to leave my thing here
10. "Don't discuss this question now," said the chairman to the participants.
.........He chairman to the participants not to discuss that question then

II. Rewrite following sentences

1. “Jean, have you seen my gloves?” Thomas asked.

->Thomas asked Jean if she had seen his gloves
2. Don’t leave the window open, Mary”, I said.
->I told Mary not to leave the window open
3. “I’ll have a cup of tea with you,” she said.
She said that she would have a cup of tea with me
4. “I’ll pay him if I can” she said.
->She said that she would pay him if she could
5. “What are you going to do next summer?” she asked.
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-> She asked us what we were going to do the following summer
6. “I’ll phone you tomorrow,” he told Jack.
->He told Jack that to phone him the following day
7. “Can I sit beside you, Jean?” Tom asked.
->Tom asked Jean if he could sit beside him
8. “I want a camera for my birthday,” he said.
->He said that he wanted a camera for his birthday
9. “Don’t keep the door locked,” he said to us.
->He told us not to keep the door locked
10. “How long are you going to stay?” I asked him.
->I asked him how long he was going to stay

III. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

1. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously
2. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make
3. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything.
A. will be B is C. was D. can be
4. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
5. John said he _________ her since they ________ school.
A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met – had left
C. hadn’t met left D. didn’t meet – has left
6. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children could
C. if the children can D. could the children
7. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking
8. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” – He asked why
__________ the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken
9. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.
A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got
10. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try

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