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Unit 16 worksheet
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1 Unscramble the letters to make collective nouns.

Example: e u i a c e d n [ audience ]

1 tacbh 2 mary

3 slacs 4 qoubeut

5 werc 6 oloccitlen

7 meat 8 tncelsoatolin

9 aiyfml 10 r a m s w

2 Complete the sentences. Use the collective nouns from activity 1.

Example: The ship’s crew waved as they leÏt the harbour.

1 I watched the twinkle in the night sky.

2 My brother has got an amazing of old stamps.

3 The hot of bread smelled delicious.

4 The clapped loudly at the end of the show.

5 I was attacked by a of bees.

6 An of soldiers marched over the hill.

7 The teacher told the to be quiet.

8 My grandmother is the oldest person in my .

9 She gave a of flowers to her mother.

10 I cheered my football when they held up the prize.

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3 Correct the errors in these sentences of reported speech.

Example: The teacher said you have extra homework this week.
[‘The teacher said we had extra homework this week.’ ]

1 Salma said she doesn’t know where the computer game was.

2 Hekmat said he is late for school again.

3 The librarian said you cannot talk loudly in the library.

4 Dad said he has forgotten Mum’s birthday.

5 Sayed said he is going to the swimming pool after school.

4 Write the reported speech.

I’ve finished the
Example: story.

The girl said that she had Ïinished the story .

I’m sure I will be late

for my appointment.
He said that

I have borrowed too many

books from the library.
He said that

I think it will be easy

to pass the exam.
She said that

We have played
outside for hours!
They said that

I don’t know if I will

finish my project on time.
He said that

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