SUGGESTED ANSWERS: (NOT THE ONLY ONES)
Statements
1.
The journalist said that a
man had thrown a bomb at the Prime Minister the day before.
2.
Sara told me / Sara said to
me that she wouldn’t pass her exam the following day.
3.
I said that he hadn’t got much
sense of humour.
4.
I said that I had gone to
New York the summer before.
5.
I said that I was looking
for a better job.
6.
She said that her sister didn’t
live in England.
7.
She replied that she would
come with me the next day.
8.
They said that they had a
lift but very often it didn’t work.
9.
I said that I didn’t like
classical music
10.
He said he would phone me
later.
11.
He told Helen / he said to
Helen that he would see her the following morning.
12.
Oscar Wilde said that he
could resist everything except temptation.
Questions
1.
I asked the clerk if I could
pay by cheque
2.
Peter asked the collector
when the last train left.
3.
The teacher asked him how
many books he wanted
4.
My girlfriend asked me if
they liked her.
5.
She asked me where I worked.
6.
She asked me if I was on
holiday in England.
7.
She asked me when I had
arrived there.
8.
She asked me if I liked
English food.
9.
She asked me if I would have
time to play regularly.
10.
She asked me how long I had
lived in London.
11.
She asked me if I had a good
journey
12.
She asked me if that car
belonged to me.
13.
She asked me who I had gone
to the cinema with.
14.
She asked me If I was doing
something this weekend.
15.
My parents asked me what
time I had got home the night before.
16.
Helen asked me if I had seen
the film the previous day.
Commands and requests
1.
She told Peter to close the
door.
2.
She offered John a coke.
3.
He told me to show the
doctor that knee.
4.
She offered to post that
letter for me.
5.
She told me not to switch
off the TV.
6.
The doctor advised me to
take more exercise.
7.
She asked us to fill up that
form.
8.
She promised not to drive
too fast.
9.
The policeman ordered them
to stop their car immediately.
10.
She suggested not going with
this bad-looking boy from England
11.
She told Sue not to forget
to post her letter.
12.
She told Peter not to open
that letter it was not his.
