OBJECTIVE PET UNIT 22 GRAMMAR

OBJECTIVE PET
UNIT 22 - GRAMMAR

By Ánh Ngọc

Open Ended

Match tenses with their formulas and reported forms.

Franck Fontaine told a lot of people that aliens had kidnapped him. Two of his friends said that on 6th November 1979, at Cergy-Pontoise in France, they had seen a light all round Franck’s car and then Franck had disappeared.

Franck said aliens had taken him to their spacecraft and he had woken up a week later in the middle of a field. He said the aliens would return in August 1980 and he was meeting them in the field. Two hundred people said they believed him and went to meet the aliens but they did not arrive.

Look at this report from the magazine. Write the sentences which report what people said on the right and the words they actually said on the left, as in the example below. Then underline the differences.

"Aliens have kidnapped me." → Franck Fontaine told a lot of people that aliens had kidnapped him.

"On 6th November 1979, at Cergy-Pontoise in France, we saw a light all around Franck’s car, and then Franck disappeared." → Two of his friends said that they had seen a light all around Franck’s car and then he had disappeared.

"Aliens took me to their spacecraft, and I woke up a week later in the middle of a field." → Franck said aliens had taken him to their spacecraft and he had woken up a week later in a field.

"The aliens will return in August 1980, and I will meet them in the field." → He said the aliens would return in August 1980 and he was meeting them in the field.

"We believe him and will go to meet the aliens." → Two hundred people said they believed him and went to meet the aliens, but they did not arrive.

Exercise 6

Work with a partner. Tell each other what these people said. Use the present simple or the past simple. Write your answers in the spaces when you finish.

a. He said he knew Lily Allen.
"I know Lily Allen."

b. She said she worked in London.
"_____________________________"

c. They told us they lived in New York.
"_____________________________"

d. We explained that we didn’t have any money.
"_____________________________"

e. He told me he had visited Paris last year.
"_____________________________"

a. "I know Lily Allen." → He said he knew Lily Allen.
b. "I work in London." → She said she worked in London.
c. "We live in New York." → They told us they lived in New York.
d. "We don’t have any money." → We explained that we didn’t have any money.
e. "I visited Paris last year." → He told me he had visited Paris last year.

Exercise 7

Work with a partner. Tell each other what these people said. Use the present simple or the present perfect. Write your answers in the spaces when you finish.

a. I explained that I'd already had lunch.
"I've already had lunch."

b. They told her they had lost the keys and didn’t know what to do.
"_____________________________"

c. He said he hadn't seen a UFO yet but he hoped to see one soon.
"_____________________________"

d. She told me she had already met some aliens and that they spoke good English.
"_____________________________"

e. I told him I'd never eaten Martian food before.
"_____________________________"

a. "I've already had lunch." → I explained that I'd already had lunch.
b. "We have lost the keys and don’t know what to do." → They told her they had lost the keys and didn’t know what to do.
c. "I haven’t seen a UFO yet, but I hope to see one soon." → He said he hadn't seen a UFO yet but he hoped to see one soon.
d. "I have already met some aliens, and they speak good English." → She told me she had already met some aliens and that they spoke good English.
e. "I've never eaten Martian food before." → I told him I'd never eaten Martian food before.

I explained that I'd already had lunch.

They told her they had lost the keys and didn’t know what to do.

He said he hadn't seen a UFO yet but he hoped to see one soon.

She told me she had already met some aliens and that they spoke good English.

I told him I'd never eaten Martian food before.

"I've already had lunch."
-> I told him that .............................

"We have lost the keys and don’t know what to do."
→ They told her ................

"I haven’t seen a UFO yet, but I hope to see one soon."
-> He said that ...........................................

"I have already met some aliens, and they speak good English."
-> She told me that .....................................................

"I've never eaten Martian food before."
-> I told him .....................................................

a. I enjoy films about space travel.
He said .........................................................

b. I don’t enjoy cartoons.
She said .........................................................

c. We’re both fans of Manchester United.
They said ..........................................................

d. I haven’t seen my brother for three weeks.
She said ..........................................................

e. My mum is making me a great birthday cake.
He said ..........................................................

f. My friend didn’t invite me to her party.
She said ..........................................................

a. I enjoy films about space travel.
He said he enjoyed films about space travel.

b. I don’t enjoy cartoons.
She said she didn’t enjoy cartoons.

c. We’re both fans of Manchester United.
They said they were both fans of Manchester United.

d. I haven’t seen my brother for three weeks.
She said she hadn’t seen her brother for three weeks.

e. My mum is making me a great birthday cake.
He said his mum was making him a great birthday cake.

f. My friend didn’t invite me to her party.
She said her friend hadn’t invited her to her party.