Chapter 12 - part 2

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

2. "I'm excited about my new job. I've found a nice apartment."

I got a letter from my sister yesterday. She said ____________________________.

• she was excited about her new job and have found a nice apartment.

• she was excited about her new job and had found a nice apartment.

• she was excited about her new job and was had found a nice apartment.

• she is excited about her new job and had found a nice apartment.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

3. "Your Uncle Harry is in the hospital. Your Aunt Sally is very worried about him."

The last time my mother wrote to me, she said ____________________________.

• my Uncle Harry was in the hospital but that Aunt Sally was very worried about him.

• my Uncle Harry was in the hospital said that Aunt Sally was very worried about him.

• my Uncle Harry was in the hospital that Aunt Sally was very worried about him.

• my Uncle Harry was in the hospital and that Aunt Sally was very worried about him.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

4. "I expect you to be in class every day. Unexcused absences may affect your grades."

Our sociology professor said ______________________________.

• that he expected us to be in class every day and that unexcused absences might affect our grades.

• that he expected us to be in class every day but that unexcused absences might affect our grades.

• that he was expected us to be in class every day said that unexcused absences might affect our grades.

• that he was expected us to be in class every day and that unexcused absences might affect our grades.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

5. "Highway 66 will be closed for two months. Commuters should seek alternate routes."

The newspaper said _______________________________.

• that Highway 66 would be closed for two months but that commuters should seeked alternative routes.

• that Highway 66 would be closed for two months but that commuters should seek alternative routes.

• that Highway 66 would be closed for two months and that commuters should seeked alternative routes.

• that Highway 66 would be closed for two months and that commuters should seek alternative routes.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

6. "I'm getting good grades, but I have difficulty understanding lectures."

My brother is a junior at a state university. In his last letter, he wrote _____________________________.

• that he was getting good grades and that he had difficulty understanding lectures.

• that he is getting good grades but that he had difficulty understanding lectures.

• that he was getting good grades but that he had difficulty understanding lectures.

• that he is getting good grades and that he had difficulty understanding lectures.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

7. "Every obstacle is a steppingstone to success. You should view problems in your life as opportunities to prove yourself."

My father often told me _____________________.

• that every obstacle was a steppingstone to success and that I should view problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.

• that every obstacle is a steppingstone to success and that I should view problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.

• that every obstacle was a steppingstone to success but that I should view problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.

• that every obstacle was a steppingstone to success but that I should viewed problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.

EXERCISE 25: Change the quoted speech to reported speech. Study the example carefully and use the same pattern: said that . . . and that OR said that . . . but that.

8. "I'll come to the meeting, but I can't stay for more than an hour."

Julia told me _____________________________.

• that she would come to the meeting and that she couldn't stay for more than an hour.

• that she would come to the meeting but that she couldn't stay for more than an hour.

• that she will come to the meeting but that she cannot stay for more than an hour.

• that she will come to the meeting and that she cannot stay for more than an hour.

EXERCISE 30: Correct the errors.

1. Tell the taxi driver where do you want to go.

• are you wanting

• you are wanting

• you want

• you wanting

EXERCISE 30: Correct the errors.

2. My roommate came into the room and asked me why aren't you in class? I said I am waiting for a telephone call from my family.

• I wasn't - said that I was

• I isn't - said I was

• weren't you - said I was

• you aren't - said that I was

EXERCISE 30: Correct the errors.

3. It was my first day at the university, and I am on my way to my first class. I wondered who else will be in the class. What the teacher would be like?

• was - would - and what the teacher would be like.

• was - will not - and what the teacher would be like.

• was - would - and what the teacher will be like.

• was - will not - and what the teacher will be like.