Reported speech test

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Name: __________________________________Grade:__________ Date:________Total Score:

Reading

I. According to the reading choose the correct alternative(6 points) 1. a) b) c) d)

Who first sent a picture over wires? Boris Rosing John Logie Baird Abe Giovanna Casselli Alexander Graham Bell

3. a) b) c) d)

The 1900 world’s was in… Moscow, Rusia London, England Paris, France New York, United States.

2. a) b) c) d)

The word television was first used in… 1862 1880 1900 1906

II. According to the text complete answer the following questions.(4 points) 1. Who invented the Photophone? __________________________________________________________________ 2. How many TVs were in the USbefore 1947? ________________________________________________________ III. Complete the following sentences with words form the text (12 points) 1. Made for the first time:__________________________________________________________________________


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2. sent:_____________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 3. Spinning is a synonym for :______________________________________________________________________ 4. The best synonym for showed is:_________________________________________________________________

Past perfect simple I. Complete the sentences with past perfect continuous using the verb in brackets. (10 points) 1.Before I came home I_________________________________(buy) some bread. 2.When we reached the theatre the performance ___________________________(already/start). 3.I knew I ________________________(see)the man somewhere. 4.She_______________________(never/write) a letter to the Queen. 5.I tried my friend’s bike. I __________________________________________(not+drive) a car before. 6.Tom did not come to school yesterday becausehe _____________________________(feel) ill. 7.My friend ____________________________ (never/eat) snails before. 8. Why _________________________________(he/choose) the sports car? 9.Kate was so unhappy because she ________________________________________ (lose) her new hairband. 10.The rabbit ran away becausehe ________________________________________(forget) to close the door. II. Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.(5 points) 1. What/Mary/do__________________________________________that she was kept in after school? 2. Who/live______________________________________________in the house before we moved in? 3. you/eat_______________________________________________anything before you went to the theatre? 4. He/bet_____________________________________all the money in the casino before he came back to his house? 5. They/build_________________________________________any house before they built the cathedral? III. Put the letter of column B in column A (Past Perfect).(8 points) A

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1.______I was scared. I had never lunchtime 2. ______Hewas hungry. He hadn’t 3. ______Shewas very brown. She had just 4. ______They were tired. They had just 5. ______I felt terrible all afternoon becauseI had 6. ______Hedid very badly in his test becausehe hadn’t six hours 7. ______I had always lived in the same house until Bahamas 8. ______I didn’t do it becausePete Said he had before

a. eaten too much at b. prepared for it very well c. had lunch d. already done it e. I got married f. driven non-stop for g. come back from the h. been in a small plane

Reported Speech I. Read the statements and use reported speech(8 points) 1) "I am working in Fullerton," Susan said. Susan told me that she_____________________________________________in Fullerton. 2) "I took a lot of English classes," Janet said. Janet said she _____________________________________________a lot of English classes. 3) "Susan and Jack liked the movie," Terry said. Terry told me that they _____________________________________________the movie. 4) "I was brushing my hair when you called," Sara said. Sara said that she _____________________________________________her hair when I called. 5) "I have finished my composition," Alana said. Alana said she _____________________________________________her composition. 6) Kate said “it may rain tomorrow.” Kate told me that it_____________________________________________tomorrow. 7) "I can't go with you to the theater," Barry said. Barry said he _____________________________________________with me to the theater. 8) Sally said, "I'll talk to you on Saturday." Sally said she _____________________________________________to me on Saturday.


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II. Read the statements. Yesterday you met a friend of yours, Billy. Billy told you a lot of things... (5 points) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

I’ll tell John I talked to you. Peter and Sara are getting married next month. My Sister is in the University I’m thinking of going to live in New York. I haven’t eaten Sushi for a while.

Later that day you tell another friend what Billy said. “ Use reported speech .” 1. Billy said (that) _________________________________________________________________ 2. He said (that) __________________________________________________________________ 3. He said (that) __________________________________________________________________ 4. He said (that) __________________________________________________________________ 5. He said (that) __________________________________________________________________ III.In this exercise someone says something to you which is the they said before…(5points) 1. “Catalina is going to New York.” / “I thought you said she __________________________________________________ 2. “Peter cooked the dinner” / “I thought you said ___________________________________________________________ 3. “Sophie likes chocolate’s cake.” / “I thought you said ______________________________________________________ 4. “I’ll be here next week.” / “I thought you said ____________________________________________________________ 5. “I can afford a new car.” / “I thought you said ____________________________________________________________

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