Reported Commands/Requests/Suggestions

10.1 To report commands, requests, suggestions, instructions, in reported speech we use an appropriate introductory verb (advise, ask, order, suggest ) and the to-infinitive, -ing form or that-clause, depending on the introductory verb:

" Be quiet. " - He ordered us to be quiet.

" Will you help me set the table, please? " Susan said.

Susan asked me to help her set the table.

" Let's go to the shopping center. " - He suggested going to the shopping center.

" I live very far away from the city center. "

 She complained (to me) of living very far away from the city center.

" The manager will be back at noon. "

He informed us that the manager would be back at noon.

10.2 Some verbs can also be followed by a that-clause in reported speech:

He claimed that he had won £ 1, 000, 000.

He demanded that I should give him my wallet.

He promised that he would meet me at the train station.

She threatened that she would send me to my room if I wasn't quiet.

Vocabulary

 

Study the important vocabulary:

Towns can be convenient places to live in because they have many facilities:

Sports:   swimming pool, sports center, golf course, tennis courts, skating rink

Cultural:   theatre, opera, concert hall, radio station, art gallery

Educational:   school, college, university, library, evening classes, museum

Catering and night life: restaurant, café, nightclub, take away, hotel, B and B (bed and breakfast), youth hostel, dance hall, disco

Transport: bus service, taxi, car hire agency, car park, parking area

Other:   health center, law courts, registry office, citizens, advice bureau, job center, bank, department store, chemist's, estate agent, garden, center, police station, Town or City Hall, suburbs, housing estate, industrial estate, pedestrian precinct, blocks of flats…..

Towns also have their own special problems:

Traffic jams - every day, particularly in the rush hour, the streets get so packed with traffic that travel is very slow or even comes to a standstill this is permanently stressful for commuters, people who travel to work in the town; Slums – are certain parts of the city which are poor and in very bad conditions; Vandalism - pointless destruction of other people's property;

Overcrowding - too many people live in too small a place;

Pollution - the air and the water are no longer pure as they were

 

Some useful adjectives for describing towns:

Picturesque, historic, spacious, elegant, magnificent, atmospheric, quaint, lively, hectic, deserted, bustling, crowded, packed, filthy, run down, shabby….

Some useful words for describing buildings:

aerial, curtains, drive, parking, shelf, central heating, dishwasher, furniture, radiator, stool, cook, doormat, landing, stove/cooker, rug, door knocker, letter box, settee/sofa, washing machine, shutters, ceiling, chimney, pillow, kennel, blind, cushion, roof, rubbish, urban, bunk, eiderdown, litter, rural, hedge, fence……..

 

Names of Countries:

 The USA, The United Kingdom, the Philippines, the Netherlands, (the) Lebanon, (the) Gambia, (the) Ukraine

 

Nationalities:

a Finn, a Swede, a Turk, a Spaniard, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab, an Italian, a Belgian, a Catalan, a Greek, an African, a Dutch man, a French woman

 

Adjectives referring to countries and languages:

British, Irish, Flemish; Canadian, Brazilian; Japanese, Chinese; Israeli, Iraqi; Icelandic, Arabic, Swiss, Thai, Greek, Dutch, Cypriot

 

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Grammar

1. Yuri Gagarin ’s was a dangerous flight. He ____.

1) must have been killed

2) was able to kill    

3) could have been killed

4) could have killed

 

2. The manuscript ____ in the 15-th century.

1) believed to be written

2) is believed to have been written

3) was believed must have written

4) has believed to have been written

 

3. Little Abraham ____ and ____ his clothes.

1) was aroused, was made to put on          

2) was rising, was made put on      

3) had got up, was put on   

4) had raised, put on

 

4. They both looked around them as if they ____ afraid that they ____.

1) had been, were watched

2) have been, watched

3) may be, were watching

4) were, were being watched

5. He ____ an opportunity to go to Columbia ____ attend the Winter Meeting of the Physical Society.

1) gave, in order to

2) was given, to

3) has been given, for

4) was giving, -

 

6. The moment you ____ something you want, you want something else.

1) are offered

2) offer

3) have offered

4) are offering

 

7. She did all the rough work in the house, spoke when she ____, but not otherwise, and ate a very great deal of food at lunch.

1) was spoken with, a

2) spoke to, -

3) was being spoken, the

4) was spoken to, -

8. His place in history is secure. He ____ long after his enemies ____.

1) will remember, have forgotten

2) remembers, forget

3) will be remembered, have been forgotten

4) may be remembered, will be forgotten

9. Mrs. Chester began to talk about Basil – of how well ______ at school, of how ______ him.

1) had he been, had everyone liked

2) he had been, everyone liked

3) was he at school, did everyone like him

4) is he, everyone liked

 

10. Can’t you see? You ____, that’s all.

1) are being made a fool of

2) made a fool of

3) are making a fool

4) had made a fool of

 

11. I don’t know ____. They ____ about it.

1) not a thing, are reserved

2) anything, reserved

3) something, have reserved

4) anything, are so reserved

 

12. If you ____ so late the front door ____ and you’ll have to go by the back door.

1) will come, will be locked

2) come, will lock

3) will come, is locked

4) come, will be locked

 

13. What sort of research ____, and who will be doing it?

1) will have done

2) will be being done

3) will be done

4) has done

 

14. You can see that this glass ____.

1) has used

2) has been being used

3) has been used

4) is using

 

15. All of a sudden he realized the full force of what he ____.

1) had told

2) has said

3) had been told

4) had been being told

 

16. She has taught at a school in the north of England and at two schools in Germany, and ____ to be an excellent teacher.

1) is believing

2) has believed

3) is believed

4) had been believed

17. Mary wondered what ______ to talk about.

1) does he want

2) did he want

3) he wanted

4) he wants

 

18. Nancy looked displeased and ____ me she ____ to fetch the breakfast tray.

1) said to, has been sent

2) said, was sent

3) told to, had sent

4) told, had been sent

 

19. She had an uncomfortable feeling that she ____ and it pleased her.

1) is looked at

2) was being looked at

3) was looking at

4) had looked at

 

20. She telephoned to know where the meeting ____.

1) will be hold

2) would hold

3) would be held

4) might be hold

21. Charlie replied angrily that he _______ to his people that he _____ fail his examinations.

1) would have to explain, might fail

2) is to explain, can

3) has explained, may fail

4) has to explain, has failed

 

 

22. The room looked as if it ____ for years.

1) has not been lived in

2) did not live in

3) was not living in

4) had not been lived in

 

23. It ____ that we ____ to prevent cancer soon.

1) thinks, shall be able

2) was thought, must

3) is thought, shall be able

4) is thinking, are

 

24. Even nowadays one can see that a top hat ____ at weddings.

1) is sometimes worn

2) is often wearing

3) is sometimes being wearing

4) has worn

 

25. The Prime Minister ____ at three o’clock. But he didn’t turn up till five.

1) was expecting

2) had expected

3) was being expect

4) was expected

 

26. Mary knows that she ____ a silver teapot for her birthday.

1) has been being given

2) will give

3) can have given

4) will be given

 

27. Mr. Black ____ three days to finish the job before he ____.

1) had, dismissed

2) got, had dismissed

3) was allowed, was dismissed

4) had been given, was dismissing

 

28. I was in a hurry, so asked my Dad if he _______ me a lift.

1) gave

2) would give

3) had given

4) was going to give

29. Many beautiful old buildings in cities. If this replacement______ very long before a city loses its character.

1) are being replaced modern ones, is not controlled

2) are replaced by modern ones, were not controlled

3) are replaced by modern ones, won't be controlled

4) are being replaced by modem ones, is not controlled

 

30. He_____ with the new boss, so he____ to another branch of the company.

1) doesn't get on, asked to transfer

2) hasn't got on, had asked to have been transferred

3) doesn't get on, has asked to be transferred

4) isn't getting on, has asked to be transferred

 

31. In the drawing room the music of Mozart ________  by an orchestra ___  on the screen.

1) was playing, to see

2) had been played, seen

3) was being played, seen

4) has been playing, having seen

 

32. Karen said that his sister ______ the next Sunday.

1) could get married

2) was going to get married

3) was getting married

4) would get married

33. I ________the other day. I ______ telling lies. I _____  like this.

1) was shocked, was accused of, had never been treated

2) have been shocked, have been accused, had never treated

3) will be shocked, will be accused, have never been treated

4) was shocked, was accused, had never treated

34. Two people are reported ________  in the explosion. It has been informed that the investigation  now.

1) have been killed, was being held

2) to have been killed, is being held

3) being killed, was being held

4)

killing, are being held

35. It ____ __for some time that if the young of domestic animals_____ penicillin their

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