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Extra grammar practice revision B1 Unit

Reported speech – statements and 4 Cross out the extra word in each sentence.
questions 1 The bookseller told to me that the book I was
looking for was no longer for sale.
1 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using 2 The tourists wanted to know how much did the
the words given. city map cost.
1 ‘I prefer fantasy to science fiction,’ he said. 3 Lots of fans asked to the famous author to sign
their copies.
He said he .
4 Our teacher once said us that he used to write
2 ‘You have to look up the new words in the poetry.
dictionary,’ the teacher said. 5 They wanted to know if whether we ever read
The teacher said we . e-books.
3 ‘I won’t tell you how the story ends,’ he said.
5 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete
He said he .
the text.
4 ‘She’s writing a trilogy on Rome,’ they said.
They said she . Like a lot of places in Europe, more and more public
libraries in the UK are closing. In a recent interview, the
5 ‘I have never written children’s fiction,’ she said.
Scottish author Ali Smith said that this (1) a problem
She said she .
because libraries are an important tradition for the UK.
2 Complete the sentences with said or told. She also said that this (2) an impact on the next
generation of writers. 
1 She she didn’t expect her novels to be
In 2015, Smith published a collection of short stories
successful.
called Public Libraries and Other Stories. She said
2 Mrs Williams her students to get a
that, a few years (3) , she (4) everybody she
world atlas by the end of next week.
knew to (5) her about their experience of public
3 He that the charity campaign had libraries. When she asked them what (6) to them,
raised two million pounds.
most people said that libraries (7) them into better
4 Who you that you would never write a people.
novel?
Smith (8) the interviewer that while she had been
5 When I that I had never read writing the stories, a thousand public libraries (9) .
Shakespeare, all my classmates started to laugh. She also asked other writers (10) they thought
about the closing libraries, and they also said it was
3 Circle the correct alternative.
serious problem.
1 They asked if we have filled in/had filled in all
the forms.
2 The interviewer wanted to know where the author 1 A is B had been C was
was born/was the author born. 2 A would have B will has C had
3 Tony asked me why/if I hadn’t enjoyed the latest 3 A ago B before C previous
Harry Potter novel. 4 A had asked B has asked C asked
4 He said he had read the book two months 5 A say B tell C told
before/ago. 6 A had they B they had meant C had meant
5 Mum asked why didn’t I like/I didn’t like reading. meant
6 I asked the librarian why/if I could flick through the 7 A had made B made C have made
new books. 8 A said B asked C told
7 He said he had bought the book in the morning and 9 A have closed B closed C had closed
finished it that night/tonight. 10 A what B whether C had

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