Unit 5 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice (Standard)
1(GRAMMAR) Rewrite the statements in reported speech.
1‘I don’t like watching horror films.’
She said ______.
2‘I’m going to make a phone call.’
He told me ______.
3‘Louise hasn’t eaten her lunch yet.’
They told me______.
4‘We weren’t playing cards.’
They said ______.
5‘Tom is doing a test.’
He told us ______.
6‘We’ll finish it later.’
They said they ______.
7‘We must go and see the James Bond film.’
She said they ______.
8‘I can’t decide what to wear.’
She said she ______.
2(GRAMMAR) Complete the reported statements with the correct words.
1‘I don’t like this food at all.’
Penny said ______didn’t like ______food at all.
2‘We played tennis here last week.’
Adam and Joe said ______had played tennis______the week ______.
3‘I lost my wallet yesterday.’
Alicia said ______had lost ______wallet the day ______.
4‘I’m visiting my grandparents next week.’
Rosa said ______was visiting ______grandparents the ______week.
5‘We are having dinner here tonight.’
The twins said ______were having dinner ______night.
3(GRAMMAR) Rewrite the questions in reported speech.
1‘What were you doing last night?’
He asked me ______.
2‘When did you last have lunch with us here?’
She asked me ______.
3‘Can you swim?’
She asked him ______.
4‘How long have you lived here?’
She asked me______.
5‘Did Joe win the match?’
He asked me ______.
4(GRAMMAR) Rewrite the reported commands, requests and suggestions in reported speech. Use the prompts in brackets.
1‘Can you close the door?’ (Dan / ask / Denise)
______
2‘Let’s have a party!’ (Rachel / suggest)
______
3‘Don’t be late!’ (Samantha / tell / the students)
______
4‘Help with the washing up.’ (Joe / ask / me)
______
5‘Why don’t we rent a DVD?’ (Harry / suggest)
______
6‘Wake up!’ (My mum / tell / the twins)
______
5(GRAMMAR) Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in brackets.
1‘Don’t go near the edge of the lake,’ Ian said to the children. (warn)
______
2‘I’m sorry I forgot to bring anything to drink,’ said Diane. (apologize)
______
3‘You should join a gym,’ Jerry told me. (advise)
______
4‘I never get to school on time,’ said Fiona. (admit)
______
5‘I’ll meet you there at nine,’ said Tim. (agree)
______
6‘I won’t lend you my pen,’ said Jo. (refuse)
______
6(GRAMMAR) Translate the sentences into your own language.
1Richard told them he had been there the day before.
______
2Joe said he would ring me the following morning.
______
3Andy asked where we had left the umbrella.
______
4Dave suggested writing a letter.
______
5Harry warned me to be more careful.
______
1(VOCABULARY) Match the words to make compound nouns.
___ 1backaseer
___ 2sightbmaker
___ 3guidecbag
___ 4traveldbook
___ 5airepacker
___ 6holidayffare
___ 7exchangegside
___ 8seahagent
___ 9sunirate
___ 10sleepingjcream
2(VOCABULARY) Complete the sentences with the words from 1.
1I like going to the ______every summer – the sea, the sand, ice cream and cafés – I love it!
2We booked our holiday through a very good ______who organized everything.
3Jim is a ______– he’s travelling round South America, staying in hostels and living on very little.
4I want to change my euros into dollars. What’s the current ______?
5Last night, I slept in my ______in a tent. It was warm and cosy but the ground was a bit hard.
6This morning, I was a ______in Oxford. I visited the castle and saw some of the old colleges.
7If you open the ______on page eight, you’ll see a list of places to stay and things to do.
8I’d like to fly to New York. How much is the return ______?
9You should always put on ______when you sit in the sun for a long time.
10I’m a ______. I’m on a package tour, staying in a guesthouse near the beach.
3(VOCABULARY) Circle the correct alternatives.
1I find it difficult to choose between/over a beach holiday or a walking holiday.
2I hate queuing after/for tickets.
3Are you worried about/of missing the plane?
4Dan and Emma set off/for on holiday at eight o’clock this morning. They’ll be in Greece by now.
5My grandmother has a bad leg and finds it difficult to get off/out the bus.
6I have plenty of money. I’ll pay for/from my own ticket.
7Fiona is always complaining over/about my cooking.
8We learned about/off the Romans at school today.
4(VOCABULARY) Add the prefixes in the box to each pair of words.
inter- extra- over- under- re- multi-1 ______action______-continental
2 ______sleep______spend
3______-curricular______-terrestrial
4______claim______-visit
5______-task______lingual
6______estimate______statement
5(VOCABULARY) Write a word from 4 for each sentence.
1William speaks at least seven languages. ______
2You can have violin lessons but not as part of the normal school timetable. ______
3Sally saw aliens from another planet in the garden. ______
4This company has flights that go from Asia to Europe. ______
5Jack said that Einstein was quite clever. ______
6Wendy only had £100 in her bank account but she used her card to buy £200 worth of clothes. ______
7We went to Corfu again for our holidays because we like it so much. ______
6(VOCABULARY) Choose the correct answers.
1What do you call a piece of writing that imitates and laughs at something?
a a parodyb a traveloguec a chronicle
2What’s another way of saying you have reserved a room in a hotel?
a servedb bookedc written
3What do you call it when two young people change places and spend holidays in each other’s countries?
a a cross-country tripb a change tripc an exchange trip
4What’s another word for rent?
a spendb hirec loan
5What do you call a company that has planes and flies holidaymakers to different countries?
a Airlineb airfarec airway
6What do call it when you feel horrible on a flight?
a travel illnessb travel badnessc travel sickness