Rewriting in reported speech
Rewrite the sentence using reporting verbs:
She said: "I didn't break your coffee mug"
deny; She denied breaking my coffee mug
The radio told us to not go anywhere because of the snow.
The radio told us not to go anywhere because of the snow
She asked Ollie whether he was still living in the same flat.
She asked Ollie: " Are you still living in the same flat?"
Which adjectives do not collocate with the noun?
Olivia is a ...
close / school / true / childhood / brief / fair-weather friend.
brief
He was brought up / grown up in Tunisia
brought up
Rewrite the sentence using reporting verbs:
He said:"Can I help you?"
offer; He offered to help me
ask; He asked if he could help me.
Your brochure said that I got a room in a high-class hotel.
Your brochure said that I would get a room in a high-class hotel
He said he had moved out the previous week.
He said: "I moved out last week"
Which adjectives do not collocate with the noun?
Lola is Miguel's only...
immediate / distant / blood / close / strong / living realtive
strong
I had to assist / attend an interview before the company offered me a job.
attend
Rewrite the sentence using reporting verbs:
She said:"Shall we share this flat together?"
suggest; She suggested sharing the flat together
Some students suggested to go sightseeing on Monday.
Some students suggested going sightseeing on Mondays
He explained that he had not been able to study properly.
He said: "I couldn't/wasn't able to study properly"
Which adjectives do not collocate with the nouns?
I think Chandra and Ajay will have a ...
stable / lifelong / mutual / stormy / long-term / close realtionship
mutual
People are not sensitive / sensible enough to the problem of pollution.
sensitive
Rewrite the sentence using reporting verbs:
She said:"I will tell your family what you have done if you don't do what I say."
threaten; She threatened to tell his family what he had done if he didn't do what she said.
1. I arrived late and my boss warned me not to do that again.
2. The electric company apologised for not have told me the lights would go out.
1. Correct
2. The electric company apologised for not having told/telling me the lights would go out.
She asked: "Have you found a quieter place to live now?"
Which adjectives do not collocate with the nouns?
Nowadays there far more ...
lone / adoptivie / personal / single / foster / step- parents
personal
This restaurant, as its name infers / implies, specialises in unusual dishes.
implies
Rewrite the sentence using reporting verbs:
She said:"Don't touch this wire while the electricity is on"
She said: "I'll pay you back at the end of the month"
warned; She warned us not to touch/against touching the wire while the electricity was on.
promised; She promised to pay him back at the end of the month.
1. She called to her friend and asked her if she could mind her children.
2. Socrates never promised that his students will actually learn anything specific.
1. She called her friend and asked her if she could mind her children.
2. Socrates never promised that his students would actually learn anything specific.
He replied that a few months earlier his flatmate had started learning the violin.
He answered: "A few months ago, my flatmate started learning the violin"
Which adjectives do not collocate with the noun?
1. I grew up in a typical ...
two-parent / close-knit / extended / nuclear / absent / dysfunctional family.
2. Liam is my...
new / family / marriage / previous / dancing / former partner.
1. absent
2. family
1. My income has raised / risen very little in the last four years.
2. I lied / lay down on the couch and cried.
1. risen
2. lay