Comprehensive English Language Practice and Solutions

Russian Language Basics

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Vocabulary Exercises

• 2: book, journey, travelogue, extraterritorial, set off, travel agent
• 3: travel, exchange, sleeping, sun, walking, travel, exchange, package
• 4: extra, multi, extra, re, under, inter, over, multi, over, re, under, multi
• 5: pay for, choosing between, complained about, queue for, worrying about

Grammar Practice

Reported Speech

1. Adela asked if I was going to visit my sister that summer.
2. Ronald asked me what time it had been when I finally had come the previous night.
3. Greg told me that he wouldn't go to my party.
4. Henry said he was going to work harder the following month.
5. Felicity said that she couldn't swim very well.
6. My parents told me not to swim in the sea at night.
7. Amy advised me to buy an electric car.
8. Anna suggested using their wonderful gym.
9. He suggested meeting that night at 9 o'clock.
10. She asked me if I could open the door.
11. She asked me where I had met my girlfriend.
12. She told me to come back the next day because that day was too late.
13. Simon admitted that he never helped with the homework.
14. Ben apologized for not buying me some flowers the previous Sunday.
15. Jerry advised me to join a gym.

Relative Clauses

1. We saw the boy whose father was a writer. (D)
2. I talked to a man whose wife had died the year before. (D)
3. The body that was found yesterday belonged to an old man. (D)
4. The flight when I wanted to travel was delayed.
5. I wanted the painting that you bought. (D)
6. This is the chair that my parents gave to me. (D)
7. He is the person whose car was stolen. (D)
8. I lost the money that Mary borrowed from me. (D)
9. This is the story of a man whose wife suddenly loses her memory.
10. The form that you must fill is on the shelf. (D)
11. The gambler who is losing one hundred pounds is Arab. (D)
12. The car of Susan was stolen yesterday, which was annoying for her. (C)
13. The doctor whom I went to see told me to rest for a few days. (D)
14. The tycoon who is the owner of an oil company is married to Susan Wright. (D)
15. The man who has been accused of murder has been arrested by the police. (D)