English Language Exercises: Vocabulary and Grammar

Vocabulary Practice

3.1

1. Don't blame
2. Valerie is very dishonest
3. That is the final deadline
4. His behaviour is suspicious
5. I must warn
6. Your tennis will improve
7. Please speak up
8. If you try hard, you can achieve
9. All the workers attended
10. The fees

4.1

1. Mike had a great idea. He came up with it.
2. I can't carry on.
3. She was a drop out.
4. Dan invented the whole story. He made it up.
5. Please get in touch with us.

Grammar Practice

5.1

1. While I was talking to the shop assistant, my purse got stolen.
2. I haven't seen Andrew for a long time. I think I will call him.
3. If I had known you were in town the other day, I would have come to see you.
4. I won't tell Rachel your secret unless you give me permission.
5. I stayed in my house at the because it...

6.1

1. Oliver asked if Grace had already gone home.
2. Joe said that it was a good idea to do shopping on Tuesdays.
3. Karen said that she hadn't understood the lecture.
4. The teacher said not to shout while she was talking.
5. Joanne said that he would call me the next day.
6. Jack told me to ask the teacher to explain the homework.
7. Tom suggested revising for the test that afternoon.

7.1

1. I would love to go back to the restaurant (that) you had recommended.
2. The student whose mobile phone rang during the lesson was punished by the teacher.
3. Have you been to the restaurant where the waiters sing?
4. My friend who is very tall is beautiful.
5. The Empire State Building, which is one of the tallest buildings in the world, is very famous.

8.1

1. Oranges are grown in Spain.
2. The marks haven't been brought to us by the teacher.
3. That singer was admired by Lisa when she was a child.

9.1

1. "Are you going abroad this summer?" asked Jim.
2. Jim asked whether I was going abroad this summer.
3. It's not necessary for you to come.
4. You don't have to come.

Reported Speech Verbs

Enunciative: Admited, announced, apologised, answered, boasted, claimed, complained, declared, explained, informed, insisted, mentioned, offered, reminded, replied, stated.

Questions: Enquired, requested, wanted to know, wondered.

Orders: Demanded, ordered, shouted, warned.

Supplications: Begged

Suggestions: Advised, invited, recommended, suggested.

Time and Place Expressions in Reported Speech

• Now - Then
• Today - That day
• Tonight - That night
• Yesterday - The day before
• Last week - The week before
• A month ago - The month before
• Tomorrow - The next day
• Next week - The week after
• Here - There
• This - That
• These - Those