Self-checking work for 1st year students A) Fill in the missing modal verb:
1. My sister can read English but she ... not read German. 2. Who ... recite this poem? 3. ... I smoke here? — I am afraid not. 4. ... I pay for these books at once? — No, you needn’t. You ... pay for them in a day or two. 5. The lesson is over. We ... go home now. 6. ... I take your dictionary? — Do, please. 7. Must we translate this article in class? — No, you ..., you’ll do it at home. 8. You ... find our dean upstairs. 9. ... I see your father’s study? 10. What kind of furniture ... you see in the sittingroom? 11. You ... take a cold shower every morning. 12. ... I come to see you tomorrow at ten o’clock? 13. ... you do this translation in the morning? 14. I ... be at the Institute at eight. 15. It is dark. You ... draw the curtains.
B) Use the following questions in indirect speech according to the given model. Make all the necessary changes.
Model: The teacher asks: “Do you know any English words?” The teacher asks if we know any English words.
1. He says: “This sentence is not difficult.” 2. Mary says: “There is only one window in our classroom.” 3. John says: “There aren’t many fruit trees in our Institute garden.” 4. Betty says: “Doctor Sandford isn’t in.” 5. Doctor Sandford says: “My family is not large.” 6. Helen says: “I have only one son.” 7. Mrs. Sandford says: “Benny is an only child in the family.” 8. Benny says: “Our house is not large.” 9. The student says: “I cannot speak English well.” 10. Betty says: “I must learn many poems by heart.” 11. The teacher says: “It is two o’clock. Our classes are over.” 12. The mother says: “Tom must come home at a quarter to three.” 13. The father says: “I must work till late at night to day.” 14. Bob says: “I can come in the morning.” 15. Nick says: “My sister is married to a sailor.”
C) For each question, write in the box either 'in', 'at', 'on' or "X" if there is no preposition is needed.
1. I'll see you next week.
2. He was born 1991.
3. Did you see her today.
4. It starts tomorrow.
5. It was sunny my birthday.
6. It will be ready eight months.
7. What's on the TV midnight.
8. The factory closed June.
9. the winter, it usually snows.
10. Friday, she spoke to me.
2.He said to me to be careful crossing roads.
3.He told Kate to write to him.
4.Mother told the daughter not to forget her sandwiches.
5.He said to his mother he was going away the next day.
6.Roger said to me she had been to London.
7.She said to Tom she could speak to him then.
8.The teacher said to the pupils they would do it the next day.
9.He asked Tom if he understood him.
10.She asked Bill if he was leaving that day or the next day.
11.The man asked the boys how far it was.
12.The teacher asked the pupils id they had gone to the museum the day before.
13.He asked me who had put salt in his coffee.
14.The teacher asked the pupils why Petrov was absent.
15.Mother asked Tom where he had been the day before.
16.The man asked me how long it would take to get there.
1.He asked me "Go to dinner with me".
2.She asked me "Bring the book back".
3.We reminded them :Ask your parents about the trip".
1.He asked me when it had happened.
2.The teacher said to the children they would write a dictation.
3.I asked her when I had come there.
4.He said to me he was busy.
5.She asked me if I had enjoyed her book.
6.My friend said to me he had visited the town.
7.She says she always helps him.
8.She said she would help them.
Замените прямую речь косвенной, используя следующие слова: to advise, to remind, invite, ask, tell
1.Ruth remined Bruno not to forget to post the letter.
2.Tom advised Kate to see a doctor.
3.Kate asked Mary to do the dishes.
4.Ruth asked Tom, if he and Mary would like to come to dinner.
5.Mary told Ben to close the door.
6.Mother told Tom not to touch the heater.