UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Turn each direct speech statement into indirect speech.
1. 'I knew nothing about the problem”
She said _______________________________________________
2. 'Oh, I'm too hot.'
He said __________________________________________________________
3. ‘I've never worked so hard before.'
He told _______________________________________________________________
4. 'I like your coat, I'm looking for one like that myself.'
She told me _____________________________________________________________
5. 'You must be home by 9 o'clock,' she said to his son.
She said _________________________________________________________________
6. 'John left here an hour ago.'
She told me _____________________________________________________________
7. 'I've been spending a lot more time with my children.'
He told ___________________________________________________________
8. `Jim's arriving at our house tomorrow.'
She told me _______________________________________________________________
9. 'You can stay in my house when I am on holiday.'
Jim told us _______________________________________________________________
10. 'I'm sorry I couldn't come to visit you last summer'
Mary said _________________________________________________________________
11. 'I was sure I'd left it here.'
He said __________________________________________________________________
12. 'I grew these carrots myself.'
He told me _______________________________________________________________
13. 'I must say that at first I was confused by the question.' She said
She said _____________________________________________________________
Report these questions using a wh-, if or whether-clause, as appropriate
1. 'Are you enjoying yourself?”
He wanted to know

1. She reassured me that she the card.
a. had posted b. has posted c. was posting d. posts
2. When I was little, my father gave me some advice. He said to the strangers.
a. I shouldn't talk b. that shouldn't talk
c. don't talk d. that I don't talk
3. 'Should we turn left or go straight? "Hmm, I'm not sure which way
a. do we turn b. to turn c. should we turn d. it turned
4. She her holiday in Finland.
a. said me about b. told about c. said about d. told me about
5. I don't know why Susan didn't go to the meeting. She said
a. she will definitely go. b. she was definitely going.
c. she had definitely gone. d. she is definitely going.
6. The librarian asked us so much noise.
a. don't make b. not make c. not making d. not to make
7. Somebody forgot this hat. I wonder
a. whose is this hat. b. whose hat this is.
c. whose hat is. d. is This whose hat.
8. 'I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.'
When I saw Rachel, she said
a. she was taking her driving test the next day.
b. she is taking her driving test the following day.
c. I was taking my driving test tomorrow.
d. she was taking the driving test tomorrow.
9. 'Whose composition haven't we heard yet?'
The teacher asked us to tell her
a. whose composition we haven't heard yet.
b. whose composition we hadn't heard vet.
c. whose composition hadn't we heard yet.
c. whose composition we hadn't heard yet?
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they were usually fair, kind, friendly and generous. When asked whether (5) working for British
bosses, however, the Chinese (6) that the British bosses were too strict and proud.
The survey (7) among 200 Chinese managers and advanced business students in Hong
Kong. Most of the people (8) said that the working conditions were also much better in American
companies.
When managers were asked (9) they often conducted business, they replied that they
(10) to tea houses. A few people said that (11) business with Americans over lunch at
expensive hotel restaurants.
1. a. pay b. will pay c. are paying d. paid
2. a. are b. will be c. have been d. were
3. a. that b. if c. about d. why
4. a. to b. that c. if d. about
5. a. did they like b. they liked c. they did like d. liked they
6. a. answer b. will answer c. answered d. have answered
7. a. conducted b. was conducted c. has conducted d. was conducting
8. a. interview b. to interview c. interviewed d. interviewing
9. a. where b. when c. how d. if
10: a. are going b. have gone c. went d. will go
11. a. they had often done b. they often had done
c. had they often done d. often had they done
Choose the correct form of the verbs to complete these sentences.
1. If I the bus this afternoon, I'll get a taxi instead.
a. miss b. will miss c. missed d. had missed
2. We'll have to go without John if he soon.
a. won't arrive b. will arrive c. arrives d. doesn't arrive
3. They your money if you haven't kept your receipt.
a. won't refund b. didn't refund c. no refund d. not refund
4. If I make some coffee, the cake?
a. do you cut b. will you cut c. are you cutting d. don't you cut
5. If you your homework, I you watch TV.

a. will wear b. can wear c. should wear d. might wear
Look at the information in brackets and complete the sentences using if or when and a verb in
1. (I may see Tom tonight.) if I see Tom I'll tell him the news
2. (Melanie is coming soon.) __________________can you let het in, please?
3. (The alarm will ring soon.) __________________ we all have to leave the building
4. (I might feel better tomorrow.) _______________ I'll probably go back to work
5. (This film finishes at ten.) __________________ I'll stop the video
6. (The plan may not work.) __________________We'll have to think of something else.
7. (I'm going shopping this evening) _____________ I'll buy some food.
8. (You might hear some news)_________________ can you ring me immediately?
9. (I'll get home. tonight)______________________ I'll make myself an omelette.
10. (It might stay fine) ________________________ I'll probably go for a walk later

on.
Choose the right alternative.
1. If anyone phones/ will phone, tell them be/ am back at 11:00.
2. I'll phone you when/ if I get home from work.
3. We can hire a minibus if there'll be/ there are enough people.
4. Brian looks very different now. When/ If you see him again, you don't/ won't recognize him.
5. If they will get/ get married, they will probabl
y
move/ probably move to France.
6. If you'll leave/ leave now, you'll be/ are home in two hours.
7. There won't be/ aren't enough chairs if everybody will come/ come.
8. Don't worry if/ when I'm late tonight.
9. You have to/ will have to take a taxi home if you want/ will want to leave now.
10. If/ when they don't come soon, I'm not going to wait.
Choose the one option - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the passage.
The country and the city have advantages and disadvantages. People in the country live in
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2. a. electricity b. instead c. decided d. enclose
3. a. shortage b. product c. technology d. manage
4. a. resurface b. knowledge c. technical d. export
5. a. suburb b. entertainment c. medical d. atmosphere
II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
Choose the one word or phrase - b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or subtitutes for the
underlined word or phrase.
1. The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water
a. supply b. poverty c. plenty d. shortage
2. I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the
a. village b. community c. town d. country
3. They tried to find a way of bettering their lives.
a. moving b. changing c. achieving d. improving
4. He came in tired and hungry and badly need of a bath.
a. for b. to c. on d. in
5. Last year we had a bumper crop of strawberries.
a. large crop b. poor crop c. early crop d. record crop
6. I don't like quizzes because my general is so poor.
a. appearance b. memory c. knowledge d. thinking
7. The house had been three apartments.
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a. turned in b. put in c. pulled down d. turned into
8. I'll speak to her as soon as she comes out of the meeting.
a. goes to b. appears c. leaves d. attends
9. Most of the roads in the city have been recently.
a. replaced b. resurfaced c. removed d. returned
10. Is all this technology making our simpler?
a. life b. life’s c. livings d. lives
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

10. I notified the bank that I my address.
a. was changing b. have changed c. had changed d. change
11. We'll be late unless we now.
a. leave b. don't leave c. had left d. have left
12. 'Did you tell Carol where us this evening?' 'Yes, I did.'
a. should she meet b. she to meet c. she meets d. to meet
13. When we
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were children we skating every winter.
a. had gone b. are used to going c. would go d. were going
14. This technology is useless if you to operate it.
a. don't train b. won't train c. haven't trained d. aren't trained
15. 'How many people are there in your family?' The interviewer asked me
a. how many people there were in your family.
b. how many people were there in my family.
c. how many people were there in your family.
d. how many people there were in my family.
B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence
to be correct.
1. If I have to fly, I would get very nervous, so I usually drive.
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A B C D
2. Two days ago, the weather forecaster warned us that a tornado is coming.
A B C D
3. I asked Sean how to pronounce his name?
A B C D
4. They used to live in Chester for three years, didn't they?
A B C D
5. At the interview they asked me when can you start work.
A B C D

g
ht at the traffic lights into Robson Street and it's at the end of
Robson Street on the right.
d. Walk down as far as the traffic lights and turn right into Howe Street. The bank is on the ri
g
ht of the
street.
5. a. You can't miss it b. Right here
c. It's very easy d. You can remember it
V. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
The world is divided (1)_ two main parts: one part is poor and the (2) is rich. The poor
countries (3) 'the developing countries'. The big problem that they have to (4) is lack of food
and medical care. A lot of people do not have (5)_ food to eat and medicine to cure illnesses. In some
parts, children are (6) starving. The land of those countries is (7) cultivate anything on.
They do not know (8) new farming Methods as well as inventions and discoveries of
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science and technology.(9) ,they do not have enou
g
h money to do it. They certainly need help
from (10) countries.
1 . a. into b. to c. in d. from
2. a. another b. other c. others d. one
3. a. call b. have called c. called d. are called
4. a. meet b. discuss c. encounter d. do
5. a. very b. too c. many d. enough
6. a. even b. also c. such d. all
7. a. poor enough to b. so poor as to c. enough poor to d. too poor to
8. a. applying b. to apply c. how to apply d. how applying
9. a. However b. Moreover c. Therefore d. As a result

d. the village has become nothing but a suburb.
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
a. The writer has visited the village several times before.
b. The writer revisited his village last week.
c. The village has undergone significant changes.
d. The village nowadays has become another suburb.
VI. WRITING
Choose the sentence (a, b, c, or d) which is closest in meaning to the one printed above.
2. My father gave up smoking.
a. My father smokes a lot. b. My father used to smoke.
c. My father stopped smoking for a while. d. My father likes smoking.
2. If Mark keeps studying as he has been, he'll have no trouble passing his exams.
a. Mark won't pass his exams because he isn't studying.
b. Mark is studying hard to pass his exams.
c. Mark has passed his exams.
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d. Mark has trouble passing his exams.
3. 'Would you like some coffee?' Peter asked me.
a. Peter asked me if I liked coffee.
b. Peter offered to give me some coffee.
c. Peter asked me to make him a cup of coffee.
d. Peter wanted to know if I
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would like to make coffee.
4. The coffee was not strong enough. It didn't keep us awake.
a. The coffee was too strong to keep us awake.
b. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.
c. The coffee was very strong. but it couldn't keep us awake.
d. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.
5. Harry spent five hours knocking on doors, but he didn't sell a single magazine.