Exercise 4: Complete the sentence with the words in the box.
embarrassed/ recognize /calm /conflict /independence
1. Now keep.......................... everyone, the police are on their way.
2. I was too.......................... to admit that I was scared.
3. Vietnam gained its........................... n 1945.
4. Doctors are trained to........................... the symptoms of different diseases.
5. There was a lot of.......................... between him and his father.
Exercise 5: Choose the best answer.
1. The new................ that provides advice for older people is totally free.
A. emotion B. helpline C. co-founder
2. They had an awful fight one year ago, but now they’ve................. their conflicts.
A. overcomed B. collaborated C. resolved
3. Some people think that schools put too much................ on students nowadays.
A. interest B. emotion C. pressure
4. Overcoming negative feelings is a/ an................ control skill.
A. cognitive B. emotion C. housekeeping
5. Many young people are now involved in drug ...............
A. trafficking B. resolving C. housekeeping
6. This work would help her................ her fear of being alone.
A. collaborate B. resolve C. overcome
7. He was proud of himself for being the................ of the company.
A. co-founder B. helpline C. guidance
8. How can you................ to stay calm under pressure?
A. overcome B. manage C. communicate
9. Her son showed an early................. in music.
A. emotion B. expectation C. interest
10. He decided to drop................ and set up his own company.
A. off B. out C. on
Exercise 6: Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”.
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2. They said, “We are learning English now”.
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3. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.
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4. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” he said.
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5. “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said.
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6. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said.
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7. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.
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8. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students.
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9. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said.
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10. “I’ve broken the vase,” she said.
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11. “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
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12. He said to her, “You are my friend.”
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13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
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14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children.
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15. Mary said, “My father died a year ago”.
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Exercise 7: Change the sentences below into direct speech.
1. My mother told me that she was sad then.
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2. One of my friends said that she liked learning English with her teacher.
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3. The doctor told me that I could leave the hospital that day.
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4. The film director said that she was willing to work then.
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5. The teacher told his students that he would be busy the following month.
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6. Tom invited me to his birthday party.
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7. She said the doctor had written her a prescription.
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8. He said that he had a toothache.
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9. She said she went to the museum every day.
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10. They said they were going to the supermarket.
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11. She said that the doctor had given her some pills.
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12. He said he had received the report.
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13. John said that he had finished studying his lesson.
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14. Mary told John that she couldn’t go to the movies with him.
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15. Mary told her friend she should expect to see him/her the following Wednesday.
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