II. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above.

1.  He got in through the window. I saw him.

I saw........................................................................

2.  She made herself sick. She had worked very hard.

 She had worked so....................................................

3.  The traffic was bad. However, I arrived on time.

 Though....................................................................                   

4.  We were late. We missed the first act of the play.

 We were so...............................................................

5.  They’re the birds. I fed them this morning.

 They’re the birds that................................................

6.  I don’t know many English words

 I wish.......................................................................

7.  “Do you have many friends?”

 She asked me............................................................

8.  We don’t have a lot of money, so we don’t buy a lot of new books.

 If we.........................................................................          

9.  Learning English is not easy.

 It is...........................................................................

10. “Would you like to come to my birthday party, Sarah?” asked John.

     John invited

Geoffrey Hampden has a lot of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admired him for his fine sense of humour, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Recently, one of Geoffrey's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weeding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the weeding with Jenny. He included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she didn't. Geoffrey asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

Question 5: What did Geoffrey's daughter really dislike?

A. Her father's speech.

B. The way her father made jokes.

C. The wedding.

D. Seeing people laughing at her father.

Exercise 1: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning:

6. They said, "We have just arrived."
→ They said that………………………………………………………………
7. He said, "I will clean the car."
→ He said that……………………………………………………………….
8. She said, "I did not say that."
→ She said that…………………………………………………………….
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
→ She said that……………………………………………………………….
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone."
→ He said that………………………………………………………………

Exercise 2: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
→ She asked………………………………………………………………….
2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.
→ Martin asked us…………………………………………………………
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
→ He asked………………………………………………………………
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter…………………………………………
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend……………………………………………………
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
→ She wanted to know……………………………………………………….
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
→ He wanted to know……………………………………………………….
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
→ The teacher wanted to know………………………………………………
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.
→ She asked me………………………………………………………………
10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked me………………………………………………………

Exercise 3: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Joe………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. "Be patient," she said to him.
→ She told him………………………………………………………………….
3. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her………………………………………………………….
4. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us……………………………………………………………….
5. "Give me the key," he told her.
→ He asked her……………………………………………………………….
6. "Play it again, Sam," she said.
→ She asked Sam…………………………………………………………….
7. "Sit down, Caron" he said.
→ He asked Caron…………………………………………………………….
8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.
→ The receptionist asked the guest…………………………………………
9. "Take off your shoes," she told us.
→ She told us……………………………………………………………….
10. "Mind your own business," she told him.
→ She told him……………………………………………………………….

Exercise 4: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. The doctor said to me, “You should lose weight.”
The doctor advised me……………………………………………………….
2. Mary said, “Let’s go to a movie.”
Mary suggested…………………………………………………………….
3. “I didn’t break the windows”, Bill said.
Bill denied……………………………………………………………………….
4. “You told a lie, Tom”, she said.
She accused Tom…………………………………………………………….
5. “I can’t go to your birthday party next Saturday evening, Jack”, said Mary.
Mary apologized for…………………………………………………………….
6. “I won’t help you with your homework. Never ! ” Jane said to me.
Jane refused…………………………………………………………………….
7. Joe said, “Please come to my party.”
Joe invited…………………………………………………………………….
8. Mr. Gray said, “Don’t play in the street.”
Mr. Gray warned the children not……………………………………………
9. “Would you like to come on a picnic with us?
They invited………………………………………………………………….
10. “Please don’t tell anybody what happened.”
He asked………………………………………………………………….
11. “If you don’t give me a pay rise. I’ll resign.”
She threatened………………………………………………………………….
12. “I’ll finish the work by the end of this week.”
John promised………………………………………………………………….
13. “You ought to take a break, Andrew.”
She advised………………………………………………………………….
14. “Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.”
They reminded……………………………………………………………….
15. “Why don’t we sing a few songs?”
He suggested…………………………………………………………………

Geoffrey Hampden has a lot of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admired him for his fine sense of humour, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Recently, one of Geoffrey's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weeding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the weeding with Jenny. He included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she didn't. Geoffrey asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

Question 2: What was he invited to do one day?

A. To go to a wedding.

B. To make jokes at a party.

C. To make a speech at a wedding reception.

D. To prepare a speech.

Read the text and then choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.

Geoffrey Hampden has a lot of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admired him for his fine sense of humour, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Recently, one of Geoffrey's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weeding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the weeding with Jenny. He included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she didn't. Geoffrey asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

Question. What did Geoffrey's daughter really dislike?

A. Her father's speech.

B. The way her father made jokes.

C. The wedding.

D. Seeing people laughing at her father.

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one. 

1. This is the most interesting film I’ve ever seen.

I’ve 

2. He started collecting stamps in 1990.

He has 

3. She is the most intelligent in our class.

Nobody 

4. She asked Tom if he had watched the football match on TV the night before.

She asked, “

5. She can’t go shopping because she has a bad cold.

If 

6. She tiptoed out of the room because she didn’t want to wake the baby up. To avoid 

7. They worked very hard, but they could not earn enough to buy a house.

No matter 

8. “Would you mind closing the window?” she said to Peter.

She asked

9. As he grows older he becomes more cheerful.

The older 

10. Those pictures are so beautiful.

How 

Use the word from the box to fill in each gap

always/earlier/hardly/now/rather/silently/skillfully/stiffly/very/warmly

She shut the door silently (1) after her. Her father wasn’t expecting her—she had arrived________ (2) than she had said. He was sitting where he _________ (3) sat, in his favourite armchair by the window. It was ___________ (4) old but had been repaired __________ (5) so that he could continue using it. The room had been redecorated since her last visit and was looking __________ (6) elegant. On the shelves were all the books which her father _________ (7) ever looked at any more. She called her father’s name. He stood up and she noticed that he moved very __________ (8). He smiled and held out his arms to her. She hadn’t been in touch with him for five years but _________(9) he welcomed her as ___________ (10) as he always had.

Geoffrey Hampden has a lot of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admired him for his fine sense of humour, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Recently, one of Geoffrey's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weeding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the weeding with Jenny. He included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she didn't. Geoffrey asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

Question 1: Why is Geoffrey very popular at parties?

A. Because he has a fine sense of humour.

B. Because he can make a good speech.

C. Because he has a lot of friends.

D. Because he is admired by everybody.