EXAM PRACTICE
Reading and Use and English Part 4
For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
0 The tourist guide said to us: ‘Take a map if you go walking in the hills.’
ADVISED
The tourist guide advised us to take a map if we went walking in the hills.
1 The weatherman forecast that it would be sunny all day.
SHINE
The weatherman said: ‘The ________________ all day.’
2 ‘I haven’t heard from Helen for a long time,’ Paul said to me.
TOLD
Paul ________________ not heard from Helen for a long time.
3 ‘Did you book a room with a balcony?’ I asked my mother.
IF
I asked my mother ________________ a room with a balcony.
4 Jack wanted to know what time they would leave the next day to catch the train.
WE
Jack asked: ‘What tim ________________ to catch the train?’
5 The little boy said he could dress himself without any help.
I
The little boy said: ‘ ________________ without any help.’
6 ‘Are we meeting David in the morning or the afternoon?’ Karen asked.
WHETHER
Karen wondered ________________ in the morning or the afternoon.
EXAM TIPS!
You MUST use the keyword, and you can't CHANGE the keyword. If the keyword is 'follow' you cannot write 'follows' or 'following'.
Make sure the nouns and verbs in your sentence 'agree' with each other.
I play
you play
he plays.
Try to keep the same meaning from the first sentence.
Use the same words where possible.
Example:
John finds trains very interesting.
IN
John is very interested in trains.
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GRAMMAR FOCUS
In three of the sentences above, the reporting verbs can be replaced with complain, insist and predict.
Write the reported sentences again using these verbs.
complain: _________________________
insist: _________________________
predic:t _________________________
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