1. Grammar revision unit 5

• • • REPORTING VERBS

• • Complete the sentences using one of the verbs in the correct form .

adviseadmitagreeapologizedenyinvitepersuadepromiserefusethreatenwarn

Example

0. OK, It was me. I borrowed your car.

Bradadmitted borrowingmy car.

2.

1 I wont tell you where I was!

She me where she was.

2 Would you like to come and stay with me?

He me and stay with him.

3 Im sorry I didnt phone you.

He for not her.

4 OK, Ill drive the car tomorrow.

Maria the car tomorrow.

I didnt steal the car stereo.

The thief the car stereo .

CHECK ANSWERS

3. ANSWERS

1.She refused to tell me where she was.

2. He invited me to go and stay

3. He apologized for not phoning her

4. Maria agreed to drive the car.

5. The thief denied stealing the car stereo

4.

6 Dont go down that road! Its dangerous.

Ryan us down the road.

7 Go on have another cake! Oh, all right.

My mother me another cake.

8 Ill hit you if you repeat what you said!

Joe me if I repeated what I had said.

9 You should eat less fat.

Clare her less fat.

10 I will send you a postcard.

Sue him a postcard.

ANSWERS

5.

6 . Ryan warned us not to go down the road.

7 My mother persuaded me to have ...

8. Joe threatened me if I repeated...

9. Clare advised her to eat less...

10 She promised to send him a postcard

6. B. Gerund or infinitive? Put the verbs in brackets in the right form

The lawyer managed the case.

(win)

2. My husband forgot the tickets so now we cant go to the concert. (pick up)

3. Would you like dinner at my house this evening? (have)

4. Im on a diet. Im trying chocolate.

(give up)

5. a famous pop star can be difficult.

(be)

7.

6. Its not easy early in the morning. (get up)

7. Her parents do not let her her boyfriend (see)

8. The books not worth its boring. (read)

9. Theres no sense in the gallery unless you really like modern paintings. (visit)

10. Amanda is hoping her driving test first time. (pass)

• • • • ANSWERS

8. ANSWERS

To win

To pick up

To have

To give up

Being

To get up

7. See

8. Reading

9. Visiting

10. to pass

9. VOCABULARY (1)

1 Sallys put ________ a lot of weight this year.

toonwith

2 My uncle works long hours so he sometimes takes a ________ in the afternoons.

dreamyawnnap

3 James was so tired that as soon as he lay ________, he fell fast asleep.

downacrossup

4 If I eat late at night, it will ________ me awake.

staykeepmake

5 When its very hot, I just sleep under a ________.

pillowsheetlog

6 My brother suffers from ________. He stays awake for hours every night.

insomniajet-lagnightmaresANSWERS

10. ANSWERS

1 ON

2 NAP

3 DOWN

4 KEEP

5 SHEET

6 INSOMNIA

11. MEDIA WORDS

1 If a newspaper is ________, it means that some information was removed because it might offend people or because it might be politically dangerous.

2 If you want to find out about the weather tomorrow, listen to the weather ________.

3 You can find out whats going to happen to you tomorrow if you read your ________.

4 The opposite ofobjectiveis ________.

5 A ________ is somebody whose job is to give his / her opinion about a play, film, book, etc.

6 A ________ is the person who describes a sports event while its happening on TV or on the radio.

7 If you want to sell something, you might write about it in the ________ ads section of the newspaper.

8 The first page of a newspaper is called the ________ page.

12. ANSWERS

1 censored

2 forecast

3 horoscope

4 biased

5critic

6 commentator

7 small

8 front

13. Music Words...

1 Ac ________ is a group of people that sing together.

2 Ac ________ looks like a very big violin.

3 The person who directs an orchestra is called ac ________.

4 If a voice soundsm ________, its likely to send you to sleep.

5 At ________ is a man who has quite a high singing voice.

6 As ________ is an instrument you blow into, often played by jazz musicians.

14. ANSWERS

1 choir

2 cello

3 conductor

4 monotonous

5 tenor

6 saxophone