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'What's that matter with her?' 'She thinks she's going to faint.'
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Exercises
Choose will ( 'll ) or ( be ) going to, whichever is correct or more likely, and one of
these verbs.
collapse
eat
enter
explode
have increase
leave
paint
phone
re-open
retire
see show
be sick
walk
1. Get out of the building! It sounds like the generator 's going to explode.
2. Tim _________ early before he reaches 65. He mentioned it at the meeting
recently.
3. 'I think I __________ home across the park.' ' That's a good idea.'
4. Next year, no doubt, more people __________ the competition as the prize
money increases.
5. 'Can we meet at 10.00 outside the station?' ' Okay. I ________ you there.'
6. Don't sit on that bench, I ________ it.
7. I'm not feeling well. In fact, I think I _________ !
8. Closed over the New Year period. This office _________ on 2nd January.
( sign on an office window ).
9. I'm sure you _________ a good time staying with Richard.
10. We _________ with Tim tonight. He's asked us to be there at 7.00.
11. 'The 2.35 to Bristol _________ from platform 5.' ( announcement at railway
station )
12. I wouldn't walk across that old bridge if I were you. It looks like it
____________ .
13. I read in the paper that they _______ the price of gas again.
14. Do you like my new solar watch? Here, I ________ you how it works.
15. 'Dr Jackson isn't in his office at the moment.' ' In that case, I ________ him at
home.
These sentences refer to the future. Complete them with either going to or the
present continuous, whichever is correct or more likely.
I can't go any further. I ________ on that bench for a while. ( sit )
The game _________ at two o'clock tomorrow. I hope you can be there. ( start )
The service here is very slow. I ________ to the manager if we're not served soon.
( complain )
I have a right to be heard, and no-one _________ me from putting my side of the
argument. ( stop )
The two leaders __________ for talks later this afternoon. ( meet )
The bank has announced that it _________ its interest rates by one per cent from
tomorrow. ( increase )
Are you _________ my questions or not ? ( answer )
I have to get up early tomorrow. I __________ a physics class at 8.00 in the morning.
( teach )
Before I apply for the job, I _________ more information about it.
( get )
REPORTED STATEMENTS
USE
When we report what someone has said, we change the pronouns.
'I understand you',said Ann. = Ann said (that) she understood him.
When we report what someone said in the past, we have to change the tense in
the Reported Speech.
FORM
Original tense and message
Present Simple:
'I need it.'
Present Continuous:
'He's sleeping.'
Present Perfect:
'She's gone out.'
Present Perfect Continuous:
'It's been working OK.'
Past Simple:
'He won.'
Past Continuous:
'He was snoring.'
Will:
'I'll do it.'
Be going to:
'She's going to be late.'
First Conditional:
'We'll go there if you want us to.'
Reported Speech
Past Simple:
He said he needed it.
Past Continuous:
They said he was sleeping.
Past Perfect:
He said she had gone out.
Past Perfect Continuous:
He said it had been working OK.
Past Perfect:
She said he had won.
Past Perfect Continuous:
She said he had been snoring.
Would:
She said she would do it.
Was/were going to:
He said she was going to be late.
Second Conditional:
They said they would go there if he
wanted them to.
Note that the Past Perfect, and the Second and Third Conditionals don't
change in the Reported Speech.
We usually change time and place expressions in the Reported Speech:
now = then; today = on that day; yesterday = the day before; last week = the
week before/the previous week; tomorrow = the next day/the following day;
at that time, at the moment = at that moment; here = there
REPORTED QUESTIONS
In reported questions we use ask, want to know + when, where, how, what, etc.
We use the same word order as in statements:
'Where do you come from?' = She asked me where I came from.
If there is no question word, we add if or whether.
'Do you speak French?' = He wanted to know if/ whether I spoke French.