GRAMMAR
Reported speech
Turn the sentences below into reported speech in the past. Do not use “said that or “told me that to
introduce the reported speech, and DO NOT repeat any introducing sentence.
1 Michael tells you: “My eyes hurt today”
Last month he told me that his eyes were hurting
2 Sarah warns you: “ Don’t wait until tomorrow!”
last week she warned me not to wait until the next day
3 Yassin whispers: “Next week we don’t go on a trip !”
Last month Yassin whispered me that we wouldn’t go on a trip the following week
4 Jo admits to Jack: “ I haven’t had any breakfast last week”.
Last month jo admitted to jack that she didn’t have any breakfast the previous week
Seppe swears: “We didn’t party yesterday!”
Last week seppe swore that he didn’t party the day before.
“don’t tell her this terrible news”
He asked me not to tell her
“you look better than yesterday”.
He told me that I look better than the day before .
“I will fix your car tomorrow!”
He promised me that he will fix my car the following day.
“I’ve been having terrible nightmares this week”
I reported to mum that I had been having terrible nightmares that week.
“I have never met that girl in my life”.
I texted to my friend that i had never met that girl in my life.
“how are you doing today?”
I texted to my friend how he was doing that day.
Relative clauses
Turn the sentences below into one sentence containing a relative clause. Beware of the commas.
1 Thomas ‘ father is a professor. Thomas forgot his umbrella
Thomas, whose father is a prof, forgot his umbrella.
2 I have one black cat. I adore my black cat. It caught a mouse yesterday.
My black cat, that I adore, caught a mouse yesterday
, 3 I have many muslim friends. They all condemn terrorism.
I have many Muslim friends who all condemn terrorism.
4 I read three books last week. I really enjoyed one of them.
I read three books last week, which really enjoyed one of them.
6 Brussels is the capital of Belgium. Brussels houses the EU headquarters.
Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium, houses the EU headquarters.
7 There were 4 girls. I recognized two. They all looked gorgeous.
The 4 girls, of who I recognized 2, were all looking gorgeous.
8 One of my brothers lives in Sidney. He came to see me last month.
My brothers who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.
Third Conditional
Make full sentences from the words given. Beware of tenses en conjugations of irregular verbs.
1 Yesterday Mustafa had 20 beers. He crashed his car against a tree….
If not drink so much/ not drive car against tree
If mustefa hadn’t drunk so many beers, he wouldn’t have driven his car against the tree.
2 Since yesterday, Soukaina owns a Ferrari. She paid with her money from Euro millions.
Not buy Ferrari/if not win lottery
She wouldn’t have bought a Ferrari, if she hadn’t won the lottery
3 köse gave a super presentation. The teacher told Köse she could become a fantastic teacher.
Teacher not give kose compliment/if presentation not be wonderful
The teacher wouldn’t have given kose a compliment. if her presentation hadn’t been wonderful
Modal verbs
In the text below, please replace ‘should’ by another modal verb. Do NOT use the same modal
TWICE.
Dennis, Mohamed, Yasmine and Jenny are at a party …. It’s almost midnight. Mohamed and Yasmine
are preparing to go home. Dennis is drunk and asks them to stay a bit longer.
(In het rood vervangen)
1 Mohamed replies: ”Sorry, but I really should go now, because I want to get up early to study”.
I really must go now.
2 Yasmina replies: “I would really love to stay a bit longer, but I really should go now, or I will miss
the last bus.
I really can go now.
Reported speech
Turn the sentences below into reported speech in the past. Do not use “said that or “told me that to
introduce the reported speech, and DO NOT repeat any introducing sentence.
1 Michael tells you: “My eyes hurt today”
Last month he told me that his eyes were hurting
2 Sarah warns you: “ Don’t wait until tomorrow!”
last week she warned me not to wait until the next day
3 Yassin whispers: “Next week we don’t go on a trip !”
Last month Yassin whispered me that we wouldn’t go on a trip the following week
4 Jo admits to Jack: “ I haven’t had any breakfast last week”.
Last month jo admitted to jack that she didn’t have any breakfast the previous week
Seppe swears: “We didn’t party yesterday!”
Last week seppe swore that he didn’t party the day before.
“don’t tell her this terrible news”
He asked me not to tell her
“you look better than yesterday”.
He told me that I look better than the day before .
“I will fix your car tomorrow!”
He promised me that he will fix my car the following day.
“I’ve been having terrible nightmares this week”
I reported to mum that I had been having terrible nightmares that week.
“I have never met that girl in my life”.
I texted to my friend that i had never met that girl in my life.
“how are you doing today?”
I texted to my friend how he was doing that day.
Relative clauses
Turn the sentences below into one sentence containing a relative clause. Beware of the commas.
1 Thomas ‘ father is a professor. Thomas forgot his umbrella
Thomas, whose father is a prof, forgot his umbrella.
2 I have one black cat. I adore my black cat. It caught a mouse yesterday.
My black cat, that I adore, caught a mouse yesterday
, 3 I have many muslim friends. They all condemn terrorism.
I have many Muslim friends who all condemn terrorism.
4 I read three books last week. I really enjoyed one of them.
I read three books last week, which really enjoyed one of them.
6 Brussels is the capital of Belgium. Brussels houses the EU headquarters.
Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium, houses the EU headquarters.
7 There were 4 girls. I recognized two. They all looked gorgeous.
The 4 girls, of who I recognized 2, were all looking gorgeous.
8 One of my brothers lives in Sidney. He came to see me last month.
My brothers who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.
Third Conditional
Make full sentences from the words given. Beware of tenses en conjugations of irregular verbs.
1 Yesterday Mustafa had 20 beers. He crashed his car against a tree….
If not drink so much/ not drive car against tree
If mustefa hadn’t drunk so many beers, he wouldn’t have driven his car against the tree.
2 Since yesterday, Soukaina owns a Ferrari. She paid with her money from Euro millions.
Not buy Ferrari/if not win lottery
She wouldn’t have bought a Ferrari, if she hadn’t won the lottery
3 köse gave a super presentation. The teacher told Köse she could become a fantastic teacher.
Teacher not give kose compliment/if presentation not be wonderful
The teacher wouldn’t have given kose a compliment. if her presentation hadn’t been wonderful
Modal verbs
In the text below, please replace ‘should’ by another modal verb. Do NOT use the same modal
TWICE.
Dennis, Mohamed, Yasmine and Jenny are at a party …. It’s almost midnight. Mohamed and Yasmine
are preparing to go home. Dennis is drunk and asks them to stay a bit longer.
(In het rood vervangen)
1 Mohamed replies: ”Sorry, but I really should go now, because I want to get up early to study”.
I really must go now.
2 Yasmina replies: “I would really love to stay a bit longer, but I really should go now, or I will miss
the last bus.
I really can go now.
