Rewrite the sentences using reported speech.
"I haven't heard from Michael for quite some time," Paul said.
"Anthony was late this morning," Tom said.
"It's so chilly this evening," Jill said.
"We're going away on holiday next week," Sue said.
"Let's meet at the train station at 7:00," Diana said.
"You can visit us whenever you like," Mary said.
"They're getting married in the spring," Patty said.
"My brother is in hospital," Lucy said.
"We won the final match," Charlie said.
"I'd like to go to summer camp," John said.
Fill in: aside, back, in or off.
The spring set …: the weather was warm and pleasant.
It’s late, we should set … as soon as we can.
If you want to go abroad you’d better set … enough money for it.
The storm set the travellers … for a day.
The frosty weather set … and we put our warm clothes on.
They set … early in the morning to be on time.
I set … quiet a sum to buy a new TV.
Words often confused
1. Arrive at/in- приехать, прибыть куда-то
When he first arrived in New York, he didn't speak a word of English.
We were the last to arrive at the station.
Get to- добраться до
We got to Paris that evening.
What time do you normally get home from work?
Reach - добраться до, доезжать, достигать
We reached London late at night.
The pyramids can be reached by public transport.
trip
2. Bring - принести, привести
We won't reach Miami till five or six o'clock.
Fetch (сходить и) принести:
Can you fetch my glasses from the bedroom?
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.
Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.
Deliver - доставлять
They can deliver the sofa on Wednesday.
They set off to deliver supplies to an isolated village.
3. Voyage - long journey, especially by ship, or in space (путешествие, плавание)
The voyage from England to India used to take six months.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.
Journey – путешествие
I still use my car, but now I make fewer journeys.
Before setting off on a journey, look at maps and guidebooks.
Trip - a journey in which you visit a place for a short time and come back again (поездка)
a business trip, a day trip to Paris
We might take a trip to Spain later in the summer.
Words often confused
4. Excursion - a short journey made by a group of people for pleasure (экскурсия)
Expedition - экспедиция, поход an organized journey, especially a long one for a particular purpose
Peary led the first expedition to the North Pole.
Tour - a visit to and around a place, area, or country (путешествие, турне)
a tour of Europe
We went on a guided tour of the cathedral.
The band are on tour.
5. Place - a position, building, town, area, etc (место)
His leg's broken in two places.
Edinburgh would be a nice place to live.
What a stupid place to park.
Room - space for things to fit into (место, пространство)
Is there enough room for all of us in your car?
Can everyone move up a bit to make room for these people?
There's hardly enough room to move in here.
gap - an empty space or hole in the middle of something, or between two things (щель, промежуток)
There's quite a big gap between the door and the floor.
The sun was shining through a gap in the curtains.
5. Foreign –
a foreign language/student, foreign cars/films
• The tour went through seven foreign countries in two weeks.
There was no address, and the writing was in a foreign language.
strange – странный, незнакомый, чужой
I was stuck in a strange town with no money.
Curious – любопытный
I was curious about his life in India.
I was curious to know what would happen next.
Dependent prepositions
at
for
off
on
without
in
the seaside на побережье
hire напрокат
season вне сезона
board на борту
delay безотлагательно
advance заранее
Fill in the prepositions
There are less people … the seaside if you travel … season.
You can take a bike … hire and travel around the city.
The crew should be … board the ship on time and it will leave the port … delay.
You can save a lot of time if you book your tickets and hotel … advance.
Key: at, off, for, on, without, in.
Word formation: abstract nouns
Adjective + ness = noun
Happy - happiness
Polite - politeness
Kind - kindness
Crazy - craziness
Smart - smartness
Careful - carefulness
Quiet - quietness
Noisy - noisiness
Verbs + ment = noun
Development
Achievement
Appointment
Amazement
Amusement
Surprizement
Attachment
Have more practice
Thank you for … (kind).
The city … (develop) was fast.
They looked at us in … (amaze).
I’m having the doctor’s … (appoint) on Friday.
He always shows … (polite) to people.
His … (achieve) are really impressive.
kindness
developement
amazement
appointment
politeness
achievements
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