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8.

London, where I lived for a year, is one of the most important cities in
the world.

9. Richard Gere, who is a very good actor, was the star of Pretty Woman.

10. Liz has gone to Washington, which is the capital of the USA.

………….

1- There is the hospital where I was born.

2. That was the summer when I met my wife.

3. France is the country where the best wine is produced.

4. 1945 was the year when the SWW ended.

5. That’s the hotel where I stayed last summer.

6. August is the month when most people go on holiday.

……………

1. I met a woman whose mother writes detective stories at the party.

2. I can’t remember the name of the woman whose parents used to work in
a circus.

3. The man whose wife is a English teacher came yesterday.

4. What’s the name of the man whose car you borrowed?

5. A few days ago I met a girl whose brother I went to school with.

6. We saw some people whose car had broken down.


EXTRA

1. David bought a new camera which/that was made in Japan.

2. I know the girl who/that is going to marry my cousin.

3. The man who we wrote an angry letter to left the town.


The man to whom we wrote an angry letter left the town.

4. The book is about a lawyer who/that is accused of murder.

5. The pen, which is blue, is on the desk.

6. Here is a postcard of the village where we spent three days.

7. Peter is going to marry a girl whose sister is in my class.

8. Picasso, who was a famous painter, was born in Spain.

9. The book (which/that) you lent me is fascinating.

10. The book,which has a red cover,is on the table.

11. A man, who was a story detective, grabbed my arm.

12. Andy is a famous sportman (who/that) I have just met.

13. The Smiths, whose house was broken into last month, forgot…..

14. The shop where Matt got his tongue pierced was in India.

15. The book (which/that) Ann lent to me is awful.

16. I first met Sally in 1999, when I was working in Dublin.

17. Pete has never talked to those students whose stay abroad was
amazing.
18. Please tell me the reason for which Linda got so upset.

19. Macalester is an American college where Kofi Annan studied.

20. In 1992, when Brenda was a baby, the Olympics took place in
Barcelona.

REPORTED SPEECH

1. I said to my brother that I would watch him play baseball the following
day.

2. Wendy told her instructor that she had left her tennis racket at home.

3. The swimmer said that the water was freezing cold.

4. She said that she might come to practise the next Monday.

5. My cousin said that he/she was getting used to working there.

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1. My mum told/asked/ordered me TO lock the door.

2. The coach asked/told/ordered the team To run six laps around the
stadium.

3. The lifeguard asked/told/ordered us/me/them NOT To swim so far from


the shore.

4. The teacher told/asked/ordered me not to speak so loud.

5. My aunt told/asked/ordered/invited me to come and visit her whenever I


wanted.

…..

1. He asked if/whether I liked tennis.


2. My brother asked me if/wether I had enjoyed the party the week before.

3. Helen asked if/whether I was happy living in that city.

4. Our teacher asked if/whether I had studied hard for my exam.

5. My mum asked if I had got the keys for her car.

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1. The policeman asked what my name was.

2. My friends wanted to know how long I had been in that town.

3. The teacher asked us where we were from.

4. Josh asked us why we had chosen those sports shoes.

5. The footballer asked where his teammates had gone.

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1. Mark suggested going and watching a movie that night.


Mark suggested that we go and watch a movie that night.

2. My sister suggested staying at home for dinner with our parents.


My sister suggested that we stay at home for dinner….

3. Ann suggested going to that disco the following day.


Ann suggested that we go to that disco the following day.

4. My friend suggested not going out in that rain.


My friend suggested that we don’t go out in that rain.
My friend said that we shouldn’t go out in that rain.

5. The trainer suggested starting running in the park the following week.
The trainer suggested that we start running…..
1. he lived in that town.

2. she was doing her homework.

3. Mary had written an email the day before.

4. he had found the keys that he had lost.

5. I would be happy in my new house.

6. she could go to the cinema with me.

7. she didn’t like dancing.

8. Paul wasn’t sleeping then.

9. she hadn’t read the question.

10. she wouldn’t forget what I had told her.

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1. if I liked music.

2. if she lived in Madrid.

3. if I had seen the film.

4. if I would travel to America.

5. if I had read that book.

6. where I worked.
2. when I had seen the book.

3. what I would buy.

4. why I was studying.


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- to stop smoking.
- to get out of the car.
- to be quiet.
- to go to my house.
- not to move.
- Not to sit down.
- not to turn off the lights.

- watching a film on TV / that we watch a film on TV.


- listening to music / that we listen to music.
-going to the park / that we go to the park.
- going home / that we go home.

1. I said to her that I had something to show her.

2. She said that nothing grew in her garden.

5. The husband affirmed that his wife had just arrived there.

6. The boy said that he had a German lesson and he hadn’t done his
homework yet.

7. The boss asked me if my father had worked there.

8. One of the men asked everyone what had happened to


Mr Budd.

9. The girl asked us who was going to live in the big house.
10. The man wondered why the 2:30 train had been
cancelled.

11. I told/ordered/asked her not to worry.

12. She told the pupil to take the books to the library.

13. He said that if he won the lottery, he would buy a new


car.

14. She suggested going to the park / that we go to the park.

15. She asked me where I had left my glasses.

1. He admitted taking/ having taken my pen.

2. He congratulated me on having passed/passing the exam.

3. He ordered me to finish the exercise.

4. He promised to send me the photos.

5. He advised me to pay them a visit.

6. He reminded me to give my mother a ring.


SEPTEMBER 2018

1. you ever driven a Porsche?

2. I could speak Arabic.

3. me for not receiving any money from our


parents.

4. not used to driving on the left.

5. is too expensive for me to buy / be bought.

6. have told you if I hadn’t thought that you


would be interested.

JUNIO 2019

1. CAN’T BE SOLD TO ANYONE WHO IS


UNDER 18.

2. to know if/whether I was the straight A student


who had received ….

3. had invited me I would have visited her when


she lived in …
4. weather is not as hot and dry as California’s.

5. had to wear a uniform when we were at school

6. said that there were no tickets left for that


concert.

SEPTEMBER 2019

1. If you hadn’t arrived late at the airport, you


wouldn’t have missed your plane to London.

2. harder you study, the better results you’ll get.

3. that she wasn’t going to the movies that night


because she had to study.

4. to know if he had done his homework and the


house chores she had assigned him.

5. you hadn’t been eating a lot of sugary food


lately, you wouldn’t have put on so much weight.

6. were arrested after the incident at the pub last


night.
JULIO 2020

1. is as rich as his uncle in this town.

2. Mary not to go on eating so many sweets.

3. was driven/was being driven by a drunk


politician.

4. hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t have felt sick


and about to vomit.

5. a nice day that we decided to go to the park.

SEPTIEMBRE 2020

1. AN AWFUL TIME at Susan’s birthday party


that they said they would never go again.

2. that she would cook dinner in a few minutes


since they seemed to be so hungry.

3. it hadn’t been raining, wwe would have had a


picnic.
4. was surprised with an amazing birthday present
by his old school friends.

5. as quich and easy as taking the bus to go to


work.

JUNIO 2021

1. as easy as

2. I finish / I have finished my homework, I am


allowed

3. what my cousin had studied

4. will be asked to repair

5. you get to the theatre on time, you will not

JULIO 2021

JUNIO 2022

1. NEVER seen such a

2. it must/may/might/can/should be
3. Arthur that he should not quit studying, or he
would regret it in the future.

4. Your drink will be brought by

5. she wouldn’t atttend the wedding unless she


received.

JULIO 2022

1. me that she would give me 15 euros if I looked


after little Carmen.

2. was woken up by a very loud noise.

3. is as good as Hollywood.

4. unless I were

5. only I had studied


1. I wish I knew many people.

2. If only I could give up smoking.

3. I wish I had enough money for the concert.

4. If only George were here.

5. I wish it weren’t so cold.

6. If only Tina would come to my party.

7. I wish he hadn’t been driving / hadn’t driven so


fast.

8. I wish I could stay in bed tomorrow.


If only I didn’t have to work

9. I wish I knew something about cars.

10. my husband had brought his credit card with


him / had remembered o bring

11. I had travelled more when I was young


12. you wouldn’t drive so fast

13. I had brought my camara with me

14. I could go out more at the weekend

15. he wouldn’t arrive late for class

16. I could be lying on the beach in the Bahamas

17. I could speak Italian to read this book in


original version.

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