Стр.76 Unit 6 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс

Grammar 2 Check reporting verbs

See page 171 for information about reporting verbs.

1. Choose the correct option.

   1. Jane told me she had spent 5.000 pounds on a painting!
   2. We asked if we could see the film again.
   3. Mike said that he enjoyed your book a lot.
   4. Jessica told Jim that she loved reading romantic novels.
   5. I said that I didn’t want to go to the cinema tonight.
   6. Nelly asked me if I’d seen the last episode of Lost.

2. Read the news story quickly ignoring the gaps. Why was the artist sent to prison?

3. Now read the news story below again and complete with reporting verbs from the box.

   added, admitted, asked, claimed, denied, said, told, warned

   Five years for fooling the art world

   A 47 year-old Bolton artist has been jailed for five years. In court, Bob Harris 1) ______ that he was guilty. However, Judge Sir Toby Knuckles 2) ______ that Harris must be punished. He 3) ______ that Harris had wasted his great skills to deceive instead of making an honest living. Harris’ skills certainly were impressive. His forgeries ranged from fake ancient Roman sculptures to copies of modern landscape masterpieces. Bolton Council, for example, agreed to pay Harris 400,000 pounds for a fake Egyptian statue. Today, Ned Bungle, who bought the statue for the Council, 4) ______ that he should have been more careful. However, lawyers 5) ______ the court that Bungle was not the only one deceived by the fakes. The Bolton-born artist 6) ______ he had inherited the ‘masterpieces’ from his grandparents. He had hoped to sell a fake portrait to London’s Tate Gallery, but an expert realized it was not authentic. When police 7) ______ him if he knew the works were forgeries, Harris refused to admit anything. Judge Knuckles 8) ______ galleries not to be fooled by artists like Harris in the future.

4. Listen to eight short extracts and choose a reporting verb (a–h) for what the people (1–8) say.

   • a admit
   • b advise
   • c beg
   • d complain
   • e deny
   • f promise
   • g refuse
   • h threaten

5. Report what the people say using reporting verbs from the box.

   admit, invite, promise, complain, suggest, warn

   1. ‘I’ve never read a book in my life,’ said Alex.
   2. ‘There’s nothing good on TV tonight,’ said Karen.
   3. ‘Why don’t we go to the theatre for a change?’ Mike said.
   4. ‘Don’t worry. I’ll get you tickets for the show,’ George said.
   5. ‘Don’t go to see the new James Bond film. It’s terrible,’ said Mandy.
   6. ‘Would you like to come to the exhibition with me?’ Angela said.

Quick chat!

• Was Bob Harris an artist or a criminal? What do you think?
• Would you buy a fake work of art if it looked good?