II. Change into direct speech :
1. The inspector asked the man if he always caught such an early train .
2. I asked her why she had been absent the day before .
3. He advised me to work harder and not to waste my time .
4. He wanted to know if had taken my breakfast and when I was going to leave .
5. She asked her friend when she was going to get married .
6. The police officer asked me whether I had seen the thief .
7. He offered me a cup of tea .
8. He suggested going a head and getting the tickets .
9. She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit .
10. He begged his father to forgive his mistake and promised not to make it again .
11. My friend told me to think well before I answered .
12. She asked me why I was pleased with that small modern house.
13. The father asked his son not to forget to post the letter .
14. He asked me to lend him my camera .
III. Choose the correct answer from those given in brackets.
1. She said that she never (work , worked , has worked , would work ) on Sundays .
2. Sami said that he (has finished , finished , finishing , had finished ) then .
3. Ali (suggested , told , asked , said ) if father would arrive the next day.
4. Tom asked Sam (if he has, why he had, why he has, why had he) been late.
5. My father (asked, insisted, said, told) me to work hard to succeed.
6. He asked me if I ( know , knew , known , knows ) what was inside the package .
7. I told him that the weather ( was , would be , had been , is ) fine the next day .
8. They said that they were tired and ( need , needed , ask , asked ) some rest .
9. He warned me that if I (went , go , had gone , would go ) to swim I would be drowned .
10. She asked me if I ( will help , to help , helped , help ) her .
11. She ( wanted , asked , exclaimed , ordered ) that her dress was fine .
12. He asked me ( not to use , if I didn’t use , did not use , if I had used ) that new car , and said I hadn’t .
13. Our leader says that we ( have to be , had to be , had been , have been ) well prepared .
14. He told me ( that I put , to put , will put , should put ) it on the table .
15. He advised me (to speak , not speak, speak no , not speaking ) until I was spoken to .
16. They ( asked , advised , claimed , ordered ) her to sing a song .
17. The doctor told him (that take , took , to take , taking ) rest .
18. The teacher (asked , advised , begged , told ) me to clean the blackboard.
19. I told her ( not to drop it , to drop it , dropped it , shouldn’t drop it ) or it would break .
20. He advised me to work hard otherwise I ( to fail , failed , would fail , can fail) .
21. When he entered the room the boss asked him (to come here , to come in , to go there , went there ) .
22. The patient asked (if he looks, what he looked, if he looked , how he looked ) all right .
23. I asked him where (he would be, would he be, was he , he is ) the following day .
24. He asked the tourist when she (will , would , would have , must) come again .
PREPOSTIONS
1 a) At, In, Off ( showing place, position ) تبين الموقع أو المكان
b) In, With ( describing people and their possessions )
تصف الناس وممتلكاتهم
(a) *At is used with address ( number or name of a house, etc. ) or to indicate a certain point.
تستخدم at مع عنوان ( رقم أو اسم المنزل ) أو لتبين موقعا معينا
He lives at 28, Shoubra Street.
A large crowd was waiting at the bus-stop.
* In indicates an enclosed space تبين موقعا محدودا
There were a lot of people in the street.
I would like to live in a warm country.
He lives in Berlin.
Note
In or at may be used with the same noun, but there is a slight difference in meaning.
قد تستخدم in أو at مع نفس الاسم ولكن هناك اختلاف في المعنى.
At means inside, just outside or just beside.
( i.e. the exact position is not clear.) ( الموقع الدقيق غير واضح )
In means inside only.
Compare:
(We are not sure whether I’ll see you at hotel.
This means at the entrance, just outside or inside the hotel ) .
I’ll see you in the hotel. (Here, We know we must go inside the hotel ).
* Off indicates separation and is, generally speaking the opposite of on. عن الانفصال ) off تعبر )
( The lid was on the jar.) The lid came off easily.
( You have your coat on ). Take your coat off.
b) * In is also used to describe what someone is wearing.
تستخدم in أيضا لتصف ما يلبسه شخص.
She was (dressed) in blue jeans.
* With indicates something that is a part of or accompanying a person or thing.
تدل with عن شىء هو جزء أو مصاحب لشخص أو شىء
The man with long hair is a poet.
The woman with the brown handbag is my mother.
2 Prepositions used with certain phrases to express time .
حروف جر تستخدم مع عبارات معينة لتعبر عن الزمن
• At is used to show :
a) a point of time . وقت محدد
at 2 o’clock ; at sunset ; at night ; at tea-time ; at any time : at any moment .
b) age. العمر أو السن
at ( the age of ) twenty .
• In is used :
a) before months. قبل الشهور
in January / February / etc.
b) before years. قبل السنين
in 1952 ; in the year 1973.
c) before seasons . قبل الفصول
in (the) winter / summer / etc.
d) before a period of the day . قبل فترة من اليوم
in the morning / evening . ( but at night )
• On is used :
a) with days مع الأيام on Friday / Saturday / etc.
on the first day of the month .
b) with dates : مع التاريخ on 20th May , etc.
c) in phrases such as : on that winter morning ; on a summer afternoon .
• from……till (until) : for “a period of time”
He stayed with me from 6 till 8 .
• during
a) throughout طول : during the night .
b) at a point of time within a period . أثناء
He spoke twice during the meeting .
* until / till : حتى . إلى أن up to that time .
He will not arrive until 10 o’clock .
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