"Infinitive.Reported Speech.Zero Conditionals"

Test for 9th form: «Infinitive. Reported Speech. Zero Conditionals»

1. Choose the right function of the infinitive.

1. It is easy to make mistakes.

• The subject
• Part of the predicate
• The object
• The attribute

1. To run every morning is very useful habit.

• The subject
• The attribute
• Part of the predicate

1. I asked him to inform me about news.

• Part of the predicate
• The attribute
• The object

1. Who will be the first to start working here?

• The object
• The attribute
• Part of the predicate

1. Our plan is to go to the Crimea for the summer.

• The attribute
• Part of the predicate
• The object

1. Rephrase the sentences using the infinitive.

Ex. I don’t even have a dress that I can wear. I don’t even have a dress to wear.

1. Peter lifted his small son on his shoulder so that he could see the parade.

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1. I have no books which I can read.

1. The boy had many toys which he could play with.

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1. Who has a pen or a pencil? I need something I could write with.

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1. Don’t forget that she has a baby which she must take care of.

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1. Write the following statements in Reported Speech.

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

1. Carrie said: «My room is on the second floor»

1. Peter said: «I have just received a letter from my uncle».

1. He said: «Conflicts will lead to bad relations and violence».

1. My mother said: «Conflicts is a natural thing in our life».

1. Kelly wrote in her letter: «I want to know why political parties and states have conflicts».

1. Frank said: « I sent an article how people resolved conflicts in a peaceful way».

1. Finish the sentences.

If plants (not be) watered, they (die).

I usually (ask) him to wait if he (get) there before me.

If you (not be) to Moscow, you (not visit) the Kremlin.

When I (be) late, my father (take) me to school.