Form 11

“Make up your mind”

Test 2

Task 1

Read each sentence and change it into indirect speech:

1.        “I will meet you at the park tomorrow”, said my friend.

2.        “I saw a shooting star last night”, said the boy.

3.        “She has been practicing piano for an hour”, said her mother.

4.        “He is allergic to peanuts”, said his doctor.

5.        “He can drive”, his father said.

6.        “Do you love me?” Mark asked.

7.        “We are writing a test”, she explained me.

8.        “Where are my shoes?” Bill asked. 9. She said, “Go upstairs”

10.“Don’t be angry with me”, he said. Task 2

Read and complete the text below. For each of the empty space choose the correct answer:

Mr. Sellyer is selling books

One day I (1) ___ to a bookshop to look through new books. Mr. Sellyer showed me to the back of the shop where I could find some interesting books. While I was looking (2) ___ the books, I could watch Mr.Sellyer at work and see some of his methods.

A fashionably dressed woman was standing at the corner and Mr Sellyer was showing a book to her.

‘You are quite sure it’s the (3) ___?’ the lady was saying to Mr. Sellyer. ‘Oh, yes, Mrs. Rassel’, answered the manager. ‘This is Mr. Slush’s latest book. It’s having a wonderful sale.’

I looked at the title, the name of the book was Golden Dreams.

Another lady (4) ___ the bookshop. She was in deep mourning and looked (5) ___ a widow. She asked the manager to show her some new books, something new in fiction. ‘Yes, Madam, here’s a charming thing Golden Dreams. The critics say that it’s one of the (6) ___ things, written by this author’.

‘Is it a good book?’ asked the lady.

‘A charming one’, said the manager. ‘It’s a love story very simple and sweet and wonderfully charming. My wife was reading it aloud only last night. She was crying all the time while she was reading it.’

The lady bought Golden Dreams and (7) ___ the shop.

‘Have you (8) ___ good light reading for vacation time?’ asked the next lady. ‘Yes’, said Mr. Sellyer. ‘Golden Dreams is the most humorous book of the (9) ___. My wife was reading it aloud only yesterday. She was laughing all the time while she was reading it.’

The lady paid (10) ___ the book and went out.

So every customer who entered the shop went away with Golden Dreams. To one lady the manager sold Golden Dreams as the reading for a holiday, to another as the book to read after the holiday, another bought it to read on a rainy day and the fourth as the right book for a fine day.

When I was leaving a bookshop, I went up to the manager and asked him, ‘Do you like the book yourself?’

‘Dear me!’ said the manager. ‘I’ve no idea of the book. I’ve no time to read every book. I’m selling.’ ‘And did your wife really like the book?’ ‘I am not married, Sir’, answered the manager smiling.

Task 3

You saw an ad asking for a babysitter. You need some extra money so you have decided to apply for the job. Write your letter of application according to the plan below:

PLAN

Introduction

Para 1: greeting, the purpose of your writing.

Main body

Para 2: mention where you saw the ad and the job you are applying for.

Para 3: give information about your age, qualifications, previous experience (if any) and personal qualities.

Conclusion

Para 4: ask when you can come for an interview; when you could start working; closing remarks; your signature.