**4. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. Don't forget to change the form of the word where necessary.**

1. He will place an **announcement** in the personal column of The Daily Telegraph.
2. The President addressed the nation in a television **broadcast**.
3. He had a strong Irish **accent**.

4. The college has brought me into **contact** with western ideas.
5. Mickey Mouse's **image** was plastered on billboards all over town.
6. The kids are watching cartoons on the Disney **channel**.

7. According to recent news **reports**, two of the victims are Americans.
8. The new series has gone down well with **viewers**.
9. The scandal was widely reported in the national **media**.

10. All you have to do is right-**click** on the desktop and select New Folder.
11. **Contact** the Tourist Information Bureau for further details.
12. The concert will be **broadcast** live on television and radio.

13. His latest book of poetry will be **published** by Faber in May.
14. He **pronounced** it Per-sha, the way the English do.
15. Bashir Gemayel was in Damascus when the news was **reported** to him.

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**5. Choose the right tense-form.**

I've been mad about surfing since the first time I **tried** it on holiday with my dad. I used to spend all my summers with my grandparents. They drove me to the beach every day and my granny swam in the freezing water without a wetsuit. After I left college I could only surf a few days a year because for several years I lived a six-hour drive from the coast. Six months ago, though, I **was given** a job in Galway and I **have been living** here since. It's close to some of the best surfing beaches in Ireland and this **means** I've been able to go surfing every weekend, which is fantastic. Since April I've been having lessons to become a surfing instructor - so far I **have had** four, which I have really enjoyed. When I **qualify**, I'm hoping to start my own surfing school with some friends. I have never entered a surfing competition and that's also something I'd like to do one day.

1. 1) was tried 2) have been trying 3) am trying 4) **tried** 5) try
2. 1) gave 2) was giving 3) have given 4) had given 5) **was given**
3. 1) live 2) **have been living** 3) was lived 4) will live 5) had lived
4. 1) is meant 2) will be meant 3) **means** 4) was meant 5) had meant
5. 1) **have had** 2) have 3) am having 4) will have 5) had had
6. 1) was qualifying 2) had qualified 3) am qualifying 4) was qualified 5) **qualify**

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**6. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.**

1. She asked them where they were going.
2. His friend told him to go away.
3. She asked me if I was ready to leave.
4. He said to her that he would pick her up at five o'clock.
5. Ruth says it's time for lunch.
6. Marilyn asked when I had arrived.
7. My father told me not to be late.
8. Pam said to us that Tom had already left.
9. Joe asked who was there.
10. She asked me what color skirt I had bought.
11. They told him that they were leaving early in the morning.
12. Dad told the boys not to go near the fire.