Lesson test Inspiration 3 unit 7, lesson 2
GRAMMAR
1 In reported speech, verbs in the present usually change into the past, and verbs in the past usually change into the past perfect. Match (1–5) with (A–E).
Direct speech Reported speech
1 present simple A past perfect
2 present continuous B would
3 past simple C past simple
4 must D past continuous
5 will E had to
____ / 5 points
VOCABULARY
2 Find the odd word.
1 dog tail monkey
2 spam virus trunk
3 solution attachment filter
4 Turkish Hungary ISP
5 enormous tough spread
6 snail nerd cat
7 pig duck effect
8 household name worm elephant
9 print junk spam
10 email Internet snail
____ / 10 points
FUNCTION
3 Read the text. Which reports the underlined sentence: A, B or C? Choose the correct answer.
1 I did not press shift-2 to invent the @ sign.
2 No, I did not invent the @ sign!
3 The @ sign has been around for centuries.
4 Click here to read more about the history of the @ sign.
5 I didn’t invent email in 1972. It was in 1971. This confusion is my fault.
6 I don’t really remember the date. It was probably November or December 1971.
7 Some people think it is incredible that I don’t remember when the first email was sent.
8 I have seen a number of articles. Some were on the internet and some in print stating that the first email message was ‘QWERTYUIOP’. This isn’t true. I said that the first email message was something like ‘QWERTYUIOP’, but maybe it was ‘TESTING 1 2 3 4’.
9 Don't believe everything you read on the web. Remember, there are humans behind those web pages and humans make mistakes.
10 Do you want to find out more? Go to my webpage: http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/mistakes.html
1 A Ray told us that he had not pressed shift-2 to invent the @ sign.
B Ray said to him that had not pressed shift-2 to invent the @ sign.
C Ray asked us if he pressed shift-2 to invent the @ sign.
2 A Ray said that he was not inventing the @ sign.
B Ray said that he had not invented the @ sign.
C Ray told us to invent the @ sign.
3 A Ray told us the @ sign was around for centuries.
B Ray told us the @ sign is around for centuries.
C Ray told us the @ sign had been around for centuries.
4 A Ray asked us to read about the history of the @ sign.
B Ray told us to read about the history of the @ sign.
C Ray asked us if we wanted to read about the history of the @ sign.
5 A Ray said he invents email in 1972.
B Ray told us not to invent email in 1972.
C Ray told us he hadn’t invented email in 1972.
6 A Ray told us that he can’t really remember the date.
B Ray said that he hadn’t really remembered the date.
C Ray said that he didn’t really remember the date.
7 A Ray said that some people thought it was incredible.
B Some people said that Ray thought it was incredible.
C Ray said that some people had thought it was incredible.
8 A Ray said he had seen a number of articles.
B Ray said he sees a number of articles.
C Ray said he saw several articles.
9 A Ray told us not to believe everything we read on the web.
B Ray told you not to believe everything you read on the web.
C Ray told us that we had to believe everything that we read on the web.
10 A Ray said that we had visited his webpage.
B Ray told us to visit his webpage.
C Ray told us to visit my webpage.
Total : _____ / 25 points
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