| Grammar exercises over the story A) The Simple Past Tense Retell the story in the past tense One day, Nasreddin was up on the roof of his house..... B) Reported Speech Complete the sentences by reporting Nasreddin’s and the beggar’s words 1. “Come down,” said the beggar. The baggar told Nasreddin ................................................................................ 2. “Come with me,” said Nasreddin. Nasreddin told the beggar .................................................................................. 3. I’ll tell you,” said the baggar. The beggar said ................................................................................................... 4. “What do you want?” asked Nasreddin. Nasreddin asked the old man .............................................................................. 5. "Can you give a little money to an old beggar?” asked the old man. The old man asked ................................................................................................ ANSWERS Test questions: c, a, c, b, b Fill in the gaps: mending / roof / calls / wants / down / ground / beggar / money climb / reach / no Grammar exercises A: is up / was up, is mending / was mending, has nearly finished / had nearly finished, is pleased / was pleased, hears a voice / heard a voice, calles “hello” / called “hello”, looks down / looked down, sees an old man / saw an old man, asks Nasreddin / asked Nasreddin, calls the man / called the man, is annoyed / was annoyed, is a polite man / was a polite man, puts down / put down, climbs all the way / climbed all the way, asks / asked, reaches / reached, thinks for a minute / thought for a minute, says / said, begins / began, folows / followed, are both sitting / were both sitting, turns to the beggar / turned to the beggar, says "no" / said "no" Grammar exercises B: 1. ......to come down 2. ......to come with him. 3. ...... he would tell him. 4. ...... what he wanted. 5. ...... if he could give a little money to an old beggar. |