SYLLABUS/TOPIC: Indirect Speech
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 20 questions, the answers are provided.
1. The teacher promised ___ .
A) that we can learn three English songs.
B) if we learn three English songs.
C) we would learn three English songs.
D) whether we would learn three English songs.
E) who will learn three English songs.
2. Bill: “Have you seen any interesting comedy lately, Nancy?”
Bill asked Nancy ___ .
A) if he will see an interesting film
B) if he saw an interesting comedy lately
C) what comedy Nancy saw lately
D) if she had seen any interesting comedy lately
E) if she would see an interesting comedy
3. Nick: “Did you see a bird in the tree?”
Nick wonders ___ in the tree.
A) if I saw a bird.
B) that I saw a bird.
C) if I had seen a bird.
D) whether I see a bird.
E) if I have seen a bird.
4. Dick to Lucy: Have you received my telegram ?
Dick asked if ___ .
A) Lucy had received his telegram.
B) Lucy has received his telegram
C) Lucy would receive his telegram
D) Lucy will receive his telegram
E) Lucy received his telegram
5. Ann: Write down my address.
Ann asked me ___ .
A) he wrote down my address
B) to write down her address
C) he had written her address
D) she writes down her address
E) she wrote down his address
6. He said, “I’m very busy today.”
He said ___ .
A) he had been very busy that day
B) he is very busy today
C) he was very busy that day
D) I’m very busy today
E) I had been very busy that day
7. Lena said, “Where have you been yesterday?”
Lena asked ___ .
A) where she had been the day before.
B) where she had been yesterday.
C) where she was the day before.
D) where she could be the day before.
E) where she hasn’t been before.
8. He thought: “What am I going to do?”
He thought ___ .
A) what was he going to do
B) what he was going to do
C) what he is going to do
D) it he was going to do
E) what is he going to do
9. Mother asked me ___ .
A) why I have spent all the money
B) that I had spent all the money
C) if I had spent all the money
D) when I spend all the money
E) if I will spend all the money
10. “Don’t play in the street!”
A) My mother told me don’t play in the street.
B) My mother said to play in the street.
C) She asked me to play in the street.
D) My mother told me not to play in the street.
E) My mother said I should play in the street.
11. Ann: “Is your sister good at English?”
Ann asked me ___ .
A) that my sister is good at English
B) if my sister was good at English
C) whether my sister is good at English
D) my sister is good at English
E)her sister was good at English
12. Tom: “Don’t forget to bring my book, Ann”.
Tom asked Ann: ___ .
A) that she didn’t forget to bring his book
B) that she doesn’t bring his book
C) not to forget to bring his book
D) not to forget to bring her book
E) if she didn’t forget to bring the book
13. Mother: “We are going to have supper”.
Mother says ___ .
A) they are going to have supper
B) they were going to have supper
C) that they would have supper
D) they won’t have supper
E) they haven’t had supper yet
14. Jack said: “I was at home yesterday.”
Jack said ___ .
A) he was at home.
B) Jack said he was at home the day before
C) he will be at home.
D) he had been at home a week ago.
E) he had been at home the day before.
15. “Do you go in for sports?”, he asked.
He asked ___ .
A) he went in for sports.
B) if I went in for sports.
C) if I’ll go in for sports.
D) I should go in for sports.
E) if I had gone in for sports.
16. “Will Tom help me?” she said.
She asked ___ .
A) will Tom help her
B) if Tom would help her
C) whether he will help her
D) whether would he help her
E) that Tom would be helping her
17. Peter said, “Alice, are you busy now?”
Peter asked Alice ___ .
A) she was busy.
B) if she was busy then.
C) she would be busy.
D) if she wasn’t busy then.
E) if she is busy.
18. My sister said: “I hope we shall go on an excursion to the lake”.
My sister said that ___ on an excursion to the lake”.
A) she hopes we will go
B) she didn’t hope that we shall go
C) she hoped they would go
D) she hoped we were going
E) she hoped we can go
19. Jim and Julia have been in the restaurant for an hour and they
have not been served yet. Julia is angry. “You said ___ a good
place’’
A) it is
B) it has been
C) it will be
D) it was
E) it can’t be
20. “Did you work at a factory 3 years ago?” she asked her friend.
She asked her friend if she ___ .
A) worked at a factory 3 years ago.
B) had worked at a factory 3 years before.
C) really worked at a factory 3 years before.
D) work at a factory.
E) worked at a factory for 3 years.
ANSWERS:
1-C
2-D
3-A
4-A
5-B
6-C
7-A
8-B
9-C
10-D
11-B
12-C
13-A
14-E
15-B
16-B
17-B
18-C
19-D
20-B
21. She said she ___ her friend for ages.
A) didn’t
B) hadn’t seen
C) hasn’t seen
D) doesn’t see
E) saw
22. He asked her “Did anybody call this morning?”
He asked her ___ .
A) if anybody called this morning
B) if somebody had called that morning
C) if somebody called that morning
D) who called that morning
E) had called anybody that morning
23. Teacher: “Tom, read the story, please”.
Teacher asked Tom ___ .
A) to read the story
B) read the story
C) that he reads it
D) whether he reads the story
E) it he read the story
24. He said “I met him in 1950”.
He said ___ .
A) I met him in 1950
B) he had been met by him in 1950
C) he used to meet him in 1950
D) he had met him in 1950
E) he was meeting him in 1950
25. Jane asked Bob: “What did you buy yesterday?”
Jane asked Bob what ___ .
A) he would buy the next day
B) he bought yesterday
C) he had bought the day before
D) he has just bought
E) his friend had already bought
26. He said, “I do not want to see this film”.
He said that ___ .
A) he did not want to see that film.
B) he doesn’t want to see a film.
C) he didn’t want to see this film.
D) he wanted to see that film.
E) not to see that film.
27. He says “What do the pupils study?”
He asks ___ .
A) what do the pupils study.
B) what the pupils study.
C) what the pupils studied.
D) what the pupils have studied study.
E) whether the pupils study something.
28. My mother told me ___ .
A) did not go there.
B) that I can go there.
C) not to go there.
D) not going there.
E) let not go there.
29. The director wondered ___ .
A) if I know English.
B) If I knew English.
C) he knows English.
D) how I know English.
E) who has known English.
30. Mary says “I clean my room every day.”
Mary says that ___ .
A) I clean her room every day.
B) she cleans my room every day.
C) she cleaned her room every day.
D) she cleans her room every day.
E) her room was cleaned every day.
31. - “Have you seen my daughter?” a woman is asking her neighbor.
A woman is asking her neighbor ___ her daughter.
A) has she seen
B) have I seen
C) if she has seen
D) if they have seen
E) have you seen
32. He ___ me if I ___ a taxi yesterday.
A) will ask / takes
B) ask / take
C) is asking / shall take
D) asked / had taken
E) will ask / take
33. She asked in surprise ___ .
A) if he had really read all the books
B) if this is what her mother buys her
C) if the cafe is still open
D) whether I have already read his article
E) did she caused much trouble
34. The doctor asked his nurse ___ .
A) when is she going to give the medicine to the
B) if she would come in time the following day
C) if the patient prepared for the operation
D) if the tests are ready for applicants
E) when the patient feels asleep tell me
35. They ___ us that they ___ from their families for more than a
year.
A) tell / were not hearing
B) would be told / hear
C) had told / don’t hear
D) told / had not heard
E) told / will be hearing
36. Teachers always tell their pupils ___ .
A) not to cross street when the traffic light is red
B) doesn’t cross the road on red traffic light
C) don’t ask many questions if they are not
D) when they come to the lesson
E) they helped their parents
37. I wondered ___ .
A) if the train had come on time
B) had the train come on time
C) whether the train comes on time
D) if the train will come on time
E) when the train is due to come
38. She promised her friends she ___ and ___ them the next day.
A) had come / had seen
B) will come / see
C) would come / see
D) comes / sees
E) came / saw
39. “You must do what you are told”.
She said ___ .
A) that must do what I was told
B) what have to do what I was told
C) what had to do what I was told
D) that she must do what she was told
E) she had to do what she was told
40. The sergeant said that nothing ___ from the two boys since they
___ at the Victoria Station.
A) was heard / saw
B) will be heard / were seen
C) had been heard / were seen
D) had heard / saw
E) would have heard / were seen
ANSWERS:
21-B
22-B
23-A
24-D
25-C
26-A
27-B
28-C
29-B
30-D
31-C
32-D
33-A
34-B
35-D
36-A
37-A
38-C
39-E
40-C
41. Nick whispered: “I know that the boys were angry with me”.
Nick whispered that ___ .
A) he knows that the boys were angry with me
B) he knew that the boys were angry with him
C) he knows that the boys were angry with him
D) I know that the boys were angry with me
E) he knew that the boys had been angry with him
42. Alice is told: “Clean your teeth twice a day!”
Alice is told ___
A) clean her teeth twice a day
B) if she cleans her teeth twice a day
C) clean your teeth twice a day
D) to clean her teeth twice a day
E) cleaned her teeth twice a day
43. I am always asked ___ .
A) why am I late
B) are you late
C) is he absent
D) why was I present
E) if I am on duty
44. Julia continued, “You said ___ good service.”
A) you knew the owner and always got
B) you know the owner and have got
C) you know the owner and get
D) you know the owner and will get
E) you know the owner and are going to get
45. Julia continued, “You said ___ .”
A) you have been here before
B) you were here yesterday
C) you will be here tomorrow
D) you are here now
E) you had been here before
46. He wanted to know ___ .
A) whether she knows him
B) if she knew him
C) that she knew him
D) what she knew him
E) did she know him
47. “When will you be there, Tom?” asked Dan.
Dan asked Tom ___ .
A) when you will be there
B) when he will be there
C) when he would be there
D) when his friend would be there
E) when you would be there
48. He said to me: “I’ll come as soon as I can”.
He told me that ___ .
A) he came as soon as he would be able
B) he would come as soon as I could
C) he comes as soon as he can
D) he would come as soon as he could
E) I would come as soon as I could
49. He has just said, “I want to speak to you”.
He has just said ___ .
A) he wants to speak to me
B) he wanted to speak to me
C) I want to speak to her
D) he had wanted to speak to me
E) he will want to speak to me
50. Mother told me “Don’t stay out long’’.
Mother told me ___ .
A) did not stay out long
B) not to stay out long
C) that I mustn’t stay out long
D) I shouldn’t stay out long
E) stay out long
51. “Where did they spend the vacation?”
Tom said ___ .
A) they came back.
B) they had spent it at the seaside.
C) they were young.
D) they left for an hour.
E) they have spent it at home.
52. The secretary said to the visitor: “ When did you graduate from
the University?”
The secretary asked the visitor ___ .
A) when he graduates from the University.
B) when did he graduate from the University.
C) when he had graduated from the University.
D) when did she graduate from the University.
E) he graduated from the University.
53. What will you do if Jack is out when you come?
She asked me ___ .
A) what would I do if Jack was out when I came
B) what I will do if Jack is out when I come
C) what I would do if Jack was out when I came
D) what Jack would do if I was out when he came
E) what I will do if Jack was out when I came
54. Jane said, “I shall help you.”
Jane said ___ .
A) she helped us
B) she will help him
C) she helps us
D) she would help us
E) she had helped us
55. The manager wondered ___ .
A) if the customers’ answer can be positive
B) if the visitors are coming
C) whether the letters are being posted
D) if the paper has been typed
E) if the secretary had come
56. I ___ I ___ her back.
A) thought / would get
B) thought / shall get
C) think / had got
D) thinks / am get ting
E) doesn’t think / get
57. The father wondered ___ .
A) what mark his daughter gets
B) where the mother is
C) how his son does at school
D) if his daughter had passed her exams
E) whether everybody is at home
58. The teacher asked her pupils ___ .
A) where are their textbooks
B) where their textbooks are
C) where their textbooks were
D) be quiet, please, listen to me
E) why they open the text books
59. I ___ my mother___ want to meet her new son-in-law for the
first time in my presence.
A) knows / will not
B) had known / will not
C) knew / would not
D) know / had not
E) shall know / did not
60. The man said:” I have brought all my things “.
The man said ___ .
A) I have brought all his things.
B) that he had brought all his things.
C) he has brought all his things.
D) they have brought all his things.
E) that he brought all his things.
ANSWERS:
41-E
42-D
43-E
44-A
45-E
46-B
47-C
48-D
49-B
50-B
51-B
52-C
53-C
54-D
55-E
56-A
57-D
58-C
59-C
60-B
61. “Don’t make so much noise, Michael,” said Ellen.
Ellen told Michael ___ so much noise.
A) to make
B) not to make
C) do make
D) don’t make
E) didn’t make
62. A foreigner asked: “How do English people spend their Sundays?”
A foreigner asked how ___ their Sundays.
A) do English people spend
B) did English people spend
C) English people spent
D) English people spend
E) had English people spent
63. The film director was asked ___ .
A) if he likes to play on grass
B) which airline he works for
C) if he had ever won an Oscar
D) that he took part in the concert
E) why he is nervous before the match
64. The police officer asked us ___ .
A) are we going that way
B) where we were going
C) when did the tram stop
D) if could we stop at the traffic light
E) whether we speak English
65. He said that ___ .
A) his friend is learning English
B) our classroom will be cleaned tomorrow
C) they were going to the nearest post-office
D) his car was stolen a few weeks ago
E) there is nothing to do
66. He said to her, “Don’t enter the room”.
He ordered her ___ the room.
A) not to enter
B) to enter
C) didn’t enter
D) doesn’t enter
E) do not enter
67. “How far do I have to walk?” she asked me.
She wanted to know how far ___ to walk.
A) she had
B) she has
C) I have
D) I had
E) she will have
68. She told him that she ___ to see him the following DAY.
A) will come
B) come
C) came
D) would come
E) comes
69. “Did you sleep well?” I asked him.
I asked him if ___ well.
A) he sleeps
B) he slept
C) he had slept
D) you slept
E) you did sleep
70. “Were you at the Zoo last night?” asks Jane.
Jane asks ___ at the Zoo last night.
A) that I was
B) if I was
C) if I had been
D) if I am
E) whether was I
71. “Whose birthday is it?” said Jane.
Jane asked whose birthday ___ .
A) it is
B) it
C) it was
D) is it
E) it had been
72. “Where do you live?” the boy asked.
The boy wanted to know where ___ .
A) do I live
B) did I live
C) I live
D) I lived
E) I had lived
73. “Where did you live?” my boss asked.
My boss wanted to know where ___ .
A) do I live
B) did I live
C) I live
D) I had lived
E) I lived
74. “I spoke to Jane last week,” she said.
She said ___ .
A) I spoke to Jane last week.
B) she had spoken to Jane last week.
C) she had spoken to Jane a week before.
D) I had spoken to Jane a week before.
E) she spoke to Jane a week before.
75. “Don’t wait for me, Ann,” said Tom.
Tom told Ann ___ .
A) to wait for him
B) not to wait for him
C) didn’t wait for him
D) don’t wait for him
E) if she waited for him
76. The manager asks the secretary ___ .
A) if Mr. Smith would be busy at little next day
B) if Mr. Smith will be busy at 11 tomorrow
C) if Mr. Smith had been busy at 11
D) has Mr. Smith been busy by 11 today
E) will Mr. Smith be busy at 11 tomorrow
77. He was sure that he ___ this time.
A) will fail
B) wouldn’t fail
C) fails
D) failed
E) will not fail
78. “Can you open the door for me, my son?” asked an old woman.
An old woman asked a young ___ the door for her.
A) can he open
B) he opens
C) does he open
D) if he can open
E) to open
79. She said, “I lost the key of my room.”
She said that ___ .
A) she had lost the key of her room
B) she lost the key of my room
C)I had lost the key of my room
D) I lose the key of my room
E) she lost the key of the room
80. I asked Nelly, “What are you looking for?”
I asked Nelly what ___ looking for.
A) are you
B) she was
C) were you
D) was she
E) she is
ANSWERS:
61-B
62-C
63-C
64-B
65-C
66-A
67-A
68-D
69-C
70-B
71-C
72-D
73-D
74-C
75-B
76-B
77-B
78-E
79-A
80-B
