Indirect Speech Test 3
Question 1 |
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 |
Question 2 |
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 |
Question 3 |
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 |
Question 4 |
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 |
Question 5 |
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 |
Question 6 |
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 |
Question 7 |
“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 |
Question 8 |
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 |
Question 9 |
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 |
Question 10 |
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 |
Question 11 |
“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 |
Question 12 |
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. |
Question 13 |
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 |
Question 14 |
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 |
Question 15 |
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 |
Question 16 |
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 |
Question 17 |
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 |
Question 18 |
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 |
Question 19 |
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 |
Question 20 |
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. |
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