This document contains 134 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of verb tenses and structures in reported speech. The questions cover a wide range of verb tenses and structures including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future forms, modals and more. The correct answers are not provided.
This document contains 134 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of verb tenses and structures in reported speech. The questions cover a wide range of verb tenses and structures including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future forms, modals and more. The correct answers are not provided.
This document contains 134 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of verb tenses and structures in reported speech. The questions cover a wide range of verb tenses and structures including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future forms, modals and more. The correct answers are not provided.
73. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.
A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
74. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon. A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me 75. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before. A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written 76. I _________ him to sell that old motorbike. A. said to B. suggested C. advised D. recommended 77. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers. A. remember to plant B. plant C. to plant D. planting 78. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school. A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning 79. Nam wanted to know what time ________. A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began 80. I wondered_______ the right thing. A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing 81. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun. A. goes round B. is going around C. went around D. was going around 82. Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot. A. is – will travel B. were- would travel C. had been – would have travelled D. was – will travel 83. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________. A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously 84. He asked the children _________too much noise. A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make 85. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything. A. will be B is C. was D. can be 86. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1492. A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover 87. John said he _________ her since they ________ school. A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met - had left C. hadn’t met- left D. didn’t meet – has left 88. The woman asked __________get lunch at school. A. can the children B. whether the children could C. if the children can D. could the children 89. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident. A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking 90. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why __________ the final exam. A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken 91. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before. A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got 92. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test. A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try 93. She asked me where I___________ from. A. come B. coming C. to come D. came 94. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not. A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking 95. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book. A. was B. were C. is D. has been 96. He wants to know whether I ___________ back the following day. A. come B. came C. will come D. would come 97. I wonder why he___________ love his family. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t 98. They asked me how many children___________. A. if I had B. had I C. I had D. have I 99. Thu said she had been___________ the day before. A. here B. there C. in this place D. where 100. The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult. A. is B. was C. will be D. have been 101. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning. A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going C. we were going D. that we were going 102. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______. A. that did I know / who were he B. that I knew / who he had been C. if I knew/ who he was D. whether I knew / who had he been 103. The mother asked her son ______________________. A. where he has been B. whether I had been C. where has he been D. where had he been 104. Martin asked me _______. A. how is my father B. how my father is C. how was my father D. how my father was 105. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee. A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C. did he prefer D. if he prefers 106. She asked me _______ my holidays _______. A. where I spent / the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent / last year D. where did I
spend / last year 107. He advised _______ too far. A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her not to go D. she did not go 108. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport. A. doesn’t like/ is B. did not like / were C. not liked / had been D. had not liked / was 109. Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _______. A. before B. ago C. last D. previous 110. He asked _______ him some money. A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends 111. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days. A. have not eaten / ago B. had eaten/ previous C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last 112. Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day. A. had done / following B. will do / previous C. would do/ following D. was going / previous 113. John asked me _______ in English. A. what does this word mean B. what that word means C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant 114. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely. A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave 115. She said she _______ collect it for me after work. A. would B. did C. must D. had 116. She said I _______ an angel. A. am B. was C. were D. have been 117. I have ever told you he _______ unreliable. A. is B. were C. had been D. would Be 118. I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the early hours. A. passing / will try B. he will pass / tried C. to pass/ would try D. he passed / have tried 119. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______. A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day 120. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports. A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was 121. John asked me _______ that film the night before. A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen 122. The guest told the host that _______. A. I must go now B. he must go now C. he had to go now D. he had to go then 123. Tom ________that he was having a party there in the evening. A. said to B. said C. asked D. told 124. Claire told me that her father ___________ a racehorse. A. owns B. owned C. is owning D. has owned 125. You said you ____________chocolate, but you aren’t eating any. A. like B. has liked C. are liking D. liked 126. Rachel insisted they plenty __________of time. A. have B. have had C. are having D. had 127. Rachel said she was taking her driving test ___________. A. the next day B. tomorrow C. yesterday D. last day 128. Emma said she’d only had the new computer since ___________ A. the day before B. last day C. yesterday D. tomorrow 129. Mathew said he was meeting a friend at the station later .......... A. the day before B. last day C. yesterday D. that day 130. Hoa told me ____________ she had seen Titanic three times. A. what B. that C. this D. why 131. I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it .......... raining there. A. is B. were C. has been D. was 132. Tom was ___________ of having stolen the bicycle. A. ordered B. asked C. accused D. warned 133. The doctor .......... him to take more exercise. A. told B. tells C. has told D. had told 134. Mr Minh exclained ______________________________ . A. how beautiful the car was B. how beautiful was the car C. how beautiful is the car C. how beautiful the car is 135. Mathew .......... Emma that her train was about to leave. A. has reminded B. has reminded that C. reminded D. reminded that 136. Ann .......... and left. A. said good bye to me C. says me good bye B. tell me good bye C. told me good bye 137.. I told you .......... switch off the computer, didn’t I? A. don’t B. not C. not to D. to not 138. Sarah was driving too fast, so I .......... to slow down. A. asked her B. said her C. askher D. have asked her 139. Someone .......... me that there’d been an accident on the motorway. A. asked B. said C. spoke D. told 140. I couldn’t move the piano alone, so I asked Tom .......... A. has given a hand B. gave a hand C. to give a hand D. give a hand 141. Tom said that New York .......... more lively than London. A. is B. be C. was D. were 142. Judy .......... going for a walk, but no one else wanted to. A. admitted B. offered C. promised D. suggested 143. Jack asked me .................... A. where do you come from C. where I come from B. where I came from D. where did I come from 144. She asked me .......... I liked music. A. when B. if C. do D. what 145. He said that he had met her ________________ . A. yesterday B. the previous day C. the day D. the before day 146. The man asked the boys _____________________ . A. why did they fight C. why they were fighting C. why they fight D. why were they fighting 147. “.................... the door”, he said. A. Please open B. Please to open C. Opened please D. Please, opening 150. Peter said he was leaving for Paris _______________ . A. next week B. the week previous C. following week D. the following week 152. They said that their house had been broken down ____________ . A. two days ago B. two days before C. the two days before D. since two days 153. She advised me ___________ an apple every day to stay healthy. A. eating B. I should eat C. to eat D. Please, eat 154. “I’ll come with you as soon as ______________,” she replied. A. I was ready B. I am ready C. I ready D. am I ready 159. She wanted to know _______________ . A. what was happening C. it was happening B. was happening D. was happening what 160. The teacher asked Mary ___________________ the previous match. A. who wins B. who is winning C. who won D. that won 162. My father asked me ________________ of the film. A. what do you think C. what did you think B. what I think D. what I thought 163. The coach said that all of us ______________ to practise. A. required B. were required C. will require D. are required 164. She suggested that ___________________ . A. we went to the movie C. we go to the movie B. we should go to the movie D. we went seeing the movie