2 nd English Small Test – Reported Speech, Question Tags, and Degree of

Comparison

Question Tags

1. Nobody was willing to come to your party, were they?

2. Your brother likes to ride his bike, doesn’t he?

3. I am not a good child for my parents, am I?

4. The room isn’t clean, is it?

5. I’d prefer you to sleep, wouldn’t I?

6. Those aren’t your father cars, are they?

7. We aren’t the victim, are we?

8. Let’s just eat the burger, shall we?

9. Please, get me the ruler, will you?

10. I could have bought that car, couldn’t I?

11. Finn and Hann seldom think about the problem, do they?

12. He’d like to show his project, wouldn’t he?

13. Your sister didn’t go to the beach, did she?

14. Everyone who live here likes you, don’t they?

15. I’m right, aren’t I?

16. This house is looked fabulous, isn’t it?

17. There were lots of trees in the city, weren’t there?

18. The students raised their hands, didn’t they?

19. Something just passed by me, didn’t it?

20. She’d better go to the hospital now, hadn’t she?

Degree of Comparison

1. The less ideas I share, the less friends I get.

2. These flower from Wonder Shop is as beautiful as (beautiful) the flowers from that shop
there.

3. He lives the farthest (far) from all of us.

4. I visit my cousin more often (often) than my other siblings here.

5. My hair just looks as fancy as (fancy) yours.

6. The more practice I am, the better I speak Javanese.

7. George was the worst (bad) driver in the world instead of your father.

8. This place isn’t as clean as (clean) we usually come.

9. The more I love him, the more time I spend with him.

10. Look! There are more sand in your shoes (sand in your shoes) than before.

11. The people in Australia are as polite as (polite) the people who live in America.

12. Yesterday, John told me a funny joke. This joke was the funniest (funny) joke I’ve ever
heard.

13. This hat is the cheapest (cheap) among the others.

14. Taylor is more clever than (clever) Tania, but Taylor’s mother the most clever in the
family.

15. This car is faster than (fast) my father’s car.

16. The quicker I learn something, the smarter I am.

17. His company earned less (little) money than the years before.

18. My food tastes as delicious as (delicious) my mother’s cooking.

19. It is better (good) when it comes to winter because the best (good)weather is winter.

20. The more I smile, the more handsome I am.

Reported Speech

Change into the form of reported speech or direct speech!

1. The bus conductor asked if I wanted to pay.

The bus conductor asked, “Do you want to pay?”.

2. “I’m taking my children to the zoo tomorrow,” she said.

She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the following day.

3. Marry asked the ex-convict what he missed most when he was in prison.

Marry asked the ex-convict, “What do you miss most when you are in prison?”.

4. “Do you think you could live entirely on your own for six months,” asks Tom.

Tom asks if I think I could live entirely on my own for six months.

5. “We can’t discuss this over the phone. Shall we meet here in my flat tomorrow?” I suggest.

I suggest that we can’t discuss that over the phone and if we shall meet here in my flat the
following day.

6. Some of the men said that they made $450 a week and sent most of it home to their wives.

Some of the men said, “They make $450 a week and send most if it home to their wives”.
7. “Don’t lend him any money.” I said to Ann. “He never pays his debts.”

I said to Ann not to lend him any money because he never paid his debts.

8. The air hostess asked to fasten our seat belts because there would be a little turbulence.

The air hostess asked , “Fasten out seat belts! There will be a little turbulence”.

9. “Please don’t drink anymore,” said his wife. “Don’t forget that we have to drive home.”

His wife said not to drink anymore and not to forget that they had to drive home.

10. The librarian said when I had done reading the book, I should bring it to her so that she could
put it back.

The librarian said, “When you have done reading the book, you should bring it to me, so
that I can put it back”.