Reported Speech Test B1 Grammar Exercises

Reported Speech Test B1 Grammar Exercises

6. 6. I know the film starts at 9 pm, but I am not sure
..... it is today or tomorrow.
1. 1. Kirsten said that..........would lend ..... her car if I
needed it. A) that
B) if
A) he/me
C) what time
B) I/ her
D) when
C) she/ me
D) they/ it

7. 7.Keith:Shall we throw a party for Jane next Saturday

? Bill told Lara that Keith.......for Jane the following
2. 2. Scientists still have no answer to ..... there is life Saturday.
on other planets.
A) suggested throwing a party
A) that B) boasted about throwing a party
B) which C) promised to throw a party
C) where
D) whether

8. 8.The police wanted to know ..... had murdered the

businessman and ......
3. 3. It ..... obvious that we ..... a big problem with our
old car one day. A) whom/who
B) who/why
A) was/ will have C) where / when
B) is/ were having D) what/who
C) is/ have
D) was / would have

9. 9. No one ..... me ..... we were going to pay such a lot

of extra money for the package tour.
4. 4.She ............to us .......there was nothing to worry
about, but actually there was so much. A) announced/ how
B) said/-
A) told / that C) explained / that
B) said / - D) told/-
C) asked / if
D) told / -

10. 10. We knew that it was true, but Russell ..... that he
..... from the company.
5. 5. I asked Lorena what Mike ..... about when I went
into his room, but she told me that she ..... no idea. A) refused/ is fired
B) denied/ had been fired
A) was talking / was having C) promised/ was fired
B) talked / has D) admitted/ has been fired
C) had been talking / had
D) talks/ is having

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11. 11. Alice told me that no one at the customs had .....
her ..... she had anything to declare, and that she
found it quite strange
15. 15. Could you ..... her ..... the reports with her when
A) asked/ if she comes to the meeting?
B) said/ that
A) suggest/ bringing
C) told / whether
B) say/ to bringing
D) wanted to know/ -
C) ask/ that she brought
D) tell/ to bring

12. 12. Martha ..... to break up with him if Jack didn't stop
smoking.
16. 16. Ahmet ..... when he will be able to get rid of the
A) said plaster on his leg.
B) warned
A) had told
C) told
B) was telling me
D) threatened
C) wants to know
D) was saying

13. 13. Miriam ..... me that she ..... how to dance the
waltz from her grandmother.
17. 17. I am busy today and might forget it.Can you
A) ordered / learns please.......me to do the shoping before I come home
?
B) told/ learnt
C) said/ had learnt A) remind
D) asked/ was learning B) offer
C) say
D) suggest

14. 14.Jason finally..........to copying the homework from

the Inernet.

A) refused
B) denied
C) told
D) admitted

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18. 18. I asked..........he said to her, but she ..... to talk to

me.

A) how /denied 20. 20. His parents ..... Luke ·of getting into a fight with
his younger brother, but he ..... having done anything
B) what/ refused
to hi~.
C) that/ admitted
D) which / agreed A) complained/ admitted
B) accused / denied
C) apologized / insisted
D) boasted / suggested
19. 19. That tooth of yours looks awful. I ..... making an
appointment at the dentist's as soon as possible.

A) suggest that
B) remind you
C) advise you
D) suggest

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Answer Key:

1: C 11: A
2: D 12: D
3: D 13: B
4: B 14: D
5: C 15: D
6: B 16: C
7: A 17: A
8: B 18: B
9: D 19: D
10: B 20: B

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