176 questions

Indirect Speech

1 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.

Mary says, "I have enjoyed the film."
Mary says ... .
A) I have enjoyed the film
B) she has enjoyed the film
C) she had enjoyed the film
D) I had enjoyed the film
E) I enjoyed the film

2 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.

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

3 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.

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.

4 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.

The teacher said: " Students, don't miss the lessons ".
The teacher told the students ... .
A) not to miss the lessons.
B) didn't miss the lessons.
C) don't miss the lessons.
D) doesn't miss the lessons.
E) that they don't miss the lessons.

5 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.

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.

6 Complete the following.

"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.

7 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.

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
 8 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.
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

9 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.

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

10 Choose the right variant of the Reported Speech.

"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

11 Choose the right variant of the Reported Speech.

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

12 Choose the right variant of the Reported Speech.

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

13 Choose the appropriate form of the verbs.

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

14 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.

"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.
 15 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.
Jack said: "I was at home yesterday."
Jack said ... .
A) he was at home.
B) Jack said he was at home the day before yesterday.
C) he will be at home.
D) he had been at home a week ago.
E) he had been at home the day before.

16 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.

John asked: " Nick, where did you buy this book?"
John asked ... .
A) where Nick bought that book.
B) Nick where he had bought that book.
C) Wick where he bought that book.
D) Nick where he was buying that book.
E) where Nick would buy that book.

17 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect

Speech.
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

18 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect

Speech.
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

19 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect

Speech.
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

20 Choose the correct Indirect Speech.

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.

21 Choose the correct Indirect Speech.

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
 22 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
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.

23 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.

Mother said to her son, "Don't give me my book back."
Mother asked him ... .
A) that I had given.
B) not to give her the book back.
C) to give me her book back.
D) not to have given her book back.
E) If I give the book back.

24 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.

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.

25 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.

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
26 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.
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
27 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.
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
28 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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.
 29 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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
30 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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
31 Choose the right form of the Indirect Speech.
"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.
32 Choose the right form of the Indirect Speech.
"Are you a student?" she asked me.
A) She asked me if I was a student.
B) She asked me are you a student.
C) She asked me whether I am a student.
D) She asked me if you were a student.
E) She asked me it she was a student.
33 Choose the right form of the Indirect Speech.
"What were you doing at 10 o'clock yesterday?" she asked
Mary.
A) She asked Mary what she was doing at 10 o'clock
yesterday.
B) She asked Mary what she had been doing at 10 o'clock
yesterday.
C) She asked Mary what she had been doing at 10 o'clock
the day before.
D) She asked Mary what she had done the day before.
E) She asked Mary what she did at 10 o'clock yesterday.
34 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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.
35 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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.
36 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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.
 37 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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.
38 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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.
39 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
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
40 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
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
41 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
How long have you been working as an interpreter?
The manager wondered ... .
A) how long you have been working as an interpreter.
B) how long he was working as an interpreter.
C) how much time the interpreter worked.
D) how long I had been working as an interpreter.
E) how long I worked as an interpreter.
42 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
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
43 Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
She said she ... her friend for ages.
A) didn't
B) hadn't seen
C) hasn't seen
D) doesn't see
E) saw
 44 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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.
45 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"When are you going to leave for Kiev?" Ann asked her.
Ann asked her when ... to leave for Kiev.
A) she was going
B) he was going
C) was she going
D) was he going
E) she is going
46 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Don't try to tell a lie, I'll find it out" he said to me.
He told me ... .
A) to tell a lie as he would find it out.
B) to try to tell a lie as he will find it out.
C) not to tell a lie as he will find it out.
D) not to try to tell a lie as he would find it out.
E) to try to tell a lie as he wouldn't find it out.
47 Choose the appropriate form of verbs.
"I ... for your answer", said the colonel.
A) am waiting
B) wait for
C) is waited
D) was waited
E) has waited
48 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
49 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
50 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"I lived in London in 1990," says Bob.
Bob says ... .
A) he lives in London in 1990
B) he had lived in London in 1990
C) that he lived in London in 1990
D) has lived in London in 1990
E) that he will live in London
51 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
John: When will you fly to Moscow?
John asked me ... .
A) when I should fly to Moscow
B) when I shall fly to Moscow
C) when I had flied to Moscow
D) when I flied to Moscow
E) when I fly to Moscow
52 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"How long have you known Mr. Bell?"
I wondered ... .
A) how long he knew Mr. Bell
B) how long he knows Mr. Bell
C) how long he had known Mr. Bell
D) how long he has known Mr. Bell
E) how long his friends knew Mr. Bell
53 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Don't laugh at her!" asked mother.
Mother asked me ... .
A) don't laugh at her
B) not to laugh at her
C) mustn't laugh at her
D) laugh at her
E) laughed at her
54 Choose the appropriate form of the verbs.
The nurse ... that he ... the things yet.
A) said/unpacked
B) said/not to unpack
C) says/doesn't unpack
D) said/hadn't unpacked
E) said/will unpack
55 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Are you a first year student?"
The teacher asks him ... a first year student.
A) if he was
B) that he is
C) was he
D) if he studies
E) if he is
56 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
I apologized and asked mother ... .
A) what she said
B) if she asked me
C) what she had said
D) if she said
E) what did she say
57 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Why didn't you go to the theatre with us, Jim?"
Mary asked Jim ... to the theatre with them.
A) why he didn't go
B) if he had gone
C) why didn't he go
D) why he hadn't gone
E) that he hasn't gone
 58 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Must we write all these exercises?"
The pupil asked the teacher ... .
A) if he must write those exercises
B) that they must write all these exercises
C) if they had to write all those exercises
D) if they must write all these exercises
E) if they will write all these exercises
59 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
-"Sorry, I didn't hear you".
My friend said ... .
A) if I heard him
B) that he hadn't heard me
C) what I have heard
D) whether I hear him
E) why I didn't hear him
60 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Will you get the TV first programme, please, and see
what's on this evening?"
Mother asked Jane ... what was on that evening.
A) to get the TV first programme and saw
B) got and saw
C) would get the TV first programme and see
D) get the TV programme and see
E) if she would get the TV first programme and see
61 Change into Indirect Speech.
The teacher asked, "Are all my pupils here?"
The teacher asked ... .
A) are all my pupils here
B) all my pupils are here
C) if all his pupils are there
D) if all my pupils were there
E) if all his pupils were there
62 Change into Indirect Speech.
A man asked, "How much does this blue suit cost?"
A man asked how much ... .
A) this blue suit costs
B) does this blue suit cost
C) did that blue suit cost
D) that blue suit cost
E) do those blue suit cost
63 Change into Indirect Speech.
An old woman says, "Don't make so much noise, I'm going
to sleep".
An old woman asks ... .
A) not to make so much noise, she's going to sleep
B) don't make so much noise, she's sleeping
C) stop making so much noise, she is going to sleep
D) not to make so much noise I'm going to sleep
E) don't make so much noise she was going to sleep
64 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
"Have all the pupils come to school?"
The teacher wondered if all pupils ... to school.
A) come
B) came
C) have come
D) had come
E) were coming
 65 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
The mother asked her daughter, "What are you doing at
three p.m. today?"
The mother asked her daughter what ... .
A) are you doing at 3 p.m. today
B) she was doing at 3 p.m. that day
C) she had done at 3 p.m. that day
D) I was doing at 3 p.m. this day
E) was her daughter doing at 3 p.m.
66 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
The man asked me, "How can I get to the station?"
The man asked me ... get to the station.
A) how he can
B) how I can
C) if he could
D) how he could
E) whether he can
67 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Can you give me your textbook?"
Mary asks Ben ... .
A) if he could give him a text-book.
B) that he can give him a text-book.
C) whether he would give him his text-book
D) if he can give her his text-book.
E) what text-book he can give him.
68 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
"Did you ask me to open the window?"
My son asked ... .
A) that I asked him to open the window.
B) whether I asked him to open the window.
C) what I asked him to do.
D) if I had asked him to open the window.
E) whether I wanted him to open the window.
69 Choose the appropriate variant of the Indirect
Speech.
"I'll invite my friends to the country house if the weather is
good."
I said ... .
A) that I'll invite my friends to the country house if the
weather is good.
B) that I invited my friends when the weather was good.
C) I would invite my friends to the country house if the
weather is good.
D) if the weather is good I'll invite my friends.
E) that I would invite my friends to the country house if
the weather was good.
70 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
She asked me, "When will you be at home?"
She asked me when ... be at home.
A) I shall
B) I should
C) should I
D) when shall
E) I will
71 Choose the appropriate form of the Indirect
Speech.
My friends ask me, "Are you very busy?"
My friends ask me if I ... very busy.
A) am
B) was
C) was I
D) am I
E) are
72 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
She thought that we ... .
A) shall come tomorrow
B) should come the next day
C) will come
D) come
E) are coming tomorrow
73 Complete the sentence.
Mother told me ... to the club.
A) don 't go
B) not to go
C) if I don't go
D) didn't go
E) whether I had gone
74 Complete the sentence.
My friend asked me why... late after my history class.
A) did I stay
B) I had stayed
C) I stayed
D) I was staying
E) the reason for his staying
75 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Where has Nazim come from?"asked the teacher.
The teacher asked where Nazim ... from.
A) has come
B) comes
C) had come
D) come
E) came
76 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
Father says to his son, "Don't play in the street".
Father tells his son ... in the street.
A) doesn't play
B) don't play
C) not playing
D) playing not
E) not to play
77 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
The child asked his mother, "Where are we going now?"
The child asked his mother ... .
A) where they were going then
B) where we are going now
C) where were they going then
D) where are we going now
E) where they are going then
78 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
The boy asked his brother, "Can you help me today?"
The boy asked his brother ... .
A) can he help him today
B) could you help me that day
C) if he could help him that day
D) if he can help him today
E) if you can help him today
 79 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
The girl said to her mother, "I had a wonderful birthday
party."
The girl told her mother ... a wonderful birthday party.
A) she had
B) she had had
C) I had
D) they had had
E) she has had
80 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"I've very little time today."
Mary says ... very little time today.
A) she had
B) that she has had
C) whether she has
D) that she has
E) they have
81 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Oh, you've bought the nicest place."
The guest admired ... the nicest place.
A) what I've bought
B) if I've bought
C) that I had bought
D) that I've bought
E) how I had bought
82 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
Mr. Green: "I hope the weather will change for the better
and it'll stop raining."
"Mr. Green hoped ... raining."
A) the weather changes and it'll stop
B) that the weather changed for the better and it stops
C) if the weather changes and it would stop
D) the weather would change for the better and it would
stop
E) that the weather will change for the better and it stops
83 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"I'm listening to the music now," he said.
He said ... .
A) he was listening to the music then
B) he listened to the music then
C) he is listening to the music now
D) I am listening to the music now
E) I was listening to the music then
84 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Which school did you go to last year?" he asked.
He wanted to know which school ... .
A) I went to last year
B) I went to a year before
C) I have gone to last year
D) she goes to the year before
E) I had gone to a year before
85 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Does anyone want tickets for the boxing match?" Charles
said.
Charles asked if anyone ... tickets for the boxing match.
A) wants the boxing match
B) wanted
C) had wanted
D) has wanted
E) have wanted
 86 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
Teacher asks the pupils, "Are the examination questions
very difficult?"
The teacher asks the pupils ... very difficult.
A) are the examination questions
B) if the examination questions is
C) the examination questions are
D) if the examination questions were
E) if the examination questions are
87 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
A director says to his secretary: "Send my daughter a
telegram."
A director says to his secretary ... daughter a telegram.
A) to send his
B) he sends his
C) he sent my
D) not to send my
E) to send my
88 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
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
89 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
A girl said:"Yesterday my mother bought a new dress for
me."
A girl said ... a new dress for her.
A) yesterday her mother bought
B) the day before her mother had bought
C) the day before my mother had bought
D) yesterday my mother bought
E) the day before she had bought
90 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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.
91 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
92 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
93 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Have you ever been to London?" she asked Paul.
She asked Paul if I ... to London.
A) was
B) has been
C) had ever been
D) has ever been
E) have ever been
94 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
95 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
96 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
97 Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
She told him that she ... to see him the following day.
A) will come
B) come
C) came
D) would come
E) comes
98 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
He said to her: "The letter was written yesterday"
He told her that the letter ... .
A) had been written the day before
B) was written yesterday
C) had been written yesterday
D) written yesterday
E) were written yesterday
99 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
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
 100 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
He knew that she ... .
A) will leave for Kokand tomorrow
B) would leave for Kokand the following day
C) would leave for Kokand tomorrow
D) will leave for Kokand the following day
E) leaves for Kokand tomorrow

Indirect Speech
1 Complete the sentence.
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
2 Complete the sentence.
The doctor told me ... .
A) to stay in bed for a few days
B) it will be difficult for doctors to work in the future
C) they are showing a very interesting film in the cinema
D) the day of my arrival will be very nice
E) he is working hard
3 Complete the sentence.
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
4 Choose the right ending.
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
5 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"I'll phone the office from the airport tomorrow," she said.
She said ... .
A) I'll phone the office from the airport tomorrow
B) I would phone the office from the airport the following
day
C) she would phone the office from the airport the
following day
D) I phone the office from the airport tomorrow
E) she phones the office from the airport the following
day
6 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
7 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
 8 Complete the sentence.
The politician was asked ... .
A) who was starring in his latest film
B) if he is nervous before a match
C) if he wants to be a Prime Minister
D) what kind of plane he can fly
E) if his party would win the next election
9 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"When did you start learning English?" she said. She
wanted to know when ... learning English.
A) did I start
B) I started
C) I start
D) I had started
E) he starts
10 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
-"Can you tell me why Paul left the University without
taking his degree?," Paul's sister asked.
Paul's sister asked if I ... the University without taking his
degree.
A) can tell her why Paul left
B) could tell her why Paul left
C) could tell her why Paul had left
D) can tell her why Paul had left
E) could tell her why Paul has left
11 Complete the sentence.
Nick asked ... .
A) if Ann is present
B) what Ann intended to do that day
C) where was his brother
D) why the girl is crying
E) who wants to go home
12 Complete the sentence.
The doctor wondered ... .
A) where is the mother
B) when the patient had taken the temperature
C) if everything is O.K.
D) where he has caught cold
E) why was I looking so sad
13 Complete the sentence.
John told me ... .
A) not to prompt at the lesson
B) do not cross the street
C) that his father is not in
D) all the boys have gone home
E) that is a good show
14 Complete the sentence.
The teacher asked ... .
A) if the pupils had booked tickets beforehand
B) if is the weather fine
C) if the weather is fine
D) why were we so sleepy
E) who dares to contradict her
15 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
She asked: "How can I get to the nearest book-shop?"
She asked ... to the nearest book-shop
A) how she could get
B) how could she get
C) if she could get
D) where the book-shop was.
E) if she could show her
 16 Choose the right variant of Indirect Speech.
Waiter: "Oh, sir! I've been waiting here for ten years."
Waiter said ... for ten years.
A) he had been waiting there
B) she had been waiting there
C) he has been waiting here
D) he was waiting there
E) he is waiting here
17 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"Why didn't you tell me that?" he asked.
He asked ... him that.
A) why he hasn't told
B) why had he not told
C) why didn't you tell me
D) why didn't he tell
E) why he hadn't told
18 Complete the sentence.
The boy said that ... .
A) he will be at home tomorrow
B) he was at home the day before
C) he had been at home yesterday
D) he had been at home the day before
E) he is at home every day
19 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.
His master replied: "You might take the tortoise out for a
run."
His master replied ... the tortoise out for a run.
A) he might have taken
B) she might take
C) he may take
D) he was to take
E) she would take
20 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
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
21 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
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
22 Choose the right variant of the Indirect Speech.
"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
 23 Choose the right form of the verb.
He was sure that he ... this time.
A) will fail
B) wouldn't fail
C) fails
D) failed
E) will not fail
24 Complete the sentence.
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
25 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Are you sure it's a good restaurant?"
She asks ... a good restaurant.
A) if I was sure it's
B) whether I'm sure it was
C) why I'm sure it's
D) whether I was sure it was
E) if I'm sure it's
26 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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
A) it is
B) it has been
C) it will be
D) it was
E) it can't be
27 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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
28 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
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
29 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
It is lucky Lola takes the same bus every morning and
knows the conductor. This is their conversation this morning:
-"I'm sorry. I've left my money at home".
-"It doesn't matter. You can pay tomorrow"
Lola was sorry that she ... her money at home.
The conductor said ... .
A) has left / it doesn't matter. She can pay tomorrow.
B) had left / it didn't matter. She could pay the next day
C) had left / it doesn't matter. She could pay the next
day.
D) left / it doesn't matter. She can pay tomorrow.
E) had left / it didn't matter. She can pay tomorrow.
 30 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
Susan was upset as Tom had forgotten to bring roses. She
said to him: "I told you ... roses. You promised you ... some. You
said you ... ."
A) brought/will get/won't forget
B) to bring/would get/won't forget
C) to bring/would get/wouldn't forget
D) bring/to get/forget
E) bring/would get/to forget
31 Choose the right ending.
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
32 Choose the appropriate Indirect Speech.
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
33 Choose the appropriate Indirect Speech.
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
34 Choose the appropriate Indirect Speech.
- "Have you seen my daughter?" a woman is asking her
neighbour.
A woman is asking her neighbour ... her daughter.
A) has she seen
B) have I seen
C) if she has seen
D) if they have seen
E) have you seen
35 Complete the sentence.
I wondered ... .
A) what is the problem
B) what the problem was
C) what the problem will be
D) what was the problem
E) what were the probems
36 Complete the sentence.
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
37 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
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
 38 Complete the sentence.
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
39 Complete the sentence.
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 addressed
D) when they come to the lesson
E) they helped their parents
40 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
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
41 Complete the sentence.
The doctor asked his nurse ... .
A) when is she going to give the medicine to the patient
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
42 Complete the sentence.
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
43 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
She didn't know if the letter ... by the time she ... home.
A) would be delivered / will come
B) would deliver / comes
C) will be delivered / came
D) would have been delivered / came
E) was delivered / came
44 Choose the appropriate reported speech.
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
45 Choose the appropriate reported speech.
"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
 46 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
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
47 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
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
48 Complete the sentence.
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
49 Complete the sentence.
The mother told her son ... .
A) not to play on the pavement
B) play on the pavement
C) where he is going
D) why his hands are dirty
E) what was he to do at his aunt’s
50 Complete the sentence.
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
51 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs.
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
52 Complete the sentence.
The master told his dog ... .
A) to be quiet
B) come with me
C) come with him
D) not bark too loudly
E) don’t run after the cat
53 Complete the sentence.
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
 54 Complete the sentence.
She looked up the word in the dictionary. She couldn’t find
it and asked her brother what ... .
A) the word ”gala” meant
B) the word ”gala” had meant
C) the word ”gala” means
D) the word ”gala” does mean
E) the word ”gala” should mean
55 Choose the appropriate indirect speech.
“I think the film was a huge success” said Peter.
Peter said that ... .
A) she thought the film had been a huge success
B) he thinks the film was a huge success
C) he thought the film was a huge success
D) he thought the film had been a huge success
E) I thought the film had been a huge success
56 Choose the appropriate indirect speech.
Mrs. Blake asked me when ... .
A) I had heard him play
B) he has heard him play
C) she has heard him play
D) I have heard his play
E) she hears my playing
57 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.
He said: "I can speak English very well".
He said that he ... English very well.
A) can speak
B) could speak
C) will speak
D) may speak
E) have to speak
58 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.
She said, "I have been waiting for you since five o'clock."
She said that she ... for me since five o'clock.
A) have been waiting
B) had been waiting
C) was waiting
D) has been waiting
E) will have waited
59 Choose the appropriate variant of Indirect Speech.
Please close the window, my son? asked mother.
Mother asked her son ... the window.
A) does close
B) to close
C) closed
D) will close
E) had closed
60 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
I thought it ... be a great help to him ... the books he
wanted.
A) may / to bring
B) would / to bring
C) would / brought
D) will / bringing
E) will / bring
 61 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Please, don’t tell anyone about this" he said.
He ... anyone about this.
A) warned me not to tell
B) promised not to tell
C) begged me not to tell
D) offered not to tell
E) threatened me not to tell
62 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"I’m going to Istanbul tomorrow," he said.
He said ... going to Istanbul ... .
A) he is / tomorrow
B) he was / tomorrow
C) they were / previous day
D) I was / the next day
E) he was / the next day
63 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"I’ll give you half of the money if you keep your mouth
shut," he said to me.
He ... mouth shut.
A) reminded me that half of the money I could keep
B) apologized about half of the money
C) offered me half of the money if I kept my
D) promised me half of the money for my
E) advised me to keep half of the money for my
64 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"I am sorry I am late," he said "My car broke down".
He ... and ... .
A) threatened to be late / excused himself
B) complained about being late / excused himself
C) proposed being late / complained that his car was
broken
D) accused himself of being late / excused himself
E) apologized for being late / explained that his car had
broken down
65 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Why do prices go up so often in Turkey?" he wondered.
He ... so often in Turkey.
A) proposed why prices go up
B) wondered what prices go up for
C) asked what prices go up for
D) asked why prices go up
E) asked why the price is going up
66 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Don’t use pens in the exam" the teacher told us.
The teacher ... in the exam.
A) warned us to use pens
B) warned us not to use pens
C) asked if we used pens
D) asked if we liked to use pens
E) advised us about not using
67 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Come in and look around. We do not charge anything for
looking," said the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper ... us to come in and look around ... us
that he didn’t require any amount for looking.
A) called / promising
B) called / demanding of
C) invited / to assure
D) invited / assuring
E) showed / promising
 68 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"I’ll drop you from the team if you don’t train harder," said
the trainer.
The trainer ... to drop us from the team if we didn’t train
harder.
A) accused
B) denied
C) threatened
D) warned
E) exclaimed
69 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"How far is it?" he said "and how long will it take me to
get there?"
He ... to get there.
A) asked how far and how long it would take me
B) asked how far and how long it would take him
C) asked how far it was and wanted to know what time
D) asked how far it was and how much
E) asked how far it was and how long it would take
70 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"You have been leaking information to the journalists!"
said the minister.
"No, I haven’t," said John.
The minister ... leaking information but John ... it.
A) arrested him for / refused
B) accused him of / denied
C) accused him of / admitted
D) punished him for / denied
E) threatened him about / disagreed
71 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"I won’t answer any questions," said the thief.
The thief ... to answer any questions.
A) denied
B) admitted
C) rejects
D) refused
E) agreed
72 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"You pressed the wrong button" said the engineer. "Don’t
do it again".
The engineer ... that I had pressed the wrong button and
he ... it again.
A) suggested me / warned me not to do
B) threatened / warned me about not doing
C) pointed out / warned me not to do
D) offered / suggested that I not do
E) promised me / suggested that I not do
73 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Yippee! I’ve passed the final exam," he exclaimed.
"Congratulations!" I said.
He ... that he had passed the final exam and I ... him.
A) exclaimed with delight / comforted
B) proclaimed / accepted
C) explained / saluted
D) assured with delight / greeted
E) exclaimed with delight / congratulated
74 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Cigarette?" he said.
"No thanks," I said.
He ... me a cigarette but I ... .
A) suggested / denied
B) offered / admitted
C) offered / refused
D) suggested / accepted
E) asked for / demanded
 75 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"You have gained weight!" I said. "I am afraid I have," he
replied sadly.
I ... that he had gained weight and he ... that he had.
A) exclaimed / denied
B) noted / admitted
C) pointed out / disagreed
D) exclaimed / contradicted
E) accused him / refused
76 Choose the appropriate form of Indirect Speech.
"Climb up the tree" he said to me.
He ... the tree.
A) said to me to climb up
B) wants me climbing up
C) asked me to climbed up
D) ordered me to climb up
E) ordered me for climbing up