FOCUS 4 GRAMMAR QUIZ 5.

2 ● GROUP A
5.2 Reported speech
1 Choose the correct words.
1 The teacher asked me had I written / if I had written the essay myself.
2 My mum says that she hates / if she hates going to job interviews.
3 John told me that he didn’t go / hadn’t gone to the interview the day before.
4 She told me I should wear / if I should wear smarter clothes to job interviews.
5 I’ve decided that I won’t apply / wouldn’t apply for that job.
6 My boss promised that she sees me / to see me the following Monday.
7 The interviewer asked me if I had graduated / if I have graduated from university.
8 They asked if they could / can they do anything to help.
9 Jack promised that he won’t / he wouldn’t be late, but of course he was!
10 Sue asked me what did I want / what I wanted to do.

2 Complete the reported speech. Use the word in capitals.

1 ‘I want to go there tomorrow,’ I explained. THAT
I explained ______________________________ there the following day.
2 ‘Do you have any experience in graphic design?’ they asked her. IF
They asked her ______________________________ in graphic design.
3 ‘Don’t worry about it,’ I told him. TO
I told him ______________________________ about it.
4 ‘Where do you live?’ I asked him. HE
I asked him ______________________________.
5 ‘I’m sorry,’ Tom says. THAT
Tom says ______________________________ sorry.

FOCUS 4 GRAMMAR QUIZ 5.2 ● GROUP B

5.2 Reported speech
1 Choose the correct words.
1 He decided that he will apply / would apply for the job, so he filled in the application form.
2 They asked her if she had heard / had she heard about the company.
3 They told me if I mustn’t / I mustn’t be late.
4 My brother says he looked / looks at job ads every day so maybe he’ll find something soon.
5 Joe said he would start / he had started a new job the previous day.
6 He wanted to know if we were going / were we going to visit Paris.
7 I asked her why was she / why she was upset.
8 Mark promised to help / that he helped us.
9 After her interview, I asked her that it went / whether it had gone well.
10 Anna has decided that she won’t change / she wouldn’t change jobs this year.

2 Complete the reported speech. Use the word in capitals.

1 ‘Please don’t accept the job,’ I asked her. TO
I asked her ______________________________ the job.
2 ‘Are you interested in a part-time job?’ she wanted to know. WHETHER
She wanted to know ___________________________ in a part-time job.
3 ‘You should get up earlier,’ Emma said to me. THAT
Emma told me ______________________________ earlier.
4 ‘It will be OK,’ Jimmy told me. WOULD
Jimmy told me ______________________________ OK.
5 ‘What are you doing here?’ Sonia asked me. I
Sonia asked me ______________________________ there.