Indirect Speech Test 2

1. She said she ___ her friend for ages. 8. My mother told me ___ .

A) didn’t A) did not go there.

B) hadn’t seen B) that I can go there.
C) hasn’t seen C) not to go there.
D) doesn’t see D) not going there.
E) saw E) let not go there.
2. He asked her “Did anybody call this morning?” He 9. The director wondered ___ .
asked her ___ .
A) if I know English.
A) if anybody called this morning B) If I knew English.
B) if somebody had called that morning C) he knows English.
C) if somebody called that morning D) how I know English.
D) who called that morning E) who has known English.
E) had called anybody that morning
10. Mary says “I clean my room every day.” Mary says
3. Teacher: “Tom, read the story, please”. Teacher asked that ___ .
Tom ___ .
A) I clean her room every day.
A) to read the story B) she cleans my room every day.
B) read the story C) she cleaned her room every day.
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C) that he reads it D) she cleans her room every day.

D) whether he reads the story E) her room was cleaned every day.
E) it he read the story
11. "Have you seen my daughter?" a woman is asking
4. He said, “I met him in 1950”. He said ___. her neighbour. A woman is asking her neighbour ___
her daughter.
A) I met him in 1950
B) he had been met by him in 1950 A) has she seen
C) he used to meet him in 1950 B) have I seen
D) he had met him in 1950 C) if she has seen
E) he was meeting him in 1950 D) if they have seen
E) have you seen
5. Jane asked Bob: “What did you buy yesterday?” Jane
asked Bob what ___ . 12. He ___ me if I ___ a taxi yesterday.

A) he would buy the next day A) will ask / takes

B) he bought yesterday B) ask / take
C) he had bought the day before C) is asking / shall take
D) he has just bought D) asked / had taken
E) his friend had already bought E) will ask / take
6. He said, “I do not want to see this film”. He said that 13.
___ . She asked in surprise ___.

A) he did not want to see that film.

B) he doesn’t want to see a film. A) if he had really read all the books
C) he didn’t want to see this film. B) if this is what her mother buys her
D) he wanted to see that film. C) if the cafe is still open
E) not to see that film. D) whether I have already read his article
7. He says “What do the pupils study?” He asks ___ . E) did she caused much trouble

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.

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14. The doctor asked his nurse ___ . 18. She promised her friends she ___ and ___ them the
next day.
A) when is she going to give the medicine to the
B) if she would come in time the following day A) had come / had seen
C) if the patient prepared for the operation B) will come / see
D) if the tests are ready for applicants C) would come / see
E) when the patient feels asleep tell me D) comes / sees
E) came / saw
15. They ___ us that they ___ from their families for more
than a year. 19. “You must do what you are told”. She said ___ .

A) tell / were not hearing A) that must do what I was told

B) would be told / hear B) what have to do what I was told
C) had told / don’t hear C) what had to do what I was told
D) told / had not heard D) that she must do what she was told
E) told / will be hearing E) she had to do what she was told
16. Teachers always tell their pupils ___ . 20. The sergeant said that nothing ___ from the two boys
since they ___ at the Victoria Station.
A) not to cross street when the traffic light is red
B) doesn’t cross the road on red traffic light A) was heard / saw
C) don’t ask many questions if they are not B) will be heard / were seen
C) had been heard / were seen
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D) when they come to the lesson

E) they helped their parents D) had heard / saw
E) would have heard / were seen
17. 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

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Answer Key:

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

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