REPORTED SPEECH 2

Question 1: Julia said that she _____ there at noon.

A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
Question 2: He _____ that he was leaving that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me
Question 3: She said to me that she _____ to me the Sunday before.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
Question 4: I asked Martha _____ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning
Question 5: Nam wanted to know what time _____.
A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began
Question 6: I wondered _____ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing
Question 7: The scientist said the Earth _____ the Sun.
A. goes around B. is going around C. went around D. was going around
Question 8: They said that they had been driving through the desert _____.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously
Question 9: He asked the children _____ too much noise.
A. not making B. not to make C. don’t make D. if they don’t make
Question 10: The man said that money _____ the passport to everything.
A. will be B. is C. was D. can be
Question 11: The teacher said Columbus _____ America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
Question 12: He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” – He asked why _____ the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken
Question 13: The woman asked _____ get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children C. if the children can D. if the children could
Question 14: She _____ me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking
Question 15: They asked me how many children _____.
A. if I had B. had I C. I have D. I had
Question 16: The stranger asked me where I _____ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
Question 17: Ms. Nga wanted to know what time _____.
A. the movie began B. the movie begins C. does the movie begin D. did the movie begin
Question 18: Mary said she _____ there the day before.
A. is B. had been C. will be D. would be
Question 19: Mai asked Quan _____.
A. when he will come back B. when he would come back
C. when he comes back D. when he is coming back
Question 20: She told me _____ her up at six o’clock.
A. please pick B. to pick C. should pick D. I can pick
Question 21: He said that Ha and his friend _____ married.
A. were getting / tomorrow B. are getting / the next day
C. were getting / the next day D. will get / the day after
Question 22: He asked me when _____ there.
A. did I arrive B. will I arrive C. I arrived D. I can arrive
Question 23: The teacher said, “ I didn’t see her.” => The teacher said _____ her.
A. he had seen B. I hadn’t seen C. he didn’t see D. he hadn’t seen
Question 24: Hello, Jim. I didn’t expect to see you today. Solia said that you _____ ill.
A. are B. were C. was D. should be
Question 25: Tom _____ that his mother was in hospital.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. asked me
Question 26: Mr. David said, “I played badminton yesterday." => Mr. David said that he _____
badminton the day before.
A. was playing B. played C. had played D. has played
Question 27: She asked me, "How high is the house?"
A. She asked me how high the house was. B. She asked me how high is the house.
C. She asked me how high the house had been. D. She asked me how high the house is.
Question 28: I asked Mary _____ to study abroad.
A. are you planning B. if she is planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning
Question 29: She said, "I’ll come back early."
 A. She said she came back early. B. She planned to come back early.
C. She promised to come back early. D. She said she will come back early.
Question 30: “Don't talk in the class," the teacher said to the students.
A. The teacher told the students to not talk in the class
B. The teacher told the students did not talk in the class.
C. The teacher told the students not talk in the class.
D. The teacher told the students not to talk in the class.
Question 31: He said, "My wife has just bought a computer."
A. He said that his wife had just bought a computer.
B. He said that my wife had just bought a computer.
C. He said that his wife has just bought a computer.
D. He said that his wife just bought a computer.
Question 32: "I will come there as soon as I am ready", she said to Quang.
A. She said to Quang he will come there as soon as he I ain ready.
B. She told Quang she will come there as soon as she was ready.
C. She told Quang she would come there as soon as he was ready.
D. She told Quang she would come there as soon as she was ready.
Question 33: "I met him yesterday" she said.
A. She said to me I met him the day before.
B. She told me she met him yesterday.
C. She told me she had met him yesterday.
D. She told me she had met him the day before.
Question 34: "He is talking to your father", She said to me.
A. She told me he was talking to your father.
B. She told me she was talking to my father.
C. She told me he was talking to my father.
D. She told me he was talking to her father.
Question 35: Miss Lan said to him, "Why are you so late? Did your car have a flat tire?".
A. Miss Lan told him why was he so late and did your car have a flat tire.
B. Miss Lan asked him why was he so late and did your car have a flat tire.
C. Miss Lan asked him why was he so late and if your car have a flat tire.
 D. Miss Lan asked him why he was so late and whether his car had a flat tire.
Question 36: Lan: "Why don't you study hard for the exam, Nam?".
A. Lan told me not to study hard for the exam.
B. Lan told me to study hard for the exam.
C. Lan told Nam not to study hard for the exam.
D. Lan told Nam to study hard for the exam.
Question 37: He asked his mother what _____.
A. time was it B. time is it C. time it was D. none is correct
Question 38: She asked me _____ or not.
A. if I had busy B. whether I was busy C. if I has been busy D. whether I busy
Question 39: I asked her _____, but she said nothing.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. the matter was what D. what's the matter was
Question 40: John often says he _____ eating fish.
A. does not like B. did not like C. not liked D. had not like
Question 41: The mother asked her son _____.
A. where he has been B. where he had been
C. where has he been D. where had he been
Question 42: “Please don’t tell anyone what happened.” An said to me.
A. An said to me please don’t tell anyone what happened.
B. An told me didn’t tell anyone what had happened.
C. An said me not to tell anyone what happened.
D. An told me not to tell anyone what had happened.
Question 43: “Can I take a friend to the party?” Hung asked me.
A. Hung asked me if he could take a friend to the party.
B. Hung wanted to ask someone to take his friend to the party.
C. Hung knew that taking a friend to the party was good.
D. I wanted to invite his friend to the party.
Question 44: He said he _____ at home.
A. is staying B. has stayed C. was staying D. will stay
Question 45: Nam asked her where she _____
 A. have studied B study C. am studying D. studied
Question 46: She asked me _____ I liked classical music.
A. if B. whether C. that D. A & B
Question 47: John said he _____ her since they _____ school.
A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met – had left
C. hadn’t met – left D. didn’t meet – has left
Question 48: Laura said that when she _____ to school, she had seen an accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking
Question 49: Ba said he _____ some good marks the semester before.
A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got
Question 50: They told their parents that they _____ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try
Question 51: He asked me who _____ the editor of that book.
A. was B. were C. is D. has been
Question 51: He wants to know whether I _____ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
Question 52: She asked how long _____ in my present job.
A. I had been working B. I have been working
C. had I been working D. have I worked
Question 53: Thu said she had been _____ the day before.
A. here B. there C. in this place D. where
Question 54: The student said that the English test _____ the most difficult.
A. is B. was C. will be D. have been
Question 55: He wanted to know _____ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going
C. we were going D. that we were going
Question 56: He asked me _____ Robert and I said I did not know _____.
A. that did I know / who were he B. that I knew / who he had been
C. if I knew/ who he was D. whether I knew / who had he been
Question 57: Martin asked me _____.
A. how is my father B. how my father is
 C. how was my father D. how my father was
Question 58: The host asked Peter _____ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred
C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
Question 59: She asked me _____ my holidays _____.
A. where I spent / the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent / last year D. where did I spend / last year
Question 60: John often says he _____ boxing because it _____ a cruel sport.
A. doesn’t like/ is B. did not like / were
C. not liked / had been D. had not
liked / was
Question 61: Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _____.
A. before B. ago C. last D. previous
Question 62: He asked _____ him some money.
A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends
Question 63: Andrew told me that they _____ fish two _____ days.
A. have not eaten / ago B. had eaten/ previous
C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last
Question 64: Jason told me that he _____ his best in the exam the _____ day.
A. had done / following B. will do / previous
C. would do/ following D. was going / previous
Question 65: John asked me _____ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
Question 66: The mother told her son _____ so impolitely.
A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave
Question 67: She said she _____ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. must D. had
Question 68: She said I _____ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have been
Question 69: I have ever told you he _____unreliable.
 A. is B. were C. had been D. would be
Question 70: I told him _____ the word to Jane somehow that I _____ to reach her during the early
hours.
A. passing / will try B. he will pass / tried C. to pass/ would try D. he passed / have tried
Question 71: Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _____.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
Question 72: John asked me _____ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was
Question 73: John asked me _____ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
Question 74: The guest told the host that _____.
A. I must go now B. he must go now C. he had to go now D. he had to go then
Question 75: Jack asked me _____.
A. where do you come from? B. where I come from
C. where I came from D. where did I come from?
Question 76: She asked me _____ I liked pop music.
A. when B. what C. if D. x
Question 77: The doctor _____ him to take more exercise.
A. told B. tell C. have told D. are telling
Question 78: I wanted to know _____ return home.
A. when would she B. when will she C. when she will D. when she would
Question 79: Claire told me that her father _____ a race horse.
A. owns B. owned C. owning D. A and B

Question 80: She said she _____.

A. didn’t like him B. didn’t like he C. doesn’t like him D. doesn’t like