281 REVIEW 3

Reported Speech
Part 1
Directions: Following questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each
sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), or (D). Choose
the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1. It’s very important in today’s world to be able to ….. a foreign language.
A. say
B. speak
C. talk
D. tell
2. Maria …… that she could not attend classes next week.
A. told to her professors ( said to sb, told sb)
B. said her professors
C. told her professors
D. is telling her professors
3. The MP asked …… the Prime Minister was aware of the growing social problem.
( sưn phát triển của những vấn đề xã hội)
A. that
B. him
C. if ( s+ asked + if/whether +S +V (lùi thì) + )
D. what
4. ‘What did Maria ask you?’ - ‘She asked me ….. I had ever been abroad.’
A. that
B. whether
C. for
D. about
5. “Is it true ….. the law says there is no smoking in restaurant in this city?”
A. that what
B. what
C. if
 D. that
6. When I was a little, my father gave me some advice. He said …… talk to strangers.
A. I shouldn’t
B. that shouldn’t
C. don’t
D. that I don’t
7. A fortune-teller predicted …… inherit a lot of money before the end of the year.
A. that I would
B. that I
C. what I will
D. what I
8. Why did Beth ask you ….. a bicycle?
A. that if you had ( ask kh thể đi với that
B. do you have
C. that you had
D. if you had
9. The little boys were asked ….. so much noise in the library.
A. not make
B. not to make
C. not making
D. to make no
10. He asked me where …… .
A. did I live
B. I lived
C. do you live
D. that I lived

11. Bill asked me why…… to go shopping with me.

A. I hadn’t invited him
B. hadn’t I invited him
C. I hadn’t him invited
 D. hadn’t I him invited
12. Ellie asked Stan …… to look at the new catalogue.
A. did he want
B. do you want
C. whether he wants
D. if he wanted
13. I wonder ….. mind watching this bag for me for a moment.
A. would you
B. you would
C. if would you
D. whether you would tôi phân vân kh biết bạn sẽ
14. “What did the man say when you challenged him?”
“He said he …… pay for the things in his bag, but I didn’t believe him!”
A. is going to
B. has been going to
C. goes to
D. was going to
15. When I last saw Carrie, she told me she …… of buying a house, but now she’s
changed her mind.
A. thought
B. is thinking
C. was thinking cô ấy đang nghỉ về việc mua 1 căn nhà
D. has been thinking
16. “What did they say when they realized you weren’t a shoplifter?”
“They apologized …….. me.”
A. to doubt
B. they had doubted
C. for doubting
D. the doubt of
17. Tom said that he ……. leave at eight.
A. must
 B. had
C. had to
D. have to
18. He asked me …. the book I borrowed from the library.
A. if I found
B. if I had found -> have you found the book he borrows from the library.
C. whether I have found
D. whether I found
19. “Bill Frazer seems like a good person for the job, but we don’t know why he left his
last job.”
“I know why. He told me …… a serious policy disagreement with his boss last
January.”
A. if he’d had
B. he’d had
C. what he’d had
D. that what he had
20. ………….. prompt ( lời nhắc) is important to our boss. (Một người có chút gợi nhắc
gì hay không là quan trọng đối với ông chủ của chúng tôi.)
A. A person is
B. Is a person
C. If a person is
D. Whether or not a person is ( sử dụng whether thay cho if để đóng vai trò chủ
ngữ và bổ ngữ ( đứng sau to be) * whether có thể theo sau trực tiếp bởi “or not” nhưng
if thì không)
21. “What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?”
“I did badly on the test. She ………………. studied for it.
A. said why hadn’t I
B. asked why hadn’t I
C. said why I hadn’t
D. asked why I hadn’t
22. “Did you remember to tell Rose ... she should bring to the meeting tomorrow?”
 “Oh, my gosh! I completely forgot! I’m sorry.”
A. that
B. what
C. if
D. that what
23. Edward’s interview was very intense. The interviewer wanted to know many facts
about his personal life, and even asked him ……. had ever used any illegal drugs of
any kind. ( Cuộc phỏng vấn Edward rất căng thẳng. Người phỏng vấn muốn biết nhiều sự thật về
cuộc sống cá nhân của mình, và thậm chí hỏi anh ta liệu anh ta đã từng sử dụng bất cứ loại thuốc
bất hợp pháp nào hay không.)
A. that if he
B. that he
C. if or not he
D. whether or not he
24. The attorney told his client that ………..
A. they had little chance of winning the case
B. the case was of a small chance to win
C. it was nearly impossible to win him the case
D. the case had a minimum chance to be won by him
25. It is reported that the boat ……. about 60 miles off the coast of South Africa.
A. disappeared
B. was disappeared
C. was being disappeared
D. has been disappeared
26. “I’ve lost my car keys,” said Peter.
A. Peter told that he had lost his car keys.
B. Peter said me that he had lost his car keys.
C. Peter said that he has lost his car keys.
D. Peter tod me that he had lost his car keys.
27. His friend said to Peter, “I’m sad. Let me alone.”
A. His friend said that I am sad and let me alone.
B. His friend said that I was sad and let me alone.
 C. His friends said that he was sad and told Peter to let him alone.
D. His friend said that he was sad and if Peter let him alone.
28. “All right, it’s true. I was nervous,” said the girl.
A. The girl denied being nervous.
B. The girl admitted that she had been nervous.
C. The girl admitted to have been nervous. -> admitted + ving
D. The girl decided that she had been nervous.
29. “Ok mum, I’ll do my homework,’ said Susan.
A. Susan promised doing her homework.
B. Susan promised to have done her homework.
C. Susan promised that she would do her homework.
D. Susan promised that she will do her homework.
30. “No, I can’t lend you my notes, Mike,” Jane said.( tôi không thể cho bạn mượn vở
ghi chép được)
A. Jane denied lending Mike her notes.
B. Jane refused to accept Mike’s offer to lend her his notes.
C. Jane refused to lend Mike her notes.
D. Jane told Mike why she couldn’t lend him her notes.
31. “I’ll return it tomorrow afternoon,” said Lucy.
A. Lucy offered to return it the following afternoon.
B. Lucy said me she would return it the following afternoon.
C. Lucy agreed to come back the following afternoon.
D. Lucy promised to return it the following afternoon.
32. Maria said ”My hair never grows!”
A. Maria complained that her hair grew slowly.
B. Maria said that her hair grow too quickly.
C. Maria complained that her hair stopped growing.
D. Maria liked her hair very much.
33. “No smoking in here” says the sign.
A. The sign shows that smoking is not allowed in that area.
B. The person tells people not to smoke in that area.
 C. There is no sign for smokers in that area.
D. The sign allows smoking in here.
34. The teacher said to his students: “Never leave the room without asking for my
permission.”
A. He encouraged them to ask for his permission when leaving.
B. He suggested the students leaving the room without asking.
C. He ordered them to ask for his permission for leaving.
D. He reminded them of not leaving the room.
35. “Can you explain it in another way?” she said.
A. She asked him if he can explain it in another way.
B. She asked him to explain it in a different way.
C. She asked him whether he could explain it in another way.
D. She asked him could he explain it again.

This is the end of Review 3.