Chose the best answer

1. She asked me……..the seat………..or not.

a. if / had occupied b. whether / was occupied c. if / has been occupied d. whether / occupied
2. The policeman asked us………..
a. had any of us seen the accident happen b. if had any of us seen the accident happen
c. whether any of us had seen the accident happen d. that if any of us had seen the accident happen
3. I asked him……….., but he said nothing.
a. what the matter was b. what was the matter c. the matter was what d. what’s the matter was
4. James………..him up when the bus reached the square.
a. told me wake b. asked me to wake c. said me to wake d. requested me waking
5. I wonder………….we’ll catch the bus………we’ll take a taxi.
a. if / and whether b. whether / or that c. if / and that d. whether / or whether
6. Excuse me. Could you tell me………………?
a. what time is it b. what is the time c. what time it is d. it is what time
7. We wonder……….from his office after that scandal.
a. why did he not resign b. why he did not resign
c. why he not resign d. why didn’t he resign
8. Jeff wanted to know……………..
a. that why were his friends laughing b. why were his friends laughing
c. why his friends were laughing d. the reason why his friends laughing
9. Mr Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the………..day.
a. previous b. following c. before d. last
10. She…………him whether he liked the steak she cooked.
a. asks b. wondered c. wanted to know d. asked
11. His neighbours sometimes wondered……….he did for a living.
a. why b. when c. where d. what
12. Could you please tell me……………?
a. It is how far to the nearest bus stop b. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
c. how far to the nearest bus stop is it d. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
13. Marigold wondered………..Kevin and Ruth would be at the party.
a. that b. whether c. if d. b& c
14. He asked me…………….
a. how long I have studied English b. how long had I studied English
c. how long I had study English d. how long I had studied English
15. “Could you check the oil, please?” I asked the mechanic.

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 a. I invited the mechanic to check the oil. b. I asked the mechanic to check the oil.
c. I reminded the mechanic to check the oil. d. I warned the mechanic to check the oil.
16. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
a. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
b. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
c. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
d. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
17. “I have something to tell you” Kerry said to Cheryl.
a. Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. b. Kerry told Chery he had something to tell her.
c. Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him. d. Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to tell her.
18. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
a. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
b. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
c. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
d. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
19. “I will come to see you as soon as I am ready,” she said to Philip.
a. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.
b. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
c. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
d. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
20. “I wrote to him yesterday.”
a. She said to me I wrote to him the day before. b. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.
c. She told me she had written to him yesterday. d. She told me she had written to him the day before.
21. “He is talking to your sister,” she said to me.
a. She told me he was talking to your sister. b. She told me she was talking to my sister.
c. She told me he was talking to my sister. d. She told me he was talking to her sister.
22. “It is the time to check what you have done,” the father said to the boys.
a. The father said to the boys it is time to check what they had done.
b. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
c. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
d. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
23. “You will like my sister when you meet her.”
a. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.
b. He told me I will like his sister when I met her.
c. He told me I would like his sister when I met her.

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24. “I didn’t meet Susan last week.”
a. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before. b. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
c. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week. d. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
25. “I didn’t break your watch.”
a. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch. b. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.
c. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch. d. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.
26. “I found a lot of mistakes in your plan.” Catherine said to Kevin.
a. Catherine told Kevin she found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
b. Catherine told Kevin she has found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
c. Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
d. Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in her plan.
27. “I have just seen your mother this morning.”
a. Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning.
b. Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning.
c. Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning.
d. Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning.
28. “We are ready to come with our friends.”
a. They told us they are ready to come with their friends.
b. They told us they were ready to come with our friends.
c. They told us we were ready to come with our friends.
d. They told us they were ready to come with their friends.
29. “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key.”
a. He said he couldn’t get into the house because he had lost my key.
b. He said he hadn’t been able to get into the house because he had lost his key.
c. He said he had been able to get into the house because he had lost his key.
d. He said he hadn’t been able to get into the house because he lost his key.
30. “Remember to switch off the lights when you’ve finished,” he said.
a. He reminded me to switch off the lights when I’ve finished.
b. He reminded me to switch off the lights when I’d finished.
c. He offered me to switch off the lights when I’d finished.
d. He suggested me to switch off the lights when I’d finished.
31. Paker: “Help me!”
a. Paker asked not to help him. b. Paker asked to help me.
c. Paker advised me to help him. d. Paker asked us to help him.

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32. Carol: “Listen to that song.”
a. Carol said to listen that song. b. Carol told us to listen to that song.
c. Carol asked us to listen to this song. d. Carol talked me to listen to that song.
33. Maria: “Leave me alone!”
a. Maria told her friend to leave her alone. b. Maria told her friend to leave me alone.
c. Maria said her friend to leave me alone. d. Maria told her friend leaving me alone.
34. Mr Stephens: “Buy me some milk.”
a. Mr Stephens suggested to buy him some milk. b. Mr Stephens asked me to buy him some milk.
c. Mr Stephens asked if he could buy him some milk. d. Mr Stephens spoke to buy me some milk.
35. George: “Feed the cat, will you?”
a. George asked his girlfriend to feed the cat. b. George asked his girlfriend feed the cat.
c. George asked his girlfriend feeding the cat. d. George asked his girlfriend fed the cat.
36. “Please bring me some fish soup,” he said to the waitress.
a. He asked the waitress bring him some fish soup. b. He asked the waitress to bring her some fish soup.
c. He asked the waitress to bring him some fish soup. d. He asked the waitress bring her some fish soup.
37. “I wish _____ eat vegetables”, he said.
a. my children will b. my children would
c. whether my children would d. my children must
39. Your mother: “Come back in one hour.”
a. My mother told me come back in one hour. b. My mother asked me come back in one hour.
c. My mother reminded to come back in one hour. d. My mother told me to come back in one hour.
40. Mrs Smith: “Don’t play in front of my windows.”
a. Mrs Smith told us not to play in front of her windows.
b. Mrs Smith told us not to play in front of my windows.
c. Mrs Smith told us to not play in front of her windows.
d. Mrs Smith said us not to play in front of her windows.
41. Jamei: “Don’t eat so much junk food!”
a. Jamei reminded me not to eat so much junk food. b. Jamei asked me to not eat so much junk food.
c. Jamei reminded me not to ate so much junk food. d. Jamei said to me not to eat so much junk food.
42. Walter: “Don’t ring Tony on Sunday”
a. Walter told me don’t ring Tony on Sunday. b. Walter told not to ring Tony on Sunday.
c. Walter told me not ring Tony on Sunday. d. Walter told me not to ring Tony on Sunday.
43. Jane: “Don’t watch the new film.”
a. Jane advised me not to watch the new film. b. Jane advised not me to watch the new film.

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 c. Jane advised me do not to watch the new film. d. Jane advise me not to watch the new film.
44. “Don’t make noise because I am listening to music now.”
a. He asked me not to make noise because he was listening to music now.
b. He asked me not to make noise because I was listening to music then.
c. He asked me not to make noise because he was listening to music then.
d. He asked me not to make noise when I was listening to music then.
45. Father: “Brush your teeth before going to bed, please.”
a. Father said to his son brushing your teeth before going to bed.
b. Father said his son to brush his teeth before going to bed.
c. Father told his son to brush my teeth before going to bed.
d. Father told his son to brush his teeth before going to bed.
46. They said: “Hurrah! We have won the contest!”
a. They said “Hurrah” that they had won the contest. b. They said they had won the contest.
c. They exclaimed with joy that they had won the contest. d. They said with joy that they have won the contest.
47. Miss White said to him, “Why are you so late? Did your car have a flat fire?”
a. Miss White told him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire
b. Miss White asked him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire.
c. Miss White asked him why was he so late and if your car have a flat fire.
d. Miss White asked him why he was so late and whether his car had a flat fire.
48. She said to Peter “I’m sad. Let me alone.”
a. She said that I am sad and let me alone.
b. She said that she was sad and please let me alone.
c. She said that she was sad and told Peter to let her alone.
d. She said that he was sad and if Peter left him alone.
49. He said "If I had enough money, I could buy that dictionary."
a. He said if he had enough money, he could buy that dictionary
b. He said if he had had enough money, he could have bought that dictionary.
c. He said if he had enough money, he could have bought that dictionary.
d. A & B
50. "Good morning, Mary! How are you?" Henry said
a. Henry greeted Mary and asked how she was.
b. Henry greeted Mary and asked how is she.
c. Henry said good morning Mary and asked how was she.
d. Henry said good morning and asked Mary how she is.