II. Write reported sentences.

1. “Why are you so late?” she asked me.

 She

2. “Can you play the piano?” he asked the girl.

 He

3. “Do you like pop music?” Helen asked Bob.

 Helen

4. “Where do you live, boys?” the man asked the children.

 The man

5. She asked me, “Why do I have to do this work?”

 She

6. “Is your father a farmer, Tom?” Linda asked.

 Linda

7. “What’s your name?” the examiner asked Ann.

 The examiner

8. “Can you lend me some money?” Harry said to Susan.

 Harry

9. “How long does it take you to go to school every day?” the teacher asked us.

 The teacher

10. “Is your house far from here, Jack?” Tina asked.

 Tina

1. “Where do you live?

A. Miho asked me where do I live.

B. Miho asked me where I lived.

C. Miho asked me where did I live.

D. Miho asked me where I did live.

2. “What is the time?”

A. Can you tell me what is the time?

B. Can you tell me what was the time

C. Can you tell me what the time is?

D. Can you tell me what the time was?

3. “Why did he say that?”

A.I would like to know why he said that.

B. I would like to know why did he say that.

C.I would like to know why he did say that.

D.I would like to know why did he said that.

4. “Do we have a test tomorrow?”

A. I’ve forgotten do we have a test tomorrow?

B. I’ve forgotten if we have a test tomorrow.

C. I’ve forgotten have we a test tomorrow?

D. I’ve forgotten we have a test tomorrow?

5. “Don’t talk!”

A. The teacher told us not to talk.

B. The teacher told us to not talk.

C. The teacher said not talk.

D. The teacher told us to not talking.

6. “Have you finished with the computer?”

A. She asked if had I finished with the computer.

B. She asked if Ihad finished with the computer.

C. She asked if have I finished with the computer.

D. She asked if I finished with the computer.

7. “I’ll give you your money back tomorrow.”

A. She promised me to give the money back the next day.

B. She promised to give me back the money the next day.

C. She promised to give me back your money the next day.

D. She promised to give you back your money the next day.

8. “Can I use your phone?”

A. I asked her I could use her phone.

B. I asked her could I use her phone

C. I asked her if can I use her phone.

D.I asked her if can use her phone.

9. “When are you going back to Japan?

A.He asked when I was going back to Japan.

B.He asked when was I going back to Japan.

C. He asked when are you going back to Japan.

D.He asked when I am going back to Japan.

10. “Why did you have wait so long?”

A.She wanted to know why we had to wait so long.

B. She wanted to know why did we have to wait so long.

C. She wanted to know why did you have to wait so long.

D. She wanted to know why we have to wait so long.

21. “Where did you spend your holidays last year?” Mary asked me

A. Mary asked me where I spent my holidays the previous year.                             

B. Mary asked me where I had spent my holidays the previous year.

C. Mary asked me where had I spent my holidays the previous year.                                              

D. Mary asked me where did I spend my holidays the previous year.

22.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

23. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier” Mary said.

A. Mary apologized for not phoning me earlier          B. Mary warned me not to phone earlier       

C. Mary told me not to phone earlier                          D. Mary apologized for phoning me earlier

24.We can use _________ form of communication with gestures such as waving, nodding.

A. verbal                                 B. non- verbal             C. speech                                 D. talking

25.  Mary is unselfish girl because she is _________ to help others without thinking of any benefit.

A. disappointed                      B. delighted                C. willing                                D. unwilling

26.Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.

A. solution                              B. night shift                C. household chores               D. special dishes

27.You  _______ responsibility for doing household chores before going to the cinema.

A. do                                       B. make                       C. take                                     D. keep

28.It is difficult to ________ our beauty when we get older and older.

A. develop                              B. collect                     C. gain                                     D. maintain

29.Most young people believe in _____________ marriage, first come love and then come marriage.

A. agreed                                B. shared                     C. contractual                          D. romantic

30.  This is the instance where big, obvious non- verbal signals are appropriate.

A. similar                                 B. suitable                   C. different                             D. equal

      31. In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of study ______________.

A. pressure                              B. management                      C. decision                  D. responsibility

      32. She revised her lesson well and could answer all the questions with ____________________.

            A. confidence                         B. confident                C. confide                               D. confidently

33.There are regional ______ between the North and the South

         A. differently               B. different                       C. difference                          D. differences

34.She was overjoyed because her article________ .

  A. had published             B. has published                C. has been published            D. had been published

35: Her newly-published book is________ from the previous ones.

                  A. differ                  B. difference                      C. different                        D. differently

36: “Where are you spending your holiday?”  Janet asked us.

         A. Janet asked us where are we spending our holiday.

         B. Janet asked us where we are spending our holiday.

         C. Janet asked us where were we spending our holiday. 

         D . Janet asked us where we were spending our holiday.

37: My parents are the first people ___________advice I usually ask for.

A. who                                   B. whom                           C. which                            D. whose

38:  There will be a shortage of water unless it rains.

         A.If it doesn’t rain, there will be a shortage of water. B.There will be a shortage of water if it rains.

         C.There will be a shortage of water if it will rain.  D.If it doesn’t rain, there would be a shortage of water.

39. Ms Young, to _______ many of her students are writing, is living happily and peacefully in Canada.

A. who                                          B. whom                             C. that                                D. whose

40. “What did you do last weekend, Tim?” Alice asked.

A. Alice asked Tim what did he do last weekend.                  B. Alice asked Tim what he had done last weekend.

C. Alice asked Tim what he had done the previous weekend.   D. Alice asked Tim what had he done the previous weekend.

Complete the sentences by changing the quoted speech to reported speech.

1. Eva asked, "Could you help me, John?"
Eva asked John ............................. her.

2. Charles said, "When will the final decision be made?"
Charles wanted to know...............................

3. Frank asked Elizabeth, "Where have you been all afternoon?"
Frank asked Elizabeth ................... all afternoon.

4. Bill just said, "What is Kim's native language?"
Bill wants to know ......................................

5. Yesterday Ron said to Bob, "What's the problem?"
Ron asked Bob ................................

6. I asked myself, "Am I doing the right thing?"
I wondered ................................ the right thing.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning, to each of the following questions.

1. “I will help you,” Bob said to me.

A. Bob told me he would help me.

B. Bob asked me to help him.

C. Bob said that he would help you.

D. Bob warned me that he would help her.

2. They had decorated the tree with colored balls.

A. Colored balls had been decorated under the tree.

B. The tree had been decorated with coloured balls.

C. They had decorated coloured balls and the tree.

D. With coloured balls the tree had looked beautiful.

3. I don’t want to hear you complaining any more.

A. I’ve had enough of your complaining.

B. I wish to hear you complaining more and more.

C. Why don’t you complain more?

D. I’m too busy to listen to your complaining.

4. I didn't arrive in time to see her.

A. I was early enough but I didn't see her.

B. She was late so I couldn’t see her.

C. I wasn't early enough to see her.

D. I am so late that I can't see her.

Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words.

5. The mother made the little girl go to bed in time.

The little girl__________________________________________.

6. She can’t go to school today because she is ill.

If she_________________________________________________.

7. My sister began to learn English when she was six years old.

My sister has__________________________________________.

8. The car was so expensive that my dad didn't buy it.

The car was too________________________________________.

II. WRITING

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meanin, to each of the following questions.

33. “I will help you,” Bob said to me.

A. Bob told me he would help me.               B. Bob asked me to help him.

C. Bob said that he would help you.             D. Bob warned me that he would help her.

34. They had decorated the tree with colored balls.

A. Colored balls had been decorated under the tree.

B. The tree had been decorated with colored balls.

C. They had decorated colored balls and the tree.

D. With colored balls the tree had looked beautiful.

35. I don’t want to hear you complaining any more.

A. I’ve had enough of your complaining.

B. I wish to hear you complaining more and more.

C. Why don’t you complain more?              

D. I’m too busy to listen to your complaining.

36. I didn't arrive in time to see her.

A. I was early enough but I didn't see her.    B. She was late so I couldn’t see her.

C. I wasn't early enough to see her.              D. I am so late that I can't see her.

Report the statements and questions.

0. "Where do you live?" I asked her.

=> I asked her where she lived.

1. Emma said, " I'm having an awful time."

=> _____________________________________.

2. " We must do it again." she told him."

=> _____________________________________.

3. " What did she say." he asked me.

=>__________________________________________.

4. "Have you ever been to the National History Museum?" they asked me.

=> ________________________________________.

5. " I can't wait to see you." my mum told me.

=> ________________________________________.

21. I talked to Bob two weeks ago. I thought he wanted to know about my cat, but I misunderstood him. He asked me where _____, not my cat.

A. is my hat            B. my hat was         C. my hat is              D. was my hat

22. “The people in the apartment upstairs must have a lot of children.” – “I don’t know how many _____, but it sounds like they have a dozen.”

A. children do they have                  B. do they have children

C. children they have                       D. they have children

23. Do you know _____? I myself have no idea.

A. how many years the earth is              B. how old the earth is

C. how long is the earth                         D. how much time has been the earth

24. “There’s too much noise in this room. I can’t understand what _____.”

A. is the professor saying                              B. is saying the professor 

C. that the professor is saying                      D. the professor is saying

25. When I was little, my father gave me some advice. He said _____ talk to stranger.

A. I shouldn’t          B. that shouldn’t           C. don’t                D. that I don’t

26. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on _____ trigger different sorts of health risks.

A. noise pollution can                       B. that noise pollution

C. how noise pollution                     D. how noise pollution can

27. I don’t know _____.

A. when was this house built                       B. when this house was built

C. whom does this house belong to            D. who does this house belong to

28. “Did you tell Carol where _____ us this evening?” – Yes, I did. I can’t understand why she is late.”

A. should she meet        B. she to meet          C. she meets          D. to meet

29. 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

30. “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