Skills 2

Nam wanted to know what time ...............

1. does the movie begin   
2. did the movie begin
3. the movie begins   
4. the movie began

I wondered ............... the right thing.

1. whether I was doing   
2. if I am doing
3. was I doing   
4. am I doing

The scientist said the earth ............... the sun.

1. goes round   
2. is going around
3. went around
4. was going around

Peter said that if he ............... rich, he ............... a lot.

1. is – will travel   
2. were – would travel
3. had been – would have travelled
4. was – will travel

They said that they had been driving through the desert ...............

1. the previous day   
2. yesterday
3. the last day   
4. Sunday previously

He asked the children ............... too much noise.

1. not to make   
2. not making
3. don’t make   
4. if they don’t make

The man said that money ............... the passport to everything.

1. will be   
2. is  
3. was  
4. can be

The teacher said Columbus ............... America in 1942.

1. discovered   
2. had discovered
3. was discovering   
4. would discover

John said he ............... her since they ............... school.

1. hasn’t met - left   
2. hadn’t met - had left
3. hadn’t met - left   
4. didn’t meet - has left

The woman asked ............... get lunch at school.

1. can the children   
2. whether the children could
3. if the children can  
4. could the children

Laura said that when she ............... to school, she saw an accident.

1. was walking
2. has walked
3. had been walking
4. has been walking

He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” – He asked why ............... the final exam.

1. she took
2. did she take
3. she hadn’t taken
4. she had taken

Ba said he ............... some good marks the semester before.

1. gets   
2. got   
3. had gotten   
4. have got

They told their parents that they ............... their best to do the test.

1. try   
2. will try   
3. are trying  
4. would try

I’ve been studying very hard for my final exams but I always feel ……..

1. happy   
2. calm   
3. worried   
4. healthy