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” She’s never been here before” He said

A. He said that he has never been there before .

B. He said that she had never been there before.

C. She said that he had never been there before.


I want to learn Spanish but I don’t have time.

A. My friend said that she wanted to learn Spanish but she didn’t have time.

B. My friend said that she wanted to learn Spanish but she doesn’t have time.

C. My friend said that she wants to learn Spanish but she doesn’t have time.


‘I can’t go out to the cinema today,’ Karla said.

A. She said she can’t go out to the cinema today.

B. She said she could not go out to the cinema that day.

C. She said she couldn’t go out to the cinema today.

D. She said she can’t go out to the cinema that day .


‘I’m doing my homework a the moment.’
He said he ……….. at the moment.

A. done his homework

B. was doing his homework

C. has been doing his homework


‘I hated every minute of that film!’ said Max.

A. Max said that he had every minute of the film.

B. Max said that he hated every minute of the film.

C. Max said that he had had hated every minute of the film.

D. Max said that he had hated every minute of the film.


Bruce said “My mother doesn’t have any biological children.”

A. Bruce said that his mother doesn’t have any biological children

B. Bruce said that my mother didn’t have any biological children

C. Bruce said that his mother didn’t had any biological children

D. Bruce said that his mother didn’t have any biological children

E. Bruce said that his mother did have any biological children


‘Why are you wearing sunglasses?’ She wondered …

A. why he was wearing sunglasses.

B. why was he wearing sunglasses.

C. if he was wearing sunglasses.


She asked me ” Could you leave early today, please?”

A. She asked me if I could leave early that day.

B. She asked me to leave early today.

C. She asked me could you leave early today.

D. She asked me to leave early that day.


Why don’t you ______ this word in the dictionary?

A. look up

B. keep up with

C. get over

D. give up

E. put up with


The policeman wondered, “Why didn’t you stop at the traffic lights?”

A. The policeman wondered why I hadn’t stopped at the traffic lights.

B. The policeman wondered why I didn’t stop at the traffic lights.

C. The policeman wondered why I haven’t stopped at the traffic lights.


He asked me _____.

A. where we could meet the following day

B. where if we could meet tomorrow

C. that where we could meet the following day

D. where can we meet tomorrow


“ If only I had told him the true!”

A. Jane regrets not having told him the true .

B. Jane regrets not to tell him the true .

C. Jane regrets not to telling him the true .

D. Jane regretted not telling him the true .


Sally couldn’t ______ for certain whether or not she would be staying.

A. Say

B. Said

C. Tell

D. Told

E. Asked


Mary: “I went skiing.”

A. Mary said that she went skiing

B. Mary said that she had gone skiing

C. Mary said that she has gone skiing


With identical twins you can rarely ______ the difference between them.

A. Say

B. Said

C. Tell

D. Told

E. Asked


Do you speak Spanish?
Tim asked….

A. if I spoke Spanish

B. If I speak Spanish

C. if I am speaking Spanish


The receptionist said that if I wanted to have breakfast,I ……………………… have to pay extra.

A. will

B. would

C. shall

D. am going to


Change into reported question :
“Why do girrafes have long neck?” Cathy asked her teacher.

A. Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had longed neck.

B. Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes have long neck.

C. Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had long neck.


‘What about having the party outside?’ She suggested …

A. about having the party outside.

B. having the party outside.

C. to have the party outside.


We can use that after the second verb ___________

A. and it has to be used all the time.

B. but only in the present simple.

C. but it can be ommitted.


He asked me________ home the day before.

A. . what time I leave

B. . what time I will leave

C. what time I had left

D. what time I left


a decision

A. do

B. make


“She got married last year”

A. She told that she had gotten married the previous year.

B. She said that she got married the previous year.

C. She said that I had gotten married the previous year.

D. She told me that she had gotten married yesterday.


The mother told her daughter _______ late at night.

A. to come home

B. not to come home

C. come home

D. don’t come home


He asked me what __________ .

A. did he give me on my birthday

B. he gave me on your birthday

C. he had given me on your birthday

D. he had given me on my birthday




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