INDIRECT speech DRILLS

"Do you have time to play tennis regularly?"

The coach wanted to know .... to play tennis regularly

• if we have time

• whether we had time

• do we have time

• if we had had time

"You must call me as soon as you arrive"

Mum said.....

• that you must call me as soon as you arrive.

• that I had to call her as soon as I arrived.

• me that I must call her as soon as I arrived.

• me to call her as soon as I arrive.

"Why were you late last week?"

My sister wants to know .....

• why was I late the week before.

• why I was late the week before.

• why I have been late the previous before.

• why I had been late the week before.

"Don't walk on the ice, it isn't safe"

The man warned .....

• to walk on the ice, because it isn't safe

• not to walk on the ice, because it isn't safe

• to not walk on the ice, because it wasn't safe

• not to walk on the ice, because it wasn't safe

"Nothing grows in this garden, because it never gets enough sun"

The farmer explained that ......

• nothing grows in this garden, because it never got enough sun

• nothing grew in that garden, because it never got enough sun

• nothing grows in that garden, because it never gets enough sun

• nothing grew in that garden, because it never gets enough sun

"Which team has won?"

Can you tell me ....

• which team won

• which team has won

• whether the team has won

• which team had won

"Can you do this exercise?"

I wonder .....

• if you can do that exercise

• can you do this exercise

• could you do that exercise

• if you could do this exercise

"I will take you to Japan next year, Katie."

Katie's mum told....

• Katie that she would take her to Japan the following year

• Katie that she will take her to Japan the next year

• that she will take her to Japan the next year

• that she would take her to Japan the following year

" Did you drive the car yesterday?"

Father asked me ......

• if I drove the car yesterday

• did I driven the car yesterday

• if I had driven the car the day before

• had I driven the car the day before

“I’ve always wanted to see the Great Wall of China,”

Joey said.........to see the Great Wall of China.

• he had always wanted

• he always wanted

• he has always wanted

• he have always wanted