REPORTED SPEECH

Choose the best word/phrase to complete each of the following sentences.  

She wanted to know what I ________ in my spare time the Sunday before

• had done

• did

• was doing

• have done

My students promised that they would hand in their assignments ______.

• the previous day

• yesterday

• the following day

• tomorrow

The teacher told his students ______ laughing.

• to stop   

• stop

• stopped

• stopping

The police asked us where_______.

• did John lived 

• John lived

• John living

• does John live?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

She asked me why did Mathew look so embarrassed when he saw Carole.

• asked me

• did Mathew look

• embarrassed

• saw

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

20. My mother said me to sit down at the table and do my homework.

• 20. said

• 20. down

• 20. the

• 20. and do

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best to complete each of the following sentences.

She asked me where I _______ from.

   

• come

• coming

• to come 

• came

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

"I'm sorry I haven't finished the assignment," Fiona said.

• Fiona denied having finished the assignment.          

• Fiona regretted having finished the assignment.

• Fiona refused to finish the assignment.     

• Fiona apologised for not finishing the assignment.

“Where did you go last night, Nam?”, said Hoa.

• Hoa asked Nam where had he gone the night before. 

• Hoa said Nam where he had gone the night before.

• Hoa told Na where he had gone last night. 

• Hoa asked Nam where he had gone the night before.

The mother asked her son _______.

• where he has been

• where he had been

• where has he been

• where had he been