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Grammar Review Unit 8 - DB 3

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tag questions are long questions at the end of statements.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Is this question correct?


Amanda works in a bank, doesn't she?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

We use tag questions to confirm something or find out if something is true or not.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When we form tag questions there's no need to change anything.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

They hardly see their parents over the weekends,_______________?

a)

don't they?

b)

will they?

c)

do they?

d)

aren't they?

6.

Circe: My cousins, the Sirens, said I couldn't sing. They thought they were all that with their "charm the sailors" routine. Well, I'm showing them tonight,____________?

a)

am I?

b)

aren't I?

c)

amn't I?

d)

am I not?

7.

Tell her I want my curling iron back,_____________?

a)

don't you?

b)

do you?

c)

will you?

d)

won't you?

8.

Don't you dare touch my things,________________?

a)

are you?

b)

don't you?

c)

do you?

d)

will you?

9.

Let's have a celebration by the sea and get together in peace and harmony,_______________?

a)

don't we?

b)

will we?

c)

do we?

d)

shall we?

10.

There isn't a single pen on the desk,_____________?

a)

is there?

b)

aren't there?

c)

isn't there?

d)

is it?

11.

This is your score,_______________?

a)

isn't it?

b)

is it

c)

is this?

d)

isn't this?

12.

Life is full of tough choices,__________________?

a)

does it?

b)

innit?

c)

will it?

d)

can't it?

13.

Reported speech is the exact meaning of what someone said with the exact words.

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

In reported speech, can we omit the word "that"?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

Do we use quotation marks ("...") in the direct speech?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Is this sentence correct?


She said me (that) she was upset.

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.

Is this sentence correct?


They told to him they were going to the airport that day.

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

___________________ the difference.

a)

Say

b)

Tell

19.

___________________ your prayers!

a)

Tell

b)

Say

20.

Can you _______________ me my fortune?

a)

say

b)

tell

21.

Shawn said, "I'm going to visit my parents."

a)

Shawn said (that) I was going to visit my parents.

b)

Shawn said (that) I am going to visit my parents.

c)

Shawn said (that) he was going to visit his parents.

d)

Shawn said (that) he was going to visit her parents.

22.

For general statements or when the sentence is still true (updated report) in the direct speech, we can either change it or not in the reported speech, for example: Rita said, "summers are hot."

a)

True

b)

False

23.

We said, "we'll be there tomorrow."

a)

We said (that) we would be there tomorrow.

b)

We said (that) we'd be there the next day.

c)

They said (that) they would be there the following day.

d)

We said (that) they'd be there the following day.

24.

In the reported speech (indirect), the present progressive and the present perfect follow the same rule (past perfect).

a)

True

b)

False

25.

"You were brilliant", they said.

a)

They said that I was brilliant.

b)

They said that I have been brilliant.

c)

They said that I had been brilliant.

d)

They said that you had been brilliant.

26.

First person pronoun in direct speech (i.e. I, we) is not changed if the pronoun (Subject) in the reported speech is also a first person pronoun (i.e. I or we).

a)

Yes

b)

No

27.

They said, "We went swimming with our friends".

a)

They said we had gone swimming with our friends.

b)

They said we would go swimming with our friends.

c)

They said they are swimming with our friends.

d)

They said they had gone swimming with their friends.

28.

Betty said, "Sam is telling me a secret."

a)

Betty said that Sam was telling her a secret.

b)

Sam said that Betty was telling him a secret.

c)

Betty said that Sam had been telling her a secret.

d)

Betty said that Sam is telling me a secret.

29.

Teachers said, "She was doing great last week."

a)

Teachers said she had been doing great last week.

b)

Teachers said she had been doing great the week before.

c)

Teachers said she had been great the previous week.

d)

Teachers said she would be doing great last week.

30.

My mom says, "The ice cream truck is about to pass by."

a)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck is about to pass by.

b)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck was about to pass by.

c)

My mom said (that) the ice cream truck is about to pass by.

d)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck are about to pass by.

31.

They told her, "George likes you."

a)

They told her that George liked her.

b)

They told her that George liked you.

c)

She told George that she liked him.

d)

They told her that George had liked her.

32.

Veronica said, "My students left 2 minutes ago."

a)

She said that her students had left 2 minutes then.

b)

She said that her students has left 2 minutes ago.

c)

She said that her students will be left 2 minutes earlier.

d)

She said that her students had left 2 minutes ealier.

33.

Is this rule correct?


Direct Speech Reported Speech

Here ------------------ There

Yesterday --------------- The day before

This week --------------- That week

Now ----------------------- Then

a)

Yes

b)

No

34.

Donald Trump has said, "Mexican people are lazy."

a)

He has said (that) mexican people are lazy.

b)

He said (that) mexican people were lazy.

c)

He has said (that) mexican people were lazy.

d)

He has said (that) mexican people had been lazy.

35.

He said, "I don't like being around black people."

a)

He said I don't like being around black people.

b)

He said he doesn't like being around black people.

c)

He said he didn't like being around black people.

d)

None of the options are correct.

36.

We use the modal verb "could" that someone didn't have the ability to do something repeatedly in the past.

a)

Yes

b)

No

37.

"was / were able" is used to show that someone had the ability to do something in a particular situation in the past.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Do we use "couldn't" for both cases: past repeated actions and past single actions?

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.

Can we use "used to" and the "simple past" to refer to past habits?

a)

Yes

b)

No

40.

Is this sentence correct?


I used to go to concerts last year, but I don’t any more.

a)

Yes

b)

No