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english 9 unit 3 reported speech

Total questions: 145

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"He can drive a car"

a)

She said he would drive a car

b)

She said he could drive a car

c)

She said he was can drive a car

d)

She said he will drive a car

2.

The teacher ____ us that we would write a test on reported speech next week.

a)
said
b)
say
c)
told
d)
spoke
3.
" I don't understand" 
a)

Mary said I don't understand.

b)

Mary said she doesn't understand.

c)

Mary said she didn't understand.

d)

Mary said didn't she understand.

4.

"Can you speak Spanish?" I asked her

a)

I asked her if she could speak Spanish.

b)

I asked her if she can study Spanish.

c)

I asked her what she can speak.

d)

I asked her if she could spoke Spanish.

5.

I asked them if they ______ the exam.

a)

pass

b)

can pass

c)

will pass

d)

passed

6.

He told me he ______ leave the city the following day.

a)

has to

b)

had to

c)

would have to

d)

will have to

7.

They said that they ______ their house.

a)

sell

b)

had sold

c)

will sell

d)

had sell

8.

I asked him if he ______ help me.          

a)

will

b)

was

c)

can

d)

could

9.

Jason asked Linda where she ____________ the month before.

a)

stayed

b)

had stayed

c)

have stayed

d)

has stayed

10.

She said she ________ solve that problem.

a)

could

b)

can

c)

will

d)

may

11.

He said to me he ______ Hue city the next day.

a)

visits

b)

visited

c)

will visit

d)

would visit

12.

She asked Nam what ___________ in that room.

a)

he is doing

b)

he was doing 

c)

was she doing

d)

she was doing

13.

The teacher asked us ___________ so much noise.

a)

don't make 

b)

not make 

c)

not to make  

d)

not making

14.

I asked them if they ______ the exam.

a)

passed 

b)

pass

c)

can pass 

d)

will pass 

15.

She _____ to me that she didn't like that film.

a)

told

b)

said

c)

asked

d)

say

16.

“I didn’t meet Susan last week.”

a)

He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.   

b)

He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.

c)

He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.      

d)

He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.

17.

"What are you doing now?" he asked.

a)

He asked me what I am doing now.  

b)

He asked me what I was doing now.

c)

He asked me what was I doing now.     

d)

He asked me what I was doing then.

18.

Bin said, "I don’t know what Fred is doing".

a)

Bin said that he doesn’t know what Fred is doing.

b)

Bin said that he didn’t know what Fred is doing.

c)

Bin said that he didn’t know what Fred was doing.

d)

Bin said that he doesn’t know what Fred was doing.

19.

“Do you like this car?” he asked me.

a)

He asked me if you like this film.   

b)

He asked me if I like that film.   

c)

He asked me if I liked that film.   

d)

He asked me if he liked that film.   

20.

She asked me where I ______ that car.

a)

buy

b)

bought

c)

will buy

d)

can buy

21.

"I can speak Chinese very well".

a)

Peter said he could speak Chinese very well

b)

Peter said he can speak Chinese very well

c)

Peter said she could speak Chinese very well

d)

Peter said she can speak Chinese very well

22.

"What should I wear to the fancy dress party?"

a)

Mai wondered what should I wear to the fancy dress party

b)

Mai wondered what I should wear to the fancy dress party

c)

Mai wondered what should she wear to the fancy dress party

d)

Mai wondered what to wear to the fancy dress party

23.
"I am going to search the house" said the officer.
a)
The officer said that he 's going to search the house.
b)
The officer said he was going to search the house.
c)
The office said that I am going to search the house.
d)

The office said that I were going to search the house.

24.

Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.”

a)

Melissa said that I had been to India three times.

b)

Melissa said that she has been to India three times.

c)

Melissa said that she had been to India three times.

d)

Melissa said that I have been to India three times.

25.

"I don't like chocolate."

a)

She said that she don't like chocolate

b)

She said that she didn't like chocolate.

c)

She say that she didn't like chocolate.

d)

She said that she didn't likes chocolate

26.

"I am so hungry!"

-Mark said he _____ so hungry

a)

was

b)

is

c)

's

d)

were

27.

"Do you like pizza?"

-Claire asked me if I _____ pizza

a)

like

b)

have liked

c)

likes

d)

liked

28.

"Where did he go?"

-He asked where he _____

a)

had gone

b)

has gone

c)

went

d)

have gone

29.

‘Are you British?’

a)

The official asked me if I was British.

b)

The official told me wheter I would be British.

c)

The official asked me whether I were British.

d)

The official asked me if I will be British.

30.

‘Did you have curry last night?’

a)

Rob asked whether I had curry last night.

b)

Rob told me if I had curry last night.

c)

Rob asked if I have curry last night.

d)

Rob said to me whether I had curry last night.

31.

"He can drive a car"

a)

She said he would drive a car

b)

She said he could drive a car

c)

She said he was can drive a car

d)

She said he will drive a car

32.

The teacher ____ us that we would write a test on reported speech next week.

a)
said
b)
say
c)
told
d)
spoke
33.
" I don't understand" 
a)

Mary said I don't understand.

b)

Mary said she doesn't understand.

c)

Mary said she didn't understand.

d)

Mary said didn't she understand.

34.

"Can you speak Spanish?" I asked her

a)

I asked her if she could speak Spanish.

b)

I asked her if she can study Spanish.

c)

I asked her what she can speak.

d)

I asked her if she could spoke Spanish.

35.

She said she ________ solve that problem.

a)

could

b)

can

c)

will

d)

may

36.

I asked them if they ______ the exam.

a)

pass

b)

can pass

c)

will pass

d)

passed

37.

He told me he ______ leave the city the following day.

a)

has to

b)

had to

c)

would have to

d)

will have to

38.

They said that they ______ their house.

a)

sell

b)

had sold

c)

will sell

d)

had sell

39.

I asked him if he ______ help me.          

a)

will

b)

was

c)

can

d)

could

40.

Jason asked Linda where she ____________ the month before.

a)

stayed

b)

had stayed

c)

have stayed

d)

has stayed

41.

Tom told me that they ______ meat since _______.

a)

have not eaten / last year

b)

did not eat / the following year

c)

had not eaten / the year before

d)

would not eat / the next year

42.

She said she ______ take me home after school.

a)

would

b)

did

c)

must

d)

have

43.

John said he had worked on the report since _____.

a)

yesterday

b)

two days ago

c)

the day before

d)

the next day

44.

John told me that _____.

a)

I must go now

b)

he must go now

c)

he had to go now

d)

he had to go then

45.

She said she ______.

a)

was very tired last night

b)

was very tired the night before

c)

had been very tired last night

d)

had been very tired the night before

46.

John said that he had worked as a computer programmer five years ________.

a)

ago

b)

then

c)

before

d)

later

47.

Jason asked me _____ me the book the day before.

a)

if who gave

b)

if who has given

c)

who had given

d)

that who had given

48.

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

49.

She asked her boyfriend _________.

a)

where was her hat

b)

where her hat was

c)

was where her hat

d)

her hat was where

50.

What do you want?” he asked me.

a)

He asked me what I want.

b)

He asked me what I wanted.

c)

He asked me what do I want

d)

He asked me what did I want.

51.

“Can I borrow your pen please, Sam?”, said Gillian.

a)

Gillian asked Sam if she can borrow his pen.

b)

Gillian asked Sam if she could borrow his pen.

c)

Gillian asked Sam she can borrow his pen.

d)

Gillian asked Sam she could borrow his pen.

52.

Khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang gián tiếp, từ "tomorrow" chuyển thành...?

(a)  

53.

Khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp, từ "now" chuyển thành...?

(a)  

54.

Khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp, từ "must" chuyển thành...?

(a)  

55.

Khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp, từ "today" chuyển thành...?

(a)  

56.

She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.

a)

wrote

b)

has written

c)

was writing

d)

had written

57.

I asked Mary ______ to enter economics school.

a)

are you planning

b)

if was she planning

c)

if she was planning

d)

if she is planning

58.

He asked the children _________ game on the computer any more.

a)

not to play

b)

if they play

c)

not playing

d)

don't play

59.

He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning.

a)

if we had been going

b)

that we had been going

c)

if we were going

d)

that we were going

60.

John asked me _______ in English.

a)

what does this word mean

b)

what that word means

c)

what did this word mean

d)

what that word meant

61.

The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.

a)

is

b)

was

c)

were

d)

has been

62.

The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.

a)

if he prefers

b)

did he prefer

c)

whether he preferred

d)

he preferred

63.

Our teacher told us __________ the quick online test.

a)

play

b)

playing

c)

played

d)

to play

64.

She told her father that she____________ her best in the next final exam.

a)

has tried

b)

would try

c)

had tried

d)

tries

65.

"Where did your first meet your wife?" I asked my brother

a)

I asked my brother where he first met his wife.

b)

I asked my brother where you had first met your wife.

c)

I asked my brother where he had first met his wife.

d)

I asked my brother where had he first met his wife.

66.

Trong reported speech, thì hiện tại lùi thành thì .....

a)

quá khứ

b)

tương lai

c)

quá khứ tiếp diễn

d)

hiện tại tiếp diễn

67.

She told me: "I want some biscuits."

=> She told me she (a)   some biscuits.

68.

They told me: " We will visit America."

=> They told me they _____ visit America.

a)

are

b)

was

c)

were

d)

would

69.

She told him: " I was doing my homework."

=> She told him she _________ her homework.

a)

was doing

b)

had been doing

c)

is doing

d)

had done

70.

I told my children: " I had been a great man."

=> I told my children I __________ great man.

a)

had been

b)

have been

c)

was

d)

am

71.

She told me: " My sister works here."

=> She told me her sister (a)   here.

72.

I told my friends: " I studied in the bedroom."

=> I told my friends I (a)   in the bedroom.

73.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật
now -> (a)  

74.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật

last night -> (a)  

75.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật

next week -> (a)  

76.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật

tonight -> (a)  

77.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật

here --> (a)  

78.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu tường thuật

tomorrow --> (a)  

79.

đổi trạng từ sau sang câu trực tiếp

(a)   --> the day before

80.

Đánh dấu vào những ô đúng

Đâu là dấu hiệu của quá khứ đơn.

a)

since last Monday

b)

3 weeks ago

c)

last night

d)

every day

81.

Đánh dấu vào những ô đúng

Đâu là dấu hiệu của hiện tại đơn.

a)

in my free time

b)

next week

c)

always

d)

for a long time

82.

Đánh dấu vào những ô đúng

Đâu là dấu hiệu của tương lai đơn.

a)

next month

b)

tomorrow

c)

yesterday

d)

in the future

83.

"yesterday" chuyển sang câu gián tiếp

a)

the day before

b)

before

84.

ago

a)

before

b)

then

85.

tomorrow

a)

then

b)

the following day

86.

Cụm từ sau khi chuyển sang câu gián tiếp sẽ là:

"I am going to..." he said ->

a)

He said he was going to ...

b)

He said he is going to ...

c)

He said she was going to ...

87.

•Chọn câu gián tiếp đúng

You must do your homework by yourself

The teacher said to her

a)

The teacher said to her you must do your homework by yourself.

b)

The teacher said to her she must do her homework by herself.

c)

The teacher said her she must do her homework by herself.

88.

Chọn câu gián tiếp đúng:

"You have to tidy your room by yourself" her mum said

a)

Her mum said that she has to tidy her room by herself

b)

Her mum said that she must tidy her room by herself

c)

Her mum said that she had to tidy her room by herself

d)

Her mum said to her that you have to tidy your room by yourself

89.

She told me: "I want some biscuits."

=> She told me she (a)   some biscuits.

90.

I told my sister: " You were a kid."

=> I told my sister she (a)   a kid.

91.

They told me: " We will visit America."

=> They told me they _____ visit America.

a)

are

b)

was

c)

were

d)

would

92.

She told him: " I was doing my homework."

=> She told him she _________ her homework.

a)

was doing

b)

had been doing

c)

is doing

d)

had done

93.

She told me: " My sister works here."

=> She told me her sister (a)   here.

94.

'We will visit you this week,' my parents told me.

a)

My parents told me that they visited me that week.

b)

My parents told me that they would visit me this week.

c)

My parents told me that they would visit me that week.

95.

'Kate can keep calm even when she has lots of pressure,' Tom said.

a)

Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she has lots of pressure.

b)

Tom said Kate can keep calm even when she had lots of pressure.

c)

Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she had lots of pressure.

96.

'Do you sleep at least eight hours a day?' the doctor asked him.

a)

The doctor asked him if he slept at least eight hours a day.

b)

The doctor asks him if he sleeps at least eight hours a day.

c)

The doctor asked him does he sleep at least eight hours a day?

97.

Julia said that she ___________ at noon.

a)

A. was going to be here

b)

B. was going to be there

c)

C. would be here

d)

D. can be there

98.

He _______ that he was moving away that afternoon.

a)

A. told me

b)

B. told to me

c)

C. said me

d)

D. says to me

99.

I _________ him to sell that old motorbike.

a)

A. said to

b)

B. suggested

c)

C. advised

d)

D. recommended

100.

My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.

a)

A. remember to plant

b)

B. not planting

c)

C. to plant

d)

D. planting

101.

I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.

a)

A. if she was planned

b)

B. whether was she planning

c)

C. was she planned

d)

D. if she was planning

102.

Nam wanted to know what time ________.

a)

A. the movie began

b)

B. did the movie begin

c)

C. the movie had began

d)

D. does the movie begin

103.

I wondered_______ the right thing or not.

a)

A. whether I was doing

b)

B. if I am doing

c)

C. was I doing

d)

D. whether I am doing

104.

The scientist said ________ different types of galaxies in the outer space.

a)

A. there were

b)

B. there are

c)

C. there would be

d)

D. there had been

105.

Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot. But he still can’t afford his rent.

a)

A. is – will travel

b)

B. were – would travel

c)

C. had been – would have travelled

d)

D. was – will travel

106.

They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.

a)

A. the previous day

b)

B. yesterday

c)

C. the last day

d)

D. the day previously

107.

He asked the children _________too much noise.

a)

A. not to make

b)

B. not making

c)

C. don’t make

d)

D. if they don’t make

108.

She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.

a)

A. wrote

b)

B. has written

c)

C. was writing

d)

D. had written

109.

The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1492.

a)

A. discovered

b)

B. had discovered

c)

C. was discovering

d)

D. would discover

110.

John said he _________ her since they ________ school.

a)

A. hasn’t met – left

b)

B. hadn’t met - had left

c)

C. hadn’t met – left

d)

D. didn’t meet – has left

111.

The woman asked __________get lunch at school.

a)

A. can the children

b)

B. whether the children could

c)

C. if the children can

d)

D. could the children

112.

Laura said that when she_________ to school, she had seen an accident.

a)

A. was walking

b)

B. has walked

c)

C. had been walking

d)

D. has been walking

113.

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

a)

A. she took

b)

B. did she take

c)

C. she hadn’t taken

d)

D. she had taken

114.

Ba said he__________ some good marks that semester.

a)

A. gets

b)

B. got

c)

C. had got

d)

D. has got

115.

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

a)

A. try

b)

B. will try

c)

C. are trying

d)

D. would try

116.

She asked me where I___________ from.

a)

A. came

b)

B. coming

c)

C. to come

d)

D. come

117.

She_________ whether I liked classical music or not.

a)

A. asked

b)

B. wondered

c)

C. wanted to know

d)

D. all are correct

118.

He asked me who____________ the editor of that book.

a)

A. was

b)

B. were

c)

C. is

d)

D. has been

119.

He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.

a)

A. will come

b)

B. came

c)

C. were coming

d)

D. B and C are correct

120.

I wonder why he___________ love his family.

a)

A. doesn’t

b)

B. don’t

c)

C. didn’t

d)

D. hasn’t

121.

They asked me how many children___________.

a)

A. I had

b)

B. did I have

c)

C. do I have

d)

D. had I got

122.

Thu said: “I have been here the day before yesterday.”

-> Thu said she had been there ___________.

a)

A. the previous day

b)

B. two days before

c)

C. two previous days

d)

D. the days before

123.

The student said that they ___________ sit for an exam the following day.

a)

A. must

b)

B. ought

c)

C. had to

d)

D. might to

124.

He wanted to know _______ shopping the previous morning.

a)

A. if we had been going

b)

B. that if we had been going

c)

C. we were going

d)

D. that we were going

125.

He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.

a)

A. that did I know / who was Robert

b)

B. that I knew / who Robert were

c)

C. if I knew / who Robert was

d)

D. whether I knew / who was Robert

126.

The mother asked her son _______.

a)

A. where he has been

b)

B. where he had been

c)

C. where has he been

d)

D. where had he been

127.

“We’ll come the day after tomorrow,” they said.

-> They said that they would come _______.

a)

A. in two days’ time

b)

B. two days later

c)

C. the following two days

d)

D. A and B are correct

128.

The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.

a)

A. whether he preferred

b)

B. that he preferred

c)

C. did he prefer

d)

D. if he prefers

129.

She asked me _______ my holidays _______.

a)

A. where I spent / the previous year

b)

B. where I had spent / the previous year

c)

C. where I had spent / last year

d)

D. where did I spend / last year

130.

“I won’t go until I meet her,” said Janet.

-> Janet ___________ meeting her.

a)

A. insisted on

b)

B. objected to

c)

C. refused to

d)

D. denied

131.

John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport.

a)

A. does not like / is

b)

B. did not like / were

c)

C. not liked / had been

d)

D. had not liked / was

132.

Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _______.

a)

A. before

b)

B. ago

c)

C. last

d)

D. previous

133.

Her mother ___________ against talking to strangers.

a)

A. advised

b)

B. recommended

c)

C. suggested

d)

D. prevented

134.

Andrew told me that they _______ to that bar two days _______.

a)

A. have not gone / ago

b)

B. had not gone / before

c)

C. did not go / ago

d)

D. would not go / before

135.

Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day.

a)

A. had done / following

b)

B. would do / previous

c)

C. would do / following

d)

D. was going / previous

136.

John asked me _______ in English.

a)

A. what does this word mean

b)

B. what that word means

c)

C. what did this word mean

d)

D. what that word meant

137.

The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.

a)

A. not behave

b)

B. not to behave

c)

C. not behaving

d)

D. did not behave

138.

She said she _______ collect it for me after work.

a)

A. would

b)

B. did

c)

C. must

d)

D. had

139.

He told me that if he _______ Japanese he _______ an interpreter.

a)

A. could speak / wouldn’t need

b)

B. can speak / won’t need

c)

C. had spoken / wouldn’t have needed

d)

D. A and B are correct

140.

I always tell you he _______ unreliable.

a)

A. is

b)

B. was

c)

C. had been

d)

D. would be

141.

I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the early hours

a)

A. to pass / will try

b)

B. he should pass / tried

c)

C. to pass / would be trying

d)

D. he passed / have tried

142.

Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.

a)

A. yesterday

b)

B. two days ago

c)

C. the day before

d)

D. the next day

143.

John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.

a)

A. if I were

b)

B. if I will be

c)

C. if would I be

d)

D. if I was

144.

She wondered _______ that film the night before.

a)

A. with whom had I seen

b)

B. with whom I had seen

c)

C. if whom I had seen

d)

D. with whom I saw

145.

The guest told the host that _______.

a)

A. I must go then

b)

B. he must go now

c)

C. he had to go now

d)

D. he had to go then