WorksheetsAVA6 - Grammar Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 29mins
How do we form an indirect report of a wh-question?
Use a question mark
Change the word order to subject + verb
Change the word order to verb + subject
Use a wh-word at the beginning
What tense do we use in indirect speech if the original words are still true or relevant?
Present simple
Past simple
Present continuous
Past continuous
What happens to the modal verb 'will' in indirect speech?
It becomes 'would'
It becomes 'could'
It becomes 'should'
It remains the same
What happens to the modal verb 'can' in indirect speech?
It becomes 'would'
It becomes 'could'
It becomes 'should'
It remains the same
What happens to the modal verb 'should' in indirect speech?
It becomes 'would'
It becomes 'could'
It becomes 'had to'
It remains the same
He said, "I know a better restaurant here."
He said that he knows a better restaurant.
He said that he knew a better restaurant there.
They said, "We are busy today."
They said that they were busy that day.
They said that they had been busy.
Charles asked: "Where is my car."
Charles asked where was my car?
Charles asked where his car was.
Ahmed asked, "what are you doing?"
Ahmed asked what you were doing.
Ahmed asked what were you doing?
Maria asked: "Do you like Chocolate?"
Maria asked if you like Chocolate.
Maria asked if you liked Chocolate.
Gaby told: " Don't smoke!"
Gaby told don't smoke.
Gaby told to not smoke.
'I can't find my book' said Alba.
Alba said she couldn't find her book.
Alba said she couldn't found her book.
Alba said she can't find her book.
She said she could found her book.
Azahara and Rebeca say: "We finish our homework after meal"
They said they finished their homework after meal.
They said they finish our homework after meal
They said they finished our homework after meal.
“Don’t do it!”
She ask me not to do it.
She told me to not do it.
She asked me not to do it.
She told me not to do it.
We usually ______ every two years.
have the bedrooms redecorated
had the bedrooms redecorated
have redecorated the bedrooms
We _________ at the moment.
have the house painted
are having the house painted
painted the house
Last year I ______________ by laser.
have treated my eyes
had treated my eyes
had my eyes treated
Did you just __________________? It looks so different.
have your hair dyed
dyed your hair
have dyed your hair
A: My watch is slow.
B: When did you last repair it?
B: When did you last have it repaired?
B: When have you last repaired it?
Before I installed an antivirus software, I...
used to steal my password
used to have my password stolen
Which of the following sentences is written in passive voice?
Over half of the graduating class went to college in the fall.
The committee is considering a public transportation proposal.
The state exam was passed by over half of the students who took it.
The researchers will publish their findings in a report.
Choose the correct form for Passive Voice
Edison invented the gramophone.
Aloe vera ______ to help skin allergies.
has been found
have found
The Lab _______ for specific purposes.
has been sterilized
have been sterilized
This guitar_______________ before I broke a string and had to tune it again.
was tuned
had tuned
had been tuned
was being tuned
Last week,___________________.
my dog hit by the car
my dog was hitted by the car
my dog was being hit by the car
my dog was hit by the car
We were unable to find a hotel because the room_____________in advance.
had not booked
was not booked
had not been booked
did not book
The car_____________by my husband at this time yesterday.
was washed
was being washed
washed
had been washed
The church (a) (build) in 1915 by many bricklayers. (passive voice - past simple)
These cookies (a) (eat) by the birds. (passive voice - future simple)
The city (a) (destroy) by the next earthquake. (passive voice - future simple)
The injured man (a) (not - accept) by the hospital staff. (passive voice - past perfect)
The fire (a) (put out) successfully by the firefighters. (passive voice - present perfect)
The present (a) (open) by me. (passive voice - present perfect)
The teacher asked, "Who did the homework?"
The teacher asked who did the homework.
The teacher asked that who did the homework.
The teacher asked who had done the homework.
The teacher asked who had did the homework.
"I am studying English", Marcela replied.
Marcela replied that she was studying English.
Marcela replied that she had been studying English.
Marcela replied she is studying English.
Marcela replied she was studied English.
"Has your sister ever sung at a concert?", the reporter asked the actress.
The reporter wanted to know whether your sister have ever sung at a concert.
The reporter asked the actress whether her sister had ever sung at a concert.
The reporter asked the actress whether my sister sang at a concert.
The reporter asked the actress has ever she sang at a concert.
"Don't do that again!", my father told me angrily.
My father told me angrily that not do that again.
My father told me angrily that not do that again.
My father told me angrilty to not do that again.
My father told me angrily not to do that again.
Eli said, "I left my mobile phone in this classroom yesterday" (Different reporting time)
Eli told us that she had left her mobile phone in this classroom yesterday
Eli told us that she had left her mobile phone in that classroom yesterday
Eli told us that she left her mobile phone in that classroom the day before
Eli told us that she had left her mobile phone in that classroom the day before
In reported speech we can change the time expression "today" to:
that day
that morning
the day before
the next day
