Choose the best answer to these sentences
1. She …………… away every weekend.
A. goes B. go C. is going D. went
2. No, he isn’t here. He ……………… out.
A. has just gone B. is going C. went D. will go
3. I …………you yesterday. You ………………outside a café.
A. saw / were sitting B. saw / sat
C. was seeing / sat D. was seeing / were sitting
4. He ………… busy now; he ………….a letter.
A. is being / is writing B. is / is writing
C. is / write D. is / wrote
5………… a good film lately?
A. Have you seen B. Do you see C. Did you see D. Are you
seeing
6. I …………a book when he came in.
A. was reading B. read C. am reading
D. have read
7. She ……… me his name after he …………
A. told / had left B. tells / had left C. had told / left D. told / was
leaving
8. When I last ………….him, he ………….in Hue.
A. saw / was living B. saw / lived C. was seeing / lived D. was
seeing / was living
9. He has a new job now. No longer does he work here.
-He……………… here since he was twenty.
a. has been working b. has worked c. was working d.
worked
10. The statue ……………. while it was being moved to another room in the
museum.
a. broke b. was broken c. breaks d. had broken
11. You can use my phone if yours…………………

22. Jim ………… that Daisy ………… to him.
A. discovers / had lied B. discovered / has lied
C. was discovering / lied D. discovered / had lied
23. The motorway …………in 1986.
A. has finished B. was finished C. finished D. finishes
24. After the visitors ………… climbing in the mountains, they enjoyed
fresh air at the seaside.
A. went B. had gone C. have gone D. would
go
25. Please don’t touch anything before ……………….
A. the police will come B. the police comes
C. the police come D. the police would come
26. I think John _____ translate this document.
a. have to b. will have c. has d.
will have to
27. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I__________ to visit my friends and
family several times.
a. return b. have returned c. will have returned d. am returning
28. The next time Paul __________ to New York, he will visit the
Metropolitan Museum’s famous collection of international musical
instruments.
a. will fly b. flies c. has flown d. will
have flown
29. After Nancy __________ for twenty minutes, she felt tired.
a. jogging b. had been jogging c. has been jogging d. has
jogged
30. By the time the young birds _______ the nest for food, they will have
learned how to fly.
a. leaves b. leave c. will leave d. are leaving
31. Ever since Maurice arrived, he_______ quietly in the corner. Is

44. We couldn’t understand the teacher if he ………too fast.
a. spoke b. has spoken c. doesn’t speak d. did speak
45. If he ………… mathematics , he wouldn’t have cheated by the seller .
a. had known b. has known c. having known d. knew
46. Today international trade ………more and more important.
a. is becoming b. has become c. has been become d. has been
becoming
47. There fast food restaurants in this town.
a. is b. are c. is been d. has been
48. Before he went to school he ……… his lessons .
a. reviewed b. had reviewed c. was reviewing d. has
reviewed
49. ……… you ………to repaint your house yet ?
a. Had … decided b. Has … decided c. Have … decided d.
decided
50. By the time you come I ……… housework .
a. will have finished b. will finished c. finished d. finishes
51. If I ……… you , I would study hard .
a. was b. would be c. were d. have been
52. Jogging people lose weight.
a. helps b. help c. would help d. Helped
53. He his leg three days ago .
a. breaks b. broke c. had broken
d. was breaking
54. The lecturer to the students at 8 am tomorrow .
a. will speaking b. will speak c. has spoken d. ill be
speaking
55. We for you until you come .
a. will wait b. wait c. waited d. are waiting
56. I you if I had had time .

d. have worked
67. Don't worry. She ___ by herself.
a. is used to living b. is used to live c. used to living d. used to
live
68. While the reporter ___ the policeman, the robber escaped.
a. interviewing b. was interviewing c. had been interviewing
d. interviewed
69. You should always _____ healthy food.
a. eat b. eaten c. eating d. to eat
70. Why are your hands so dirty? - Well, I __________ in the garden for the
last two hours.
a. have worked b. worked c. was working d. have
been working
REPORTED SPEECH
EXERCISE 2
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one, using the words given.
1. “ Keep quiet,” the teacher said to us.
→ The teacher told us
_______________________________________________________ .
2. “ We’ll come back again.”
→ They promised
__________________________________________________________ .
3. “ You’d better not swim too far from the shore,” the lifeguard said to us.
→ The lifeguard advised
_____________________________________________________ .
4. “ Could you close the window?” John siad to Peter.
→ John asked
____________________________________________________________
__ .

→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
4. “ Please don’t smoke in my car.” ( ASK)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
5. “ Sue, give me your phone number.” ( TELL)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
6. “ Don’t forget to give the book back to Joe.” ( REMIND)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
7. “ I’ll never do it again.” ( PROMISE)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
8. “ All right. I’ll wait for you.” ( AGREE)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
9. “ Please, lend me some money.” (ASK)
→
____________________________________________________________
___________ .
10. “If I were you, I would give up smoking.” (ADVISE)
→
____________________________________________________________

10. “ I must have made a mistake in the calculations.” Mr. Forest said.
→ Mr. Forest admitted
___________________________________________ .
11. “ I’ll pay for the meal.” Sarah said.
→ Sarah insisted on
_____________________________________________ .
12. “ It was nice of you to invite me to your birthday party. Thanks
very much.” Mike said.
→ Mike thanked ______ for
______________________________________ .
13. “ I’m sorry I couldn’t come to visit you last summer.” John said.
→ John apologized for
__________________________________________ .
14. “ I hear you won the championship. Congratulations!” Dane said.
→ Dane congratulated ________ on
_______________________________ .
15. “ I can’t let you use the mobile phone.” Her mother said.
→ Her mother prevented __________ from
__________________________ .
16. “ I didn’t steal the car”, the boy said. “ I just borrowed it.”
→ The boy denied ____________________ but admitted
_______________ .
17. Peter said, “ I wish I hadn’t lent him some money.”
→ Peter regretted
______________________________________________.
18. “ You don’t buy this car” They said.
→ They warned ________ against
_________________________________ .
19. “ The man is a spy.” She said.
→ She suspected ________ of

6. He said, “I haven’t seen my cousin today.”
A. He said he hasn’t seen his cousin that day.
B. He said he hadn’t seen my cousin that day.
C. He said he hadn’t seen his cousin that day.
D. He said I hadn’t seen his cousin that day.
7. “Please bring me some fish soup,” he said to the waitress.
A. He asked the waitress to bring him some fish soup.
B. He asked the waitress bring him some fish soup.
C. He asked the waitress to bring her some fish soup.
D. He asked the waitress bring her some fish soup.
8 . Marry said, “I should go to the library.”
Marry said that she ………… to the library.
A. should go B. should have gone C. ought to D.
better go
9. His friend said to Peter “I’m sad. Let me alone.”
A. His friend said that I am said and let me alone.
B. His friend said that I was said and let me alone.
C. His friend said that he was said and told Peter to let him alone.
D. His friend said that he was said and if Peter let him alone.
10. “I can’t explain this rule to you,” said my classmate to me.
A. My classmate told me he can’t explain that rule to me.
B. My classmate told me she couldn’t explain that rule to you.
C. My classmate told me he couldn’t explain that rule to you.
D. My classmate told me he couldn’t explain this rule to me.
11. Barbara said, “I saw them at my parents’ house last year.”
A. Barbara said I had seen them at my parents’ house the previous year.
B. Barbara said she saw them at her parents’ house the previous year.
C. Barbara said she had seen them at her parents’ house the previous year.
D. Barbara said they had seen her at her parents’ house the previous year.
12. Mike said, “We have bought these books today.”

A. The student apologized for to be late.
B. The student apologized for I am late.
C. The student apologized for he was late.
D. The student apologized for being late.
19. Marry said to her mother, “I really want to run myself my business.”
A. Marry dreamed of running her business.
B. Marry dreamed of wanting to run her business.
C. Marry dreamed of running my business.
D. Marry dreamed of to run her business.
20. Peter said to his friend , “Will you stay at the Hilton?”
A. Peter asked his friend if he stayed at the Hilton.
B. Peter asked his friend if Peter would stay at the Hilton.
C. Peter asked his friend if he will stay at the Hilton.
D. Peter asked his friend if he would stay at the Hilton.