Test on the Indirect Speech

Bill: “Have you seen any interesting comedy lately, Nancy?”

Bill asked Nancy ___ .

Nick: “Did you see a bird in the tree?”

Nick wonders ___ in the tree.

Dick to Lucy: Have you received my telegram ?

Dick asked if ___ .

Ann: Write down my address.

Ann asked me ___ .

He said, “I’m very busy today.”

He said ___ .

Lena said, “Where have you been yesterday?”

Lena asked ___ .

He thought: “What am I going to do?”

He thought ___ .

“Don’t play in the street!”

Ann: “Is your sister good at English?”

Ann asked me ___ .

Tom: “Don’t forget to bring my book, Ann”.

Tom asked Ann ____

 Jack said: “I was at home yesterday.”

Jack said ___ .

“Do you go in for sports?”, he asked.

He wanted to know ___ .

“Will Tom help me?” she said.

She wondered___ .

 Peter said, “Alice, are you busy now?”

Peter asked Alice ___ .

My sister said: “I hope we shall go on an excursion to the lake”.

My sister said that ___ on an excursion to the lake”.

“Don’t make so much noise, Michael,” said Ellen.

Ellen ordered Michael ___ so much noise.

A foreigner asked: “How do English people spend their Sundays?”

A foreigner wanted to know  ___ their Sundays.

“Where did you live?” my boss asked.

My boss wanted to know  ___ .

“I spoke to Jane last week,” she said.

She said ___ .

“Were you at the Zoo last night?” asks Jane.

Jane asks ___ .

“Whose birthday is it?” said Jane.

Jane wanted to know ___ .

He said to me: “I’ll come as soon as I can”.

He told me that ___ .

The secretary said to the visitor: “When did you graduate from the University?”

The secretary asked the visitor ___ .

What will you do if Jack is out when you come?

She asks me ___ .

Jane said, “I shall help you.”

Jane said ___ .

He has just said, “I want to speak to you”.

He has just said ___ .

Mother told me “Don’t stay out long’’.

Mother told me ___ .

Alice is told: “Clean your teeth twice a day!”

Alice is told ___

Put a story in order:

   I. She said she was sorry to be late for class.

II. The teacher said Alice should try not to be late any more.

III. She asked the teacher if she might come in.

IV. Alice was late for class.

V. She said she had to take her sister to the nursery school.

Put a story in order:

1. Her father understood that she boiled the egg for the first time in her life.

2. He took up a newspaper and read for ten minutes.

3. Father asked Kate to boil an egg soft for his breakfast.

4. Kate answered that it wasn't ready because it was still very hard.

5. Then he asked Kate if the egg was ready.

Put a story in order:

1. A little boy showed his father a new pen-knife.

2. "Are you sure it was lost?" the father asked.

3. "I saw a man looking for it." he added.

4. He said he had found it in the street.

5. "Of course, it was lost!" the boy answered.

Put a story in order:

1. The teacher said it was bad to hear that.

2. The boy said that it was his father speaking.

3. He wondered who the speaking man was.

4. Jack Smith didn't want to go to school.

5. He phoned to his teacher and said that Jack Smith wouldn't go to school for some days.