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TEST

Reported Speech

I. Choose the correct variant.

1. The teacher asked Bill ________ the window.

a) do not close
b) not to close
c) not closed
d) to not close

2. Mother said that Mary __________________.

a) had fell ill 3days before
b) has felt ill 3 days before
c) has fallen ill 3 days ago
d) had fallen ill 3 days before

3. The tourists wanted to know _______________.

a) where is the museum
b) where the museum has been
c) where the museum was
d) where was the museum

4. Mike said ___________________________.

a) he wouldn’t go to Egypt next summer
b) he shouldn’t go to Egypt the next summer
c) he won’t go to Egypt the next summer
d) he wouldn’t go to Egypt the next summer

5. Ann said ________________________ then.

a) she was writing the test
b) she wrote the test
c) is writing the test
d) has been writing the test

II. Change into reported speech:

1. Sam said: “I had a great fall yesterday”.
2. He said: “I don’t feel well today.”
3. Jane said: “Do you have a headache, Sam?”
4. Betsy said: “Did you take your temperature, Sam?”
5. “Please, don’t smoke here,” the doctor said.
6. Kate told Jane: “Sam fell down while skateboarding last week, but he didn’t hurt himself.”
7. John said to Sam: “Has the doctor given you any medicine yet?”
8. Ann said: “Are you feeling better, Sam?”
9. Kate said: “Peter, pass this letter to Sam, please.”
10. Peter said: “I’m busy now, I’ll do it tomorrow.”

Keys:

I. l. b; 2. d; 3. c; 4. d; 5. a

II.

1. Sam said he had had a great fall the day before.
2. He said he didn’t feel well that day.
3. Jane asked Sam if he had a headache.
4. Betsy asked Sam if he had taken his temperature.
5. The doctor asked not to smoke there.
6. Kate told Jane that Sam had fallen down while skateboarding the previous week, but he hadn’t hurt himself.
7. John asked Sam if the doctor had already given him some medicine.
8. Ann asked (wanted to know) if Sam was feeling better.
9. Kate asked Peter to pass that letter to Sam.
10. Peter said (that) he was busy then and he would do it the next day (promised to do it the next day).

Г.А. Матёкина,
гимназия № 1521, Москва