Choose the best answer a, b , c or d to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. nam wanted to know what time _________.a. the movie began b. the movie beginsc. did the movie begin d. does the movie begin
2. i wondered________ the right thing.a. if i am doing b. was i doingc. am i doing d. whether i was doing
3. he told me __________ him up at six o'clock.a. please pick b. to pick c. should pick d. i can pick
4. the woman asked________ catch a bus to school.a. can the children b. if the children canc. whether the children could d. could the children
5. bob said he________ a lot of good marks that semester.a. gets b. getting c. have got d. got
6. they told their manager that they________ their best to do the tasks.a. try b. will try c. are trying d. would try
7. she asked me where i________ the previous night.a. was b. am c. had been d. has been
8. she________ me whether i liked french fries.a. ask b. asks c. asked d. asking
9. “________ off the television”, he said.a. please turn b. please to turn c. turned please d. please, turning
10. william said that the train________ yeta. had arrived b. hadn’t arrived c. haven’t arrived d. hasn’t arrived
11. he asked the children ________ the electric sockets.a. not touching b. not to touch c. if they don’t touch d. don’t touch
12. david asked me who ________ the writer of that book.a. was b. were c. is d. has been
13. he wants to know whether i ________ back to hoi an the next day.a. come b. came c. will come d. would come
14. they asked me how many students________ .a. i taught b. i teach c. i did teach d. did i teach
15. laura wanted to know________ shopping the previous afternoon.a. if we had been going b. that if we had been goingc. we were going d. that we were going
16. lucy asked me why i had not gone to paris________ .a. the summer before b. summer agoc. the next summer d. last summer
17. tony told me that they________ meat two days________.a. have not eaten / ago b. had not eaten / beforec. did not eat / before d. would not eat / ago
18. charlie ________ that his father was in hospital.a. told me b. told to me c. said me d. asked me
19. julia said that she ________ there at noon.a. is going to be b. was going to be c. will be d. can be
20. he said that linda and john ________ married ________ .a. were getting / tomorrow b. are getting / the next dayc. were getting / the next day d. will getting / the day after
21. mr. brown said that he _______ tv the night before.a. was watching b. watched c. had watched d. has watched
22. the teacher said columbus ________ america in 1492.a. discovered b. had discovered c. was discovering d. would discover
23. andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days.a. have not eaten/ ago b. had not eaten/ previousc. did not eat/ before d. would not eat/ last
24. i asked martha________ to enter law school.a. are you planning b. if she is planningc. was she planning d. if she was planning
25. jackson told his teacher that he________ his assignment the day.a. had submitted / following b. will submit / previousc. would submit / following d. was submitting / previous
26. laura said she had finished that book since ________ .a. yesterday b. two days ago c. the day before d. the next day
27. john asked me________ the football match on tv the night before.a. that i saw b. had i seen c. if i had seen d. if had i seen
28. my uncle told us that ________.a. he must go now b. he had to go then c. he had to go now d. he must go now
29. someone ________ me there had been an accident on the motorway.a. asked b. said c. spoke d. told
30. the teacher asked the boys ________ .a. why did they fight b. why they were fightingc. why they fight d. why were they fighting