THCS - TEST IN DECEMBER

Name: ………………………………… Mark:...................

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer:

1. I ............Louisiana State University next year.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
2. He has been selling motorcycles.................
A. ten years agoB. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
3. Columbus............America more then 400 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. he has gone
4. He fell down when he ............towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
5. We ............there when our father died.
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still living D. were still living
6. They ............hockey when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
7. By Christmas, I.............for you for 6 months.
A. Shall have been working B. shall work C. have been working D. shall be working
8. I............in the room now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
9. I.............to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
10. I will come and see you before I.............for America.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
11. The little girl asked what .............to her friend.
A. has happened B. happened C. had happened D. would have been happened
12. John ............a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
13. He said he............return later.
A. will B. would C. can D. would be
14. Jack.............the door.
A. has just opened B. open C. will have opened D. opening
15. I have been waiting for you...............
A. since early morning B. since 9 a.m C. for two hours D. all are correct
16. My sister............for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
17. Jack............the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
18. The train............half an hour.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
19. We............Doris since last Sunday.
A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen
20. When I last saw him, he............in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
21. After I...............lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
22. By the end of next year, George...............English for 2 years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
23. The man got out the car,...............round to the back and opened the boot.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
24. For several years his ambition...............to be a pilot.
A. is B. has been C. was D. had been
25. Henry............into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
26. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ............dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. shall have finished
27. Before you asked, the letter...............
A. was written B. had been written C. had written D. has been written
28. Ask her to come and see me when she............her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
29. Oil ............if you pour it on water.
A. floated B. floats C. will be floated D. float
30. The dancing club.............north of the city.
A. lays B. lies C. located D. lain

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer:

1. Jim said to me: “ They will build a new bridge across this river this year”.
A. Jim said to me that they will build a new bridge across this river this year.
B. Jim said to me that they would build a new bridge across this river this year.
C. Jim said to me that they would build a new bridge that river that year.
2. My mother often tells me : “You need to take care of yourself”.
A. My mother often tells me that I need to take care of yourself.
B. My mother often tells me that I need to tke care of herself
C. My mother often tells me that I need to take care of myself
3. Peter informed me : “ They canceled the meeting yesterday”.
A. Peter informed me that they canceled the meeting yesterday.
B. Peter informed me that they had canceled the meeting yesterday.
C. Peter informed me that they had canceled the meeting the day before.
4. Peter and Jane said to me: “Our wedding will be held next week”.
A. Peter and Jane said to me that my wedding would be held next week.
B. Peter and Jane said to me that their wedding would be held the nwxt week.
C. Peter and Jane said to me that their wedding would be held the following week.
5. I told him: “I am busy this week so I can’t come to your party.”
A. I told him that I was busy this week so I can’t come to my party.
B. I told him that I was busy that week so I couldn’t come to my party
C. I told him that I was busy that week so I couldn’t come to his party.
6. Direct: “I can’t believe he did that.” said Emily.
A. Reported: Emily can’t believe that he had done that.
B. Reported: Emily couldn’t believe that he had done that.
C. Reported: Emily couldn’t believe that he did that.
7. Direct: “I’m a vegetarian.” said Joe.
A. Reported: Joe said that he was a vegetarian.
B. Reported: Joe said that he is a vegetarian.
C. Reported: Said Joe that he was a vegetarian.
8. Direct: “I haven’t seen that movie before.” said Alex.
A. Reported: Alex said that he hasn’t seen that movie before.
B. Reported: Alex said that he hadn’t seen this movie before.
C. Reported: Alex said that he hadn’t seen that movie before.
9. Direct: “I want to go skiing this winter.” said Tom.
A. Reported: Tom said that he wants to go skiing that winter.
B. Reported: Tom said that he wanted to go skiing that winter.
C. Reported: Tom said that he wanted to go skiing this winter.
10. Direct: “I don’t know what to do.” said Laura.
A. Reported: Laura said that she didn’t know what to do.
B. Reported: Laura said that I didn’t know what to do.
C. Reported: Laura said that she doesn’t know what to do.

Exercise 3:Choose the best answer

1. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon. A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
2. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me
3. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
4. I _________ him to sell that old motorbike. A. said to B. suggested C. advised D. recommended
5. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.
A. remember to plant B. plant C. to plant D. planting
6. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning
7. Nam wanted to know what time ________.
A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began
8. I wondered_______ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing
9. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun.
A. goes round B. is going around C. went around D. was going around
10. Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot.
A. is – will travel B. were- would travel C. had been – would have travelled D. was – will travel
11. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously
12. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make
13. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything.
A. will be B is C. was D. can be
14. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
15. John said he _________ her since they ________ school.
A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met - had left C. hadn’t met left D. didn’t meet – has left
16. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children could C. if the children can D. could the children
17. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking
18. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why __________ the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken
19. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.
A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got
20. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try
21. She asked me where I___________ from. A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
22. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not. A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking
23. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book. A. was B. were C. is D. has been
24. He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
25. I wonder why he___________ love his family. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
26. They asked me how many children___________. A. if I had B. had I C. I have D. have I
27. Thu said she had been___________ the day before.A. here B. there C. in this place D. where
28. The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult. A. is B. was C. will be D. have been
29. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going C. we were going D. that we were going
30. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.
A. that did I know/ who were he B. that I knew/ who he had been
C. if I knew/ who he was D. whether I knew/ who had he been
31. The mother asked her son _______.
A. where he had been B. whether I had been C. where has he been D. where had he been
32. Martin asked me _______.
A. how is my father B. how my father is C. how was my father D. how my father was
33. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
34. She asked me _______ my holidays _______.
A. where I spent/ the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent/ last year D. where did I spend/ last year
35. He advised _______ too far. A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her not to go D. she did not go
38. He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends
39. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days.
A. have not eaten/ ago B. had eaten/ previous C. did not eat/ before D. would not eat/ last
40. Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day.
A. had done/ following B. will do/ previous C. would do/ following D. was going/ previous
41. John asked me _______ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
42. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.
A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave
43. She said she _______ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. must D. had
44. She said I _______ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have been
45. I have ever told you he _______ unreliable.
A. is B. were C. had been D. would be
46. I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the
early hours.
A. passing/ will try B. he will pass/ tried C. to pass/ would try D. he passed/ have tried
47. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
48. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was
49. John asked me _______ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
50. The guest told the host that _______.
A. I must go now B. he must go now C. he had to go now D. he had to go then

Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentence with reported speech

1.“ John, please don’t tell anyone my new address,” said Mary.
- Mary asked............................................................................................
2. “Breakfast will not be served after 9. 30” said the notice
- The notice said that..............................................................................
3.“Where is the best place to buy souvenirs?”
- I asked..................................................................................................
4. “Don’t forget to bring your passport with you tomorrow”
She reminded me ................................................................................
5. “How many jobs have you had since 2000?” the interviewer asked Mr. Simpson.
- The interviewer asked ...........................................................................
6. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
- He wanted to know.............................................. .....................
7. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
- My friend asked me................................................ ..................
8. “I’ve seen the film three times, Mary” said George.
- George said............................................................................................
9.“Open the door,” he said to them.
- He told them...................................................................