1) She told the boy ______ on the grass. a) do not play b) not playing c) did not play d) not to play 2) Tom told me that they _______ meat since _______. a) have not eaten/ last year b) had not eaten/ the year before c) did not eat/ the following year d) would not eat/ the next year 3) I have ever told you he ________ unreliable. a) is b) were c) had been d) would be 4) John told me that _______. a) I must go now b) he must go now c) he had to go now d) he had to go then 5) He asked me _______. a) where we could meet the following day b) where if we could meet tomorrow c) what where we could meet the following day d) where can we meet tomorrow 6) He wanted to know _______. a) we were going b) if we had been going c) had we been going d) that we were going 7) Mark told me that he _______ his best in the exam ______. a) would do/ the day before b) had done/ the following day c) would do/ the following day d) will do/ tomorrow 8) Tom asked Mary _______ that film the night before. a) that she saw b) had she seen c) if she had seen d) if had she seen 9) “Hurry up! Do it quickly!” the group leader _______. a) begged b) ordered c) promised d) urged 10) The teacher advised his students _____ that book carefully because it _____ good for ______. a) to read/ was/ them b) reading/ be/ us c) read/ is/ him d) to read/ was/ you 11) Mary told me that if she was home at that moment she would have help her parents with the farm work. a) True b) False 12) Jane asked her teacher if she had to do the homework that week. a) True b) False 13) John asked us not to make so much noise and added that he was working. a) True b) False 14) Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer previous. a) True b) False 15) He says that these fish didn’t survive in salt water. a) True b) False 16) “Let’s go out for a drink,” said Peter. a) Peter promised to go out for a drink. b) Peter suggested going out for a drink. c) Peter let us go out for a drink. d) Peter thanked on having a drink. 17) “You are an accountant, aren’t you, Daisy?” said John. a) John asked Daisy was she an accountant. b) John asked Daisy if she wasn’t an accountant. c) John asked Daisy whether she was an accountant. d) John said that Daisy was an accountant. 18) “Who does this car belong to?” said the woman. a) The woman asked me who does this car belong to. b) The woman asked who did that car belong to. c) The woman told who that car belonged to. d) The woman wanted to know who that car belonged to. 19) “What a beautiful dress you have, Jenny!” Jackson said. a) Jackson asked Jenny to have a beautiful dress. b) Jackson said what did Jenny have a beautiful dress. c) Jackson complimented Jenny on her beautiful dress. d) Jackson advised Mary to have her beautiful dress. 20) “Go on, Miley! Apply for the job,” said the father. a) The father denied Miley applying for the job. b) The father invited Miley to apply for the job. c) The father wanted Miley not to apply for the job. d) The father encouraged Miley to apply for the job.

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