Fill in the blanks.
1He asked us what ............... doing.
Wrong!
In a reported question, the subject comes before the verb, so "we were" is correct.
2She asked ............... we had had our lunch.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
A reported yes/no question can begin with "whether" or "if".
3Rita asked if she ............... go home.
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After a past reporting verb, "could" is the usual reported form of can.
4He ............... no attention to what I was saying.
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The past form of pay is "paid".
5She does not ............... her health.
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The natural expression is "take care of" someone's health; "take care" needs "of" before an object, and "look" alone does not mean look after.
6James said that he ............... Alex the previous year.
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In reported speech, use "had seen" for an earlier past event.
7This went on ............... a long time.
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Use "for" with a length of time.
8I ............... for a walk yesterday.
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Use the simple past "went" with a finished time such as yesterday.
9If I ............... leave now, I will miss my bus.
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In the if-clause of a first conditional sentence, use the present form "do not".
10I will visit some of my old friends when I ............... to the US.
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After "when" with a future meaning, use the present simple "go".
11He ............... smoking.
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The phrasal verb "has given up" means has stopped doing something.
12When it started raining, we ............... playing.
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Use the simple past "stopped" for this finished past action.
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Answers
- He asked us what we were doing.
- She asked whether / if we had had our lunch.
- Rita asked if she could go home.
- He paid no attention to what I was saying.
- She does not take care of her health.
- James said that he had seen Alex the previous year.
- This went on for a long time.
- I went for a walk yesterday.
- If I do not leave now, I will miss my bus.
- I will visit some of my old friends when I go to the US.
- He has given up smoking.
- When it started raining, we stopped playing.