Fill in the blanks.
1I advised him ............... it.
Wrong!
2She asked me ............... I had finished the job.
Wrong!
We report Yes/No questions with if or whether.
3She told me ............... careful.
Wrong!
We report imperatives with to-infinitives.
4She asked me if I ............... my lunch.
Wrong!
Present tenses in the direct speech change into their corresponding past tenses in the indirect speech.
5She asked me ............... going to the movies.
Wrong!
We report Yes/No questions with if or whether.
6The dentist suggested ............... get a new toothbrush.
Wrong!
Suggest cannot be followed by a to-infinitive. Instead, we use a that-clause.
7She said that no one ............... me.
Wrong!
Present tenses in the direct speech change into their corresponding past tenses in the indirect speech.
8I requested her ............... me.
Wrong!
We report orders and requests with a to-infinitive.
9He asked me ............... to deserve such a cruel punishment.
Wrong!
In reported questions the subject goes before the auxiliary verb.
10He promised he ............... do it by the end of the week.
Wrong!
Will in the direct speech changes into would in the indirect speech.
11He explained how ............... the problem.
Wrong!
12She said ............... she hadn’t met me before.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I advised him not to do it.
- She asked me if I had finished the job.
- She told me to be careful.
- She asked me if I had eaten my lunch.
- She asked me if I was going to the movies.
- The dentist suggested that I should get a new toothbrush.
- She said that no one had called me.
- I requested her to help me.
- He asked me what he had done to deserve such a cruel punishment.
- He promised he would do it by the end of the week.
- He explained how Either could be used here the problem.
- She said that she hadn’t met me before.
