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Reported Speech Tests

Reported Speech Tests. (SÃO LUÍS-SP) – Escolha a alternativa correspondente ao discurso indireto da seguinte frase: He said: “I arrived yesterday ”. a) He said he had arrived yesterday. b) He said he arrived yesterday. c) He said I had arrived the day before.

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Reported Speech Tests

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  1. Reported Speech Tests

  2. (SÃO LUÍS-SP) – Escolha a alternativa correspondente ao discurso indireto da seguinte frase: He said: “I arrivedyesterday”. a) He said he had arrived yesterday. b) He said he arrived yesterday. c) He said I had arrived the day before. d) He said he had arrived the day before. Test 1

  3. (Mackenzie) - Change the following sentence to the Reported Speech: Jeff said to Meg, " You don't understand me." a) Jeff told Meg she didn't understand him. b) Jeff asked Meg that her didn't understand herself. c) Jeff told Meg that she didn't understood him. d) Jeff told Meg that he didn't understand her. e) Jeff told Meg she did understand him. Test 2

  4. (PUC - PR) - Choose the correct indirect form for: Oliver said to her: "Whatwill you do tomorrow?" a) He asked her what she would do the following day. b) He told her what she would do the following day. c) She wondered what he will do the next day. d) He wanted to know what he would do the following day. e) She asked what she would do the next day. Test 3

  5. (PUC - RS) - The correct indirect statement for the sentence "I don't think our children should be subjected to needless advertising" said Ms. Mazzoni is "Ms. Mazzoni said she… a) doesn't think their children should be subjected to needless advertising". b) has not thought their children should be subjected to needless advertising". c) would not think their children should be subjected to needless advertising". d) will think their children should be subjected to needless advertising". e) thinks their children should be subjected to needless advertising". Test 4

  6. (PUC - RJ)- The girl said to her parents: "Mom and Dad, the police were here while you were gone." If we turned this statement into reported speech, we would have: "The girl said to her parents that the police..." a) had been there while they had been gone. b) had been here while they had gone. c) have been there while they were gone. d) have been here while they would be gone. e) would have been there while they have been gone. Test 5

  7. (FUVEST-SP) – Qual é a forma indireta correspondente à forma direta: The teacher said: “Are you sure you have all understood me?” a) The teacher said if you are sure you had understood him. b) The teacher asked whether we were sure we did understood him. c) The teacher said if we all are sure we have understood him. d) The teacher asked if they were sure they had all understood him. e) The teacher asked them to be sure to understand him. Test 6

  8. (UFU-MG) – Mark the alternative in which the “indirect speech” is used correctly: We met at the bridge and he said: “I’ll be here again tomorrow”. a) We met at the bridge and he said, “I’ll be there again tomorrow”. b) We met at the bridge and he said that he would be there again the next day. c) We met at the bridge and he said that he will be here again the day before. d) We meet at the bridge and he says, “I will be here again tomorrow”. e) We meet at the bridge and they said that they would in there again yesterday. Test 7

  9. (CESGRANRIO-RJ) – Choose the correct form of the indirect speech. The manager said: “I’m very sorry it’s disturbing you”. a) The manager said that the lady was sorry if was disturbing you. b) The manager said that he is very sorry it was disturbing you. c) The manager said that he was very sorry it would disturb her. d) The manager said that he was very sorry it was disturbing her. e) The manager says that he had been very sorry it would have disturbed her. Test 8

  10. (UFGO) - She told me: “I was sick last night". No discurso indireto: a) She told me that I was sick last night. b) She told me that I had been sick last night. c) She said me that she had been sick the night before. d) She said me that she had been sick the following night. e) She told me that she had been sick the night before. Test 9

  11. (MACK - SP) - The sentence "We don't want that sort of world", in the reported speech will be: a) They said that he hasn't wanted that sort of world. b) They told me that they didn't wanted those sort of world. c) It was said that they didn't want that sort of world. d) It was said that they didn't want that sorted of world. e) lt was requested that we didn't want that sorted of world. Test 10

  12. (Ruy Barbosa - BA) - Analyse this sentence: "I feel like the medicine saved me." In lndirect Speech, Suzan said that: a) she felt like the medicine had saved her. b) she feels like the medicine was saving her. c) she's felt like the medicine would save her. d) she's will feel like the medicine could save her. e) she is feeling like the medicine had saved her. Test 11

  13. (UFPR) - The reported form of the indirect speech in the sentence: "Do you remember staying there?" is: 01) Richard's wife asked him if he remembered staying there. 02) Richard's wife asked to him if he remembered staying there. 04) Richard's wife asked him whether he remembered staying there. 08) Richard's wife asked him if do you remember staying there. 16) Richard's wife asked him if he did remembered staying there. Test 12

  14. (MACK - SP) - She told the old man where _________. a) was the post office b) the post office was c) were the post office d) is the post office. e) the post office's Test 13

  15. (UNIMEP - SP) - Patient to his psychiatrist: "Don't worry, I'll pay every cent I owe you or my name isn't Alexander the Great“. A proposição que indica a forma correta de discurso indireto para o trecho acima é: a) The patient told his psychiatrist not to worry. He would pay every cent he owed or his name isn’t Alexander the Great b) The patient told his psychiatrist not to worry. He would pay every cent he owed or his name wasn't Alexander the Great. c) The patient told his psychiatrist not to worry. He will pay every cent he owed or his name isn't Alexander the Great. d) The patient told his psychiatrist not to worry. He paid every cent he owed or his name wasn’t Alexander the Great, e) The patient told his psychiatrist not to worry. He would have paid every cent he owed or his name wasn't Alexander the Great. Test 14

  16. (FGV- RJ) - He said to his boss, "I am studying the speed of the sound". No discurso indireto: a) He told his boss that he was studying the speed of the sound. b) He told to his boss that he was studying the speed of the sound. c) He told his boss that he had studied the speed of the sound. d) He told to his boss that he had studied the speed of the sound. e) He said his boss that he was studying the speed of the sound. Test 15

  17. (OSEC - SP) - Choose the correct alternative: Can you tell me... a) where does Susan live? b) where you are? c) what time is it? d) how old are you? e) when are you going to leave? Test 16

  18. (UNIP - SP) - Change the following sentence to the reported speech: He said: “Stay here!" a) He told me to stay there. b) He said: stay here. c) He said to me stay. d) He told me: stay here! e) He stay to tell me here. Test 17

  19. (UFU - MG) - The direct speech of the sentence "Jane asked Paul whether he wanted to go to the matinee too" is: a) Jane to Paul, "I have never gone to the matinee too". b) Jane to Paul, “Where are you going today?" c) Jane to Paul, "Do you want to go to the matinee, too?" d) Jane to Paul, “When are you going to the matinee?" e) Jane to Paul, “Why do you want to go to the matinee too?' Test 18

  20. (UNlP - SP) - Mark the option that completes the sentence correctly: I said to him: "I' ll leave soon." I told him that I___________ soon. a) will leave; b) 'd left; c) 's left; d) 'd leave; e) am leaving. Test 19

  21. (CESGRANRIO- RJ) - “I can do my thing without any interruption", says one of those successful home-based workers". If we report the statement, we will have: a) One of those successful home-based workers says that he could do my thing without any interruption. b) One of the successful home-based workers has said that he can do my thing without no interruption. c) One of the successful home-based workers had said that he could do his thing without any interruption. d) One of those successful home-based workers said that he could do his thing without any interruption. e) One of those successful home-based workers reported he can do anything without interruption. Test 20

  22. (UES - RJ) - Mark the option. He told his wife ________while he was working. a) keep quiet; b) for to keep quiet; c) to be keeping quiet: d) to keep quiet; e) to keeping quiet. Test 21

  23. (UEFS - BA) - "Why has the Structure section been removed from the test?" In Reported Speech, with the introducing verb in the Past Tense, the sentence would be: The interviewer asked why the Structure section__________ from the test. a) were removed; b) will be removed; c) had been removed: d) would be removed; e) is going to he removed Test 22

  24. (EFEI) - Alexander said to his wife, "I gave you my check-book". a) Alexander said that he had given my check-book to his wife. b) Alexander told his wife he had given her his check-book. c) Alexander said to his wife that she gave you his check-book. d) Alexander told his wife that he gave her his check-book. e) Alexander told his wife that he had given him her check-book. Test 23

  25. (PUCPR) - Choose the correct indirect form for: Oliver said to her, "Whatwill you do tomorrow?" a) He told her what she would do the following day. b) She wondered what he will do the next day. c) He wanted to know what he would do the following day. d) She asked what she would do the next day. e) He asked her what she would do the following day. Test 24

  26. (UNlFAL - MG) - "Don't spend too much money on your holiday", my father told me. a) My father told me won't spend too much money on my holiday. b) My father told me not to spend too much money on my holiday. c) My father said to me don’t spend too much money on my holiday. d) My father said to me didn't spend too much money on my holiday. e) My father said to me that he doesn't spend much money on my holiday. Test 25

  27. (PUC- PR) - Which alternative transforms the phrases correctly into Reported Speech? I. Mary said, “I am tired". Mary said that she___________. II. Henry said to me, "I am going to Chicago." Henry told me that he ________ to Chicago. III. Danni said, “I can’t go to the movies" Danni said that she _________ to the movies. IV. I said to Peter, "Wait there for me. I told Peter to _________ for me. V. "Where does Michael live?" He wants to know where Michael ___________. a) was tired; was going; couldn't go; wait there; lives; b) is tired; is going; can't go; wait there; lived; c) was tired; was going; couldn't go; waiting there; was living; d) is tired; is going; couln't go; waiting there; is living; e) had been tired; had been going; couldn't go; wait there; had been living. Test 26

  28. (UFPE) - Yu Changhua says: “I moved to Beijing because there is opportunity here". The correct reported speech for this sentence is: Yu Changhua said that he: a) has moved to Beijing because there has been opportunity there. b) moves to Beijing because there is opportunity there. c) will move to Beijing because there is opportunity there. d) had moved to Beijing because there was opportunity there. e) is moving to Beijing because there is opportunity there. Test 27

  29. (MACK - SP) - Put the following sentence into the indirect speech. - "Don't you want anything else?" She asked him. a) She asked him didn't he want anything else b) She asked him if he didn't want anything else. c) She asked him that he didn't want anything else. d) She asked him if doesn't he want anything else. e) She asked him if he wants anything else Test 28

  30. (AMEC- BA) - "When I tell people I'mwriting a book, they get excited", he says. By changing this sentence into Reported Speech, it becomes: Cox said that when he: a) told people he was writing a book, they got excited. b) tells people he will write a book, they will get excited. c) would tell people he had written a book, they would get excited. d) tells people he is going to write a book, they are going to get excited. e) had told people he was writing a book, they had been getting excited. Test 29

  31. (FCC - SP) - Which sentence corresponds to the indirect speech of the sentence below: My mother asked, “Have you told your wife how much you love her?" a) She asked me if I told my wife how much I loved her. b) My mother asked me if I've told my wife how much I loved her. c) My mother asked me if I'd told my wife how much I loved her. d) My mother asked me if I'd tell my wife yet how much I loved her. Test 30

  32. (UPE) - The sentence “We said to them, "Don't worry about us"' in reported speech is: a) We told them to worry about us. b) We not told them to worry about us. c) We told them not to worry about us. d) We didn't tell them to worry about us. e) We never told them to worry about us. Test 31

  33. (PUC-PR) Marque a alternativa que muda a frase para o discurso indireto. Husband to wife: “Can you wait for me here?" a) He asked her if she could wait for him there. b) She asked him if she could wait for him there. c) He asked her if she must wait for him there. d) He told her to wait for him there. e) He told that she mustn't wait for him there. Test 32

  34. (UFPR) - She said to me, "I have swept too much". No discurso indireto: 01) She told me that she has wept too much. 02) She told me that she had wept too much. 04) She told me that she'd wept too much. 08) She told to me that she had wept too much. 16) She told me that she's wept too much. Test 33

  35. (UNIFAL - MG) - Choose the correct alternative. It is the same as: Peter said, “I must go now!": a) He told me that I must go now. b) He said me he has to go then. c) He said that he was going now. d) He said he had to go then. e) He told me that he must go now. Test 34

  36. (UFMT) - Aponte o discurso indireto correspondente a: “Don't come home late again", Mary asked her. a) She asked her to not come home late again. b) She asked her not to come home late again. c) She asked her don't come late again. d) She asked not come home late again. e) She asked she doesn't come home late again. Test 35

  37. (MACK - SP) - John: "Paul, do you know the answer to this question?" Changed into reported speech becomes: a) John asked Paul if he knew the answer to this question. b) John asked Paul if did he know the answer to this question. c) John told Paul that he knew the answer to that question. d) John asked Paul whether he knew the answer to that question. e) John asked Paul whether he had known the answer to that. Test 36

  38. (UEPB) - A correct indirect speech form is found in alternative: a) Lula said, “emergency donations are necessary". b) Lula announced: "The Zero Hunger Program will be my administration's top priority". c) Lula said, "our war is not going to kill anyone". d) "No one can reap the fruit bemre planting the trees,” warned Lula. e) Lula said it was necessary to teach someone how to fish. Test 37

  39. (PUCSP) -Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a forma correta do Discurso lndireto: She said to me, "Did you feed the dogs this morning?" a) She asked me if I had fed the dogs that morning. b) She said me if I had feed the dogs this morning. c) She asked me if I have fed the dogs that morning. d) She told to me if I had fed the dogs this morning e) She asked me if I have feed the dogs that morning. Test 38

  40. (FMU - SP) - Then he said to me: “Go to bed and don't get up till you are called" Marque a alternativa que muda a sentence para o discurso indireto: a) Then he told me not to go to bed and not get up till I am called. b) Then he told me to go to bed and not to get up till I was called. c) Then he said to me to go to bed and not to get up till I am called. d) Then he said to me notto go to bed and not to get up till I was called. e) Then he told me to go to bed and not got up till I was called. Test 39

  41. (MACK -SP) - Choose the best alternative. The sentence “Whatdo you know about my business?" in the Reported Speech becomes: a) He asked me what I knew about his business. b) He asked me what do l know about his business. c) He asked me what did I know about my business. d) He asked me what did I knew about his business. e) He asked me what do you know about my business. Test 40

  42. (UEL - PR) - Marque a alternativa que completa corretamente os espaços em branco: Mother: “John, bring this package over here." Mother told John ___(1)_____ ___(2)_____ package over__(3)__ . a) (1) bring; (2) hers; (3) over here; b) (1) takes; (2) that; (3) now; c) (1) bring; (2) those; (3) over ther; d) (1) to take; (2) that; (3) there; e) (1) take; (2) his; (3) today. Test 41

  43. (MACK - SP) - The sentence “Would you allow me to carry on working after marriage?" in the reported speech would be: a) Wagh asked whether he would allow her to carry on working after marriage. b) Wagh asked him if he would have allowed her to carry on working after marriage. c) Wagh was asked by him if he allow her to carry on working after marriage. d) Wagh asks whether he could allow her to carry on working after marriage. e) Wagh inquired if he might allow her to carry on working after marriage. Test 42

  44. (PUC-PR) - The word "said" in "The girl said yes". Choose the correct sentence where it can also be used: a) The little boy _________the wolf the truth. b) The teacher________ him where her grandmother lived. c) The wolf ___________the girl his name. d) The boy and the girl___________ the wolf about themselves. e) The little girl_____________ she was going to the pool. Test 43

  45. (MACK - SP) - The question "Are left-handed people cognitively different from right-handers?" in the indirect speech is: a) The book intended to answer why left-handed people are cognitively different from right-handers. b) It was asked whether left-handed people were cognitively different from right-handers. c) They asked if are left-handed people were cognitively different from right-handers. d) He inquired if left-hander people had been cognitively different from right-handers. e) It was discussed the reason left-handed people had to be cognitively different from right-handers. Test 44

  46. (ITA - SP) - Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks: I must _____ you the whole story before you ____ something about this peculiar matter. Be sure your son would never _____ a lie, He's old enough to__________ the difference between the right and wrong thing to do then. a) told - said - say- say; b) tell - say - said - say; c) say - tell - told - told; d) tell- say - tell - tell. Test 45

  47. (UNIFAL - MG) - The sentences: Mr. Kennedy said to me, “Can you swim today?" in the reported speech becomes: a) Mr. Kennedy asked me if I could swim today. b) Mr. Kennedy asked me if I could swim that day. c) Mr. Kennedy said to me if he could swim that day. d) Mr. Kennedy said to me if he can swim today. e) Mr. Kennedy asked to me if I can swim yesterday. Test 46

  48. (PUC-PR) - She asked me, "Wheredo you buy clothes"" a) She asked me if l buy clothes. b) She asked me if I bought clothes. c) She asked me where I bought clothes. d) She asked me if where I bought clothes. e) She asked me where I buy clothes. Test 47

  49. (UNIP - SP) - The indirect speech of the sentence: He said: "Can you show me your passport?" a) He asked me can you show your passport? b) He asked to show my passport. c) He asked: show your passport. d) He asked to me show your passport e) He asked me whether I could show him my passport. Test 48

  50. (FUVEST - SP) - Assinale a alternativa que equivale a: Suddenly Peter said to me, "Are you hungry?" a) Suddenly Peter said that I was hungry. b) Suddenly Peter told me that I was hungry. c) Suddenly Peter asked if he had been hungry. d) Suddenly Peter asked me if I were hungry. e) Peter informed me that he was hungry. Test 49

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