1. Jack asked me _____.

     A. where do you come from?                                                                   B. where I came from  

     C. where I came from                                                                               D. where did I come from?

2. She asked me _____ I liked pop music.

     A. when                        B. what                         C. if                               D. x

3. I wanted to know_____ return home.

     A. when would she       B. when will she           C. when she will           D. when she would

4. Claire told me that her father____ a race horse.

     A. owned                      B.  owns                        C. owning                     D. A and B

5. What did that man say ______?

     A. at you                       B. for you                      C. to you                       D. you

6. I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it _______ raining there.

     A. is                              B. were                         C. has been                    D. was

7. The builders have ______ that everything will be ready on time.

     A. promised                  B. promise                    C. promises                   D. promising

8. The last time I saw Linda, she looked very relaxed. She explained she’d been on holiday the ______ week.

     A. ago                           B. following                  C. next                           D. previous

9. Tom has ______ this story wasn’t completely true.

     A. admitting that           B. was admitted that     C. admitted that            D. admit that

10. When I rang Tessa some time last week, she said she was busy ______ day.

     A. that                           B. the                            C. then                           D. this

11. I wonder _____ the tickets are on sale yet.

     A. what                         B. when                         C. where                        D. whether

12. Mathew _____ Emma that her train was about to leave.

     A.  has reminded           B. has reminded that     C. reminded                  D. reminded that

13. Hello, Jim. I didn’t expect to see you today. Sophie said you _____ ill.

     A. are                            B. were                         C. was                           D. should be

14. Ann ______ and left.

     A.  said goodbye to me                                                                            B. says goodbye to me       

     C. tell me goodbye                                                                                   D. told me goodbye

15. I told you ______ switch off the computer, didn’t I ?

     A. don’t                         B. not                            C. not to                        D. to not

16. Bill was slow, so I ________ hurry up.

     A. tell him                     B. told him for              C. told to                       D. told him to

17. Sarah was driving to fast, so I ______ to slow down.

     A. asked her                  B. asked                        C. ask                            D. have asked her

18. Someone ______ me there’s been an accident on the motorway.

     A. asked                        B. said                           C. spoke                        D. told

19. Tom said that New York _______ more lively than London.

     A. is                              B. be                             C. was                           D. were

20. When he was at Oliver’s flat yesterday, Martin asked if he ______ use the phone.

     A. can                           B. could                        C. may                           D. must

21. George couldn’t help me. He ______ me to ask Kate.

     A. tell                            B. said                           C. told                           D. say

22. Judy ______ going for a walk, but no one else wanted to.

     A.admitted                    B. offered                      C. promised                   D. suggested

23. I said that I had met her ______ .

     A. yesterday                  B. the previous day       C. the day                      D. the before day.

24. The man asked the boys ______ .

     A. why did they fight                                                                               B. why they were fighting       

     C. why they fight                                                                                      D.why were they  fighting

25. “______the door”, he said.

     A. please open              B. open pleased            C. please to open           D. please, opening

26. I wanted to know ______ return home.

     A. when would she                                                                                   B. when will she       

     C. when she will                                                                                       D. when she would

27. The woman wonders _______ doing well at school.

     A. whether her children are                                                                      B. if her children were

     C. whether her children were                                                                   D. her children are if

28. Peter said he was leaving for Paris ______.

     A. next week                 B. the week previous    C. following week        D. the following week

29. “I don’t usually drink milk when ______ ” Mrs. Pike said.

     A. she was hungry        B. I was hungry            C. I am hungry              D. I will be

30. They said that their house had been broken into ______.

     A. the two days before                                                                             B. two days ago             

     C. two days before                                                                                   D. since two days