Luyện tập câu tường thuật 4
Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting
1. He said that he will pick me up at 8 am the following day.
| A. that | B. will pick | C. at | D. following |
2. She said that the books in the library would be available tomorrow.
| A. said | B. in | C. would be | D. tomorrow |
3. Henry said me to come and spend a week with him.
| A. said | B. to come | C. spend | D. with |
4. The receptionist said I must fill in that form before I attended the interview.
| A. The | B. I must | C. that form | D. attended |
5. Marty said a good friendship is like a diamond valuable, beautiful and durable.
| A. a | B. is | C. a diamond | D. durable |
6. When I was a teenager, my dad always told me that I hadn’t used to stay out later than ten o’clock.
| A. a teenager | B. always | C. I hadn’t used to | D. later |
7. I asked him how far was it from my school to the post office if I went there by taxi.
| A. asked | B. was it | C. if | D. by taxi |
8. I asked him how far was it to the station if I went there by taxi.
| A. asked | B. was it | C. if | D. by taxi |
9. All of my students wondered how many people lived in Tokyo?
| A. All of | B. wondered | C. many | D. ? |
10. They asked me that I could do the shopping for them.
| A. that | B. could | C. the | D. for |
11. Her mother ordered her do not go out with him the night before.
| A. ordered | B. do not go | C. him | D. before |
12. The traffic warden asked me why had I parked my car there.
| A. warden | B. me | C. had I | D. there |
13. When we went to the party, Claudia told me that I must be on my best behavior all evening. It was very rude of her, I thought.
| A. told me | B. must | C. on | D. of |
14. Last week he told us we don’t have to do that exercise and then yesterday he said he’d made a mistake.
| A. don’t | B. that | C. then | D. he’d made |
15. He advised her thinking about that example again because it needed correcting.
| A. advised | B. thinking about | C. again | D. correcting |
16. Darren said that Mr Taylor was to have forgotten about the meeting, but I’m not so sure. I think he just didn’t want to come.
| A. said that | B. was to | C. about | D.so |
17. Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer previous.
| A. asked me | B. I had | C. gone | D. previous |
18. I was pleased when Jilly told us that she can help us paint the flat. If only I’d known then what that meant!
| A. pleased | B. can | C. paint | D. I’d known |
19. Dan said he must drive to Liverpool that night, but apparently he didn’t go in the end.
| A. must | B. that | C. apparently | D. didn’t go |
20. Lucy says she would let us know as soon as she gets the tickets.
| A. would | B. know | C. as soon as | D. the |