Can you tell me what time the next boat leaves? Where can I change some money? Can you tell me ____________ ?
Where is the bank? Could you possible tell me __________ ?
Where do you come? Could you tell me __________ ?
How much does this pullover cost? “d like to know _________?
Does this train go to the Gatwick Airport? Can you tell me _______ ?
TESTYOURSELF
1. Choose the right variant. The teacher promised _______ .
that we can learn three English songs.
if we learn three English songs
we would learn three English songs
whether we would learn three English songs
who will learn three English songs.
2. Choose the right variant.
Bill: “Have you seen any interesting comedy lately, Nancy?” Bill asked Nancy ___.
if he will see an interesting film
if he saw an interesting comedy lately
what comedy Nancy saw lately
if she had seen any interesting comedy lately
if she would see an interesting comedy
3. Choose the right variant.
Nick: “Did you see a bird in the tree?” Nick wonders _____ in the tree.
if I saw a bird d) whether I see a bird.
that I saw a bird e) if I have seen a bird
if I had seen a bird
4. Choose the right variant.
Dick to Lucy: Have you received my telegram?
Dick asked if ______ .
Lucy has received his telegram
Lucy has received his telegram
Lucy would receive his telegram
5. Choose the right variant.
Ann: Write down my address.
Ann asked me ________ .
Lucy will receive his telegram
Lucy received his telegram
he wrote down my address
to write down her address
he had written her address
she writes down her address
e) she wrote down his address
6. Choose the right variant.
He said, “I‟m very busy today”.
He said _______ .
he had been very busy that day
he is very busy today
he was very busy that day
7. Choose the right variant.
I‟m very busy today
I had been very busy that day
Lena said, “Where have you been yesterday?” Lena asked ___________ .
where she had been the day before.
where she had been yesterday
where she was the day before
8. Choose the right variant.
He thought: “What am I going to do?” He thought _________ .
where she could be the day before
where she hasn‟t been before
what was he going to do
what he was going to do
what he is going to do
9. Choose the right variant.
Mother asked me __________ .
it he was going to do
what is he going to do
why I have spent all the money
that I had spent all the
money
if I had spent all the money
10. Choose the right variant.
“Don‟t play in the street?”
when I spend all the money
if I will spend all the
money
My mother told me don‟t play in the street
My mother said to play in the street
She asked me to play in the street
My mother told me not to play in the street
My mother said I should play in the street
11. Choose the right variant.
Ann: “Is your sister good at English?” Ann asked me _______ .
that my sister is good at
English
if my sister was good at
English
whether my sister is good at
English
12. Choose the right variant.
my sister is good at
English
her sister was good at
English
Tom: “Don‟t forget to bring my book, Ann”. Tom asked Ann: _________ .
that she didn‟t forget to bring his book
that she doesn‟t bring his book
not to forget to bring her book
if she didn‟t forget to bring the book
c) not to forget to bring his book
13. Choose the right variant.
Mother: “We are going to have supper”. Mother says __________ .
they are going to have supper
they were going to have supper
that they would have supper
14. Choose the right variant.
Jack said: “I was at home yesterday”.
Jack said _________ .
they won‟t have supper
they haven‟t had supper yet
he was at home
Jack said he was at home the day before.
he will be at home
15. Choose the right variant. “Do you go for sports?”, he asked.
He asked __________ .
he had been at home a week ago
he had been at home the day before.
he went in for sports
if I went in for sports
if I‟ll go in for sports
I should go in for sports
e) if I had gone in for sports
16. Choose the right variant.
“Will Tom help me?” she said. She asked __________ .
will Tom help her e) that Tom would be
if Tom would help her helping her
whether he will help her
whether would he help her
17. Choose the right variant.
Peter said, “Alice, are you busy now?” Peter asked Alice __________ .
she was busy d) if she wasn‟t busy
if she was busy then then
she would be busy e) if she is busy
18. Choose the right variant.
My sister said: “I hope we shall go on an excursion to the lake”. My sister said that ___________ on an excursion to the lake.
she hopes we will go d) she hoped we were
she didn‟t hope that we shall going
go e) she hoped we can go
she hoped they would go
19. Choose the right variant.
Teacher: “Tom, read the story, please‟. Teacher asked Tom _________ .
to read the story d) whether he reads the
read the story story
that he reads it e) it he read the story
20. Choose the right variant.
“Whose birthday is it?” said Jane.
Jane asked whose birthday _______ .
it is d) is it