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Free Exercises: Grammar, Vocabulary & Phrases

Level: Elementary Intermediate Advanced

Exercise: Grammar Vocabulary Phrases

Intermediate Grammar: Reported Speech

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

  1. Last week, our teacher told us that we   a spelling test at the end of the week on Friday.
  2. Three days ago a friend told me that she was going to visit me   but she didn't arrive.
  3. When I spoke to Belen, yesterday, she said that she   to a party the night before.
  4. The teacher asked us about our favourite sports and everybody said that they   football.
  5. I spoke to Obedan on his mobile and asked him where he was. He told me that he   in the airport, waiting for his flight.
  6. On Tuesday, Abdul told the teacher that he had missed the lesson   because he had gone to the embassy in London.
  7. Last week, David telephoned the school and said that he   to school because he had a headache.
  8. Guilherme told us that he   studying in England but that he didn't like English food.
  9. When we asked her, Jiang told us that she   a ghost.
  10. Maria told us that she was going to visit   parents in Italy the next week and wouldn't come to class.
  11. Emrah said that he   Brad Pitt on a street in Bristol the day before but nobody believed him.
  12. I remember last month our teacher told us he would buy us chocolate   but he forgot and he never bought us any.

Your answers

 

1. A B C D
2. A B C D
3. A B C D
4. A B C D
5. A B C D
6. A B C D
7. A B C D
8. A B C D
9. A B C D
10. A B C D
11. A B C D
12. A B C D