Reported / Indirect Speech Test - 1

Choose the appropriate word or word phrase to complete the sentences.
1. Due to our last gas bill being too high, my wife is always insisting that we ......... warmer clothes in the house, which.........us to turn the heating down a bit.
 A) have worn/must enable
 B) used to wear/would have enabled
 C) had been wearing/was enabling
 D) must wear/should enable
 E) will be wearing/had enabled
2. Upon arriving at the hospital that morning, the doctor ......... by the medical receptionist that three patients .......... a home visit already.
 A) was informing/were requesting
 B) had informed/would be requesting
 C) was informed/had requested
 D) would inform/have requested
 E) has been informed/requested
3. I asked my brother whether he ......... anywhere over the next summer holiday, but he said that, unfortunately, he had books to read for his literature course and ......... time.
 A) has been working/doesn't have
 B) was working/wouldn't have
 C) will have worked/hadn't had
 D) had worked/didn't have
 E) will be working/hasn't had
4. When I went to collect my jacket from the dry-cleaner's, the assistant said that he ......... it but .......... able to remove the stain.
 A) was cleaning/won't have been
 B) had cleaned/hadn't been
 C) would have cleaned/hasn't been
 D) is cleaning/wasn't
 E) had been cleaning/isn't
5. Although she didn't say so directly, the winner implied that some of the other athletes in the race ......... drugs before the event to aid their performance.
 A) will have taken
 B) were taking
 C) would take
 D) had been taking
 E) have taken
6. Are you sure that the operations manager was aware of the changes when you ......... them, but ......... to admit this?
 A) will be mentioning/won't want
 B) had mentioned/won't have wanted
 C) are mentioning/hasn't wanted
 D) have mentioned/doesn't want
 E) mentioned/didn't want
7. We asked at the station whether we ......... a train to the coast that evening, but the assistant told us that, unfortunately, we ........... the last train.
 A) could catch/had missed
 B) can catch/are missing
 C) might have caught/would miss
 D) must have caught/missed
 E) should catch/were missing
8. Mr Haughin phoned his wife to say that she ........ to cook anything for dinner that day as they ......... to his colleague's.
 A) didn't need/had been invited
 B) doesn't need/have been invited
 C) won't need/are invited
 D) hasn't needed/were being invited
 E) wouldn't need/will be invited
9. I asked my friend whether they were going somewhere for holiday, but he said, unfortunately, his wife ......... in the accident and emergency department that week.
 A) has worked
 B) is working
 C) would be working
 D) has been working
 E) is going to work
10. We were told by the travel agent, who .......... very hopeful, that he .......... his best to find tickets for us.
 A) hasn't sounded/was doing
 B) doesn't sound/had been doing
 C) wouldn't sound/will do
 D) hadn't sounded/does
 E) didn't sound/would do
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