Question

1. Put the verbs in brackets into correct tense. Choose the correct option.

 

 

 

1.… (you/see) the new talk show last night?

 

 

a. Have you seen

b. Did you see

 

 

 

2. I … (always/want) to appear on TV.

 

a. have always wanted

b. always wanted

 

 

 

3.When I came home, my favourite programme … (finish) and a quiz show was on.

 

a. has finished

b. had finished

 

 

 

4. How long … (go out) with your girlfriend?

 

a. have you been going out

b. do you go out

 

 

 

5. I … (know) him for ages.

 

a. has known

b. have known

 

 

 

6. When I phoned, they … (have) an argument.

 

a. were having

b. are having

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Put the questions into indirect speech. Begin: “The reporter asked her… .”

 

 

1. Are you married?

The reporter asked …

 

 

 

2. How long have you been married?

The reporter asked …

 

 

 

3. How did you meet?

The reporter asked …

 

 

 

4. Where are you going to spend your holiday?

The reporter asked …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Choose the best option for the following sentences:

 

 

 

1. Wherever he goes, he … lots of friends.

 

a. finds

b. makes

 

 

 

2. They always … over the money.

 

a. quarrel

b. row

 

 

 

3. He has … in love with her for three years already.

 

a. been

b. fallen

 

 

 

4. It was love at first … .

 

a. look

b. sight

 

 

 

5. They … after seven years of marriage.

 

a. split up

b. broke off

 

 

 

6. Isn’t this guy a friend of .. ?

 

a. your

b. yours

Answer 1

1а

2b

3b

4a

5b

6a

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1...if she was married

2...how long she had been married

3...how they met

4...where she was going to  spend her holiday

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1b

2a

3a

4b

5a

6b

Answer 2

1.… (you/see) the new talk show last night?

b. Did you see

 

 

 

2. I … (always/want) to appear on TV.

a. have always wanted

 

 

 

 

3.When I came home, my favourite programme … (finish) and a quiz show was on.

b. had finished

 

 

 

4. How long … (go out) with your girlfriend?

 a. have you been going out

 

 

 

 

5. I … (know) him for ages.

b. have known

 

 

 

6. When I phoned, they … (have) an argument.

 a. were having

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Choose the best option for the following sentences:

 

 

 

1. Wherever he goes, he … lots of friends.

 

a. finds

2. They always … over the money.

 

b. row

 

 

 

3. He has … in love with her for three years already.

 a. been

 

 

 

 

4. It was love at first … .

b. sight

 

 

 

5. They … after seven years of marriage.

b. broke off

 

 

 

6. Isn’t this guy a friend of .. ?

 b. yours