Soal-Soal Latihan

1. Head master : Why didnt you clean this room this morning?
Jani
: I am sorry. I got a headache.
The headmaster asked her why ___ the room this morning.
a. I hadnt cleaned
d. he headnt cleaned
b. he does not clean
e. he would not clean
c. he hasnt cleaned
2. Anto : I am sorry Lina. I forgot to bring your book.
Ari : What did he say, Lina?
Lina : Anto said to me that he ___ to bring my book.
a. has forgotten
d. Forgets
b. had forgotten
e. Forgot
c. would forget
3. Mother asked Mira to close the windows because it was windy outside.
Mother said, ___________
a. Mira closed the window. It is windy outside.
b. Close the window, Mira. It is windy outside.
c. Mira closed the window. It was windy outside.
d. Does Mira close the window. It was windy outside.
e. To close the window Mira! It is windy outside.
4. What are you doing now?, he asked.
He asked me ____
a. what are you were doing now
b. what were you doing now.
c. what I was doing then
5. Is John coming to the party tonight?
yes, he asked me ____.
a. If he could go with us
b. can he go with us
c. he went with us

d. what I was doing then.

e. what I am doing now.

d. going with us
e. wether he goes with us
f. If he was coming to the party that night

6. My parents advised my sister ____ too much money on clothes.

a. do not spend
d. not spending
b. not to spend
e. not spend
c. did not spend

7. The secretary asked me ___ with Mr. Slamet.

a. did I have an appointment
d. when is my appointment
b. how was my appointment
e. that I had an appointment
c. whether I had appointment
8. Dont make noise, children, she said.
a. She told the children dont make noise
b. She said the children didnt make noise
c. She didnt say the children should noise
d. She told the children not to make noise.
e. She didnt tell the children to make noise
9. My friend said to me, Can I find you a hotel?. Mean____
a. My friend asked me if I could help him find a hotel.
b. I wondered if my friend could help me find a hotel.
c. My friend said that I could help him find a hotel.
d. My friend asked me to find a hotel for him.
e. My friend asked me whether he could help me find a hotel.
10. Father said, Finish your work!
The indirect form is: Father told me ____
a. finish your work
b. finished your work
c. that I finish my work

d. to finish your work

e. to finish my work

1. The woman says to him: you play the piano well.

The girl says to him that .
A. you play the piano well.
B. he play the piano well
C. he plays the piano well
D. he played the piano well
E. you played the piano well
2. Did he leave a message for me?
yes, he said. tonight.
A. he called you
B. he would call him
C. you called her
D. he would call you
E. I would call you
3. You mustnt forget what I told you.
She told me ..
A. that I hadnt to forget what she had told me
B. that I didnt have to forget what I had told her.
C. that I mustnt have forgotten what I told you.
D. that I didnt have to forget what she had told me
E. that I was not to forget what she had told me.sing so loudly
4. Tony said to me: Why does she sing so loudly?
A. Tony said to me why does she sing so loudly
B. Tony asked me why did she sing so loudly.
C. Tony asked why does she sing so loudly
D. Tony asked me why she sang so loudly
E. Tony asked me why she did sing so loudly
5. How many pieces of bread can you eat? She said
A. She said how many pieces of bread I can eat
B. She wanted to know how many pieces of bread you cculd eat
C. She asked how could I eat a lot of bread
D. She asked how many pieces of bread I could eat
E. She asked me how many pieces of bread I can eat

6. Where did you go four days ago? John asked.

Tony asked .
A. where did I go four days ago
B. where I did go four days ago
C. Where I had gone four days before
D. where I had gone four days ago.
E. where I went four days before
7. Did you have an assignment last month? Father asked me
Father asked me
A. did I have an assignment last month
B. I did have an assignment last month
C. if I had had an assignment the month before
D. if I did have an assignment the month before
E. if I had had an assignment the month before
8. Were you at the party last night? Tony said.
A. Tony said that I was at the party the night before
B. Tony wanted to know if he was at the party the night before
C. Tony asked me if I was at the party
D. Tony wanted to know if I had been at the party the night before
E. Tony said to me that I had been at the party the night before
9. Rudy said to me, Can I help you find a hotel?
A. Rudy asked me if I could help her find a hotel
B. I wondered if my friend could help me find a hotel
C. Rudy said that I could help me find a hotel
D. Rudy asked me to find a hotel for him
E. Rudy asked me whether he could help me find a hotel
10. Andi said to me,what can i do for you?
A. Andi asked me to you can i do for
B. Andi asked me if what i could that for you
C. Andi can do for you
D. Andi said to me can i do for you
E. Andi said for you.

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John said, I am very busy now.

He said, The horse has been fed.
I know her name and address, said John.
German is easy to learn, she said.
He said, I am writing letters.
It is too late to go out, Alice said.
He said to me, I dont believe you.
He says, I am glad to be here this evening.
He said to me, What are you doing?
Where is the post office? asked the stranger.
He said, Will you listen to me?
John said to Peter, Go away.
She said to me, Please wait here till I return.
Call the witness, said the judge.
The speaker said, Be quiet and listen to my words.