English Grammar Exercises

Units 38–44: Yes/No Questions, Tag Questions, Subject/Object & Reported Speech

38. Yes/No Questions
38.1 Do you know...?
  1. Do you know what time the lesson begins?
  2. Do you know where the bus station is?
  3. Do you know how to get to the gallery?
  4. Do you know how much a ticket to Oslo costs?
  5. Do you know if breakfast is still being served?
  6. Do you know whether this rain goes to Swansea?
38.2 Could you tell me...?
  1. Could you tell me where Lizzy lives?
  2. Do you know why the school is closed?
  3. Do you know if the movie has begun yet?
  4. Could you tell me why you did that?
38.3 Do you know if...?
  1. Do you know if Emma has brushed the yard?
  2. Do you know if the car will be ready by 5pm?
  3. Could you tell me where the station is?
  4. Do you know when you will finish the report?
39. Negative Questions
39.1 Isn't / Aren't / Haven't
  1. Brian was a Spanish teacher, wasn't he?
  2. You left Sue's coat, isn't there?
  3. There aren't any tickets left, are there?
  4. You've had your haircut, haven't you?
  5. It's not going to rain today, is it?
39.2 Doesn't / Didn't / Haven't
  1. Your grandmother likes tea, doesn't she?
  2. Gerard has finished the gardening, hasn't he?
  3. Luca didn't pass the English exam, did he?
  4. Carla worked in a bakery, didn't she?
  5. You've had two more tickets, haven't you?
  6. You haven't seen my glasses, have you?
  7. Mike can swim, can't he?
39.3 Isn't / Aren't / Haven't
  1. The hat on the left is gorgeous, isn't it?
  2. Your car was really scary, wasn't it?
  3. You're Daniel's cousin, aren't you?
  4. I think our team's going to win, isn't it?
  5. We aren't going to catch the bus, are we?
  6. I've read that book before, haven't I?
  7. We're going to the mall, aren't we?
  8. Chloe will do the shopping for you, won't she?
  9. Mia and I should bring an umbrella, shouldn't we?
  10. Paul looks absolutely exhausted, doesn't he?
  11. You weren't listening to anything I say, are you?
40. Short Answers
40.1 Yes/No Short Answers
  1. Does he?
  2. Isn't it?
  3. Have you?
  4. Did she?
  5. Was it?
  6. Is he?
41. Yes/No with Auxiliaries
41.1 Yes, there is / No, I don't
  1. Yes, there is.
  2. No, I don't.
  3. Yes, I have.
  4. Yes, do.
  5. Yes, there were.
  6. Yes, I can.
  7. No, I haven't.
  8. No, I wouldn't.
42. Subject & Object Questions
42.1 Subject Questions
  1. Is Joe playing tennis on Thursday?
  2. Have they knocked down the apartment block?
  3. Is your sister coming back?
  4. Does Christy do exercises each morning?
  5. Did any of them get married last week?
  6. Does Aziz work late every evening?
  7. Did Laura take the dog for a walk?
42.2 Subject/Object Questions
  1. Who wrote this book?
  2. Who are you waiting for?
  3. Who called earlier?
  4. Who drove you to work?
  5. What did you buy?
  6. What does John do for work?
42.3 Open / Closed
  1. Open question
  2. Closed question
  3. Closed question
  4. Open question
  5. Closed question
  6. Closed question
43. Reported Speech (Statements)
43.1 She said...
  1. Emilia said she wanted to come to the park with us.
  2. She said her husband was from Australia.
  3. Ellis said her husband was a lawyer.
  4. Dr. Lee said he owned a villa in Spain.
  5. They told me they owned a villa in Spain.
43.2 He told me...
  1. Joe told me she was a Canadian citizen.
  2. She said that she was a huge amount of money.
  3. Ellis said that she had been backpacking around Europe last year.
43.3 Mixed
  1. She said that she traveled around the world last year.
  2. She told me that her new boyfriend was from Ethiopia.
  3. She told me that she had lived in Milan with his family.
  4. Mike said that he felt sick, so he went home.
  5. She told me that her brother worked in a travel agency.
44. Reported Speech (Mixed)
44.1 Jan said...
  1. Jan said she would give me a call later that day.
  2. Benedict said he was seeing his grandma later that day.
  3. George told me he'd arrived at the hotel that morning.
  4. Matt and Mable said they were going to the movies to see a thriller.
  5. Danny said he couldn't afford to come on vacation with us this summer.
  6. Emma said that the new dress looked great.
  7. Katie said she'd give the camera back to me the next day.
44.2 Mixed
  1. Beth told me that her car had broken down.
  2. Malcolm told Mel that he works in a salon.
44.3 Mixed
  1. She told me she had posted the letter a few days ago.
  2. The weather forecast said it was going to be sunny tomorrow.
  3. Angela told me she had already moved the lawn.
  4. Miles told us that the company was losing money before it went bankrupt.
44.4 Reported Speech (Advanced)
  1. Harry told me they were going to the zoo on Thursday.
  2. The shop assistant told me they didn't have a shirt in my size.
  3. Michelle said she didn't want to go to the party last night.
  4. The manager said the hotel was fully booked in July.
  5. Jenny told me that she'd worked on a farm when she was a student.
  6. Billy's mom said he would pass all his exams.
  7. Robert told me he was writing a novel set in Ancient Rome.
  8. She said that she lives in a house near the bus station.
  9. Carlo said he was going to buy a new car that afternoon.
  10. In February, Lisa told me that she had had a great idea for a vacation.
  11. Emil said he would visit me in Japan that summer.

Answers Index

38.1 Do you know...?
38.2 Could you tell me...?
38.3 Do you know if...?
39.1 Negative Questions
39.2 Doesn't / Didn't
39.3 Mixed Negative
40.1 Short Answers
41.1 Yes/No Auxiliaries
42.1 Subject Questions
42.2 Subject/Object
42.3 Open/Closed
43.1 She said...
43.2 He told me...
43.3 Mixed Statements
44.1 Jan said...
44.2 Mixed
44.3 Mixed Advanced
44.4 Reported Speech