宾语从句练习

I. Change the following into object clause: 1. Adam always says, “Barbara sings well.”

_____________________________________________________ 2. Alice tells me , “ Bob is an honest boy.”

_____________________________________________________ 3. Cathy says, “David likes pop songs.”

_____________________________________________________ 4. Heidi says, “I will post these letters.”

_____________________________________________________ 5. John says, “ I’m going to finish it soon.”

_____________________________________________________ 6. Carl said, “ I’m copying the new words.”

_____________________________________________________ 7. Linda said, “ She has had lunch.”

_____________________________________________________ 8. Mike said, “They can draw houses well.”

______________________________________________________ 9. Nancy told me, “She saw this film.”

_____________________________________________________ 10. Tom said., “He was born in 1980.”

_____________________________________________________ 11. The teacher said , “The earth goes around the sun.”

_____________________________________________________ 12. Nancy asks, “Is it Wednesday?”

_____________________________________________________ 13. Oliver asks, “Do you swim in winter?”

______________________________________________________ 14. Tom asks, “Will Villa be free tomorrow?”

______________________________________________________ 15. Wendy will ask, “Is Anna going to stay here?”

_______________________________________________________ 16. Betty asked, “Is Carl working in the fields?”

_______________________________________________________ 17. Dora wanted to konw, “Has Tom gone?”

______________________________________________________ 18. Could you tell me, “Can you tell stories in English?”

_____________________________________________________ 19. I wondered, “Did you write an article on the trees?”

______________________________________________________ 20. The teacher asked, “Does the light travel faster than the sound?” ______________________________________________________ 21. Can you tell me, “What is the boy’s name?”

_______________________________________________________ 22. Joe asks, “When will the film begin?”

_______________________________________________________ 23. May asks, “Where does Lily live?”

_______________________________________________________ 24. He hasn’t decided, “How long will he live there?”

_______________________________________________________ 25. Vivian asked, “Why does Sam like maths?”

_______________________________________________________ 26. I wanted to know, “What time is it?”

_______________________________________________________ 27. Do you know, “How many cards has Job got?”

______________________________________________________ 28. Joe asked, “How much does it cost?”

________________________________________________________ 29. Lucy asked me , “How many times have you been to Hong Kong?” ________________________________________________________ 30. Anne asked, “Who will teach us chemistry next term?”

________________________________________________________ II. Choose the best answer:

( ) 1. Do you know _______ during the coming summer holiday? A. what will Tom do B. what did Tom do C. what Tom will do D. what Tom did

( ) 2. I want to know_________.

A. what is his name B. what’s his name C. that his name is D. what his name is ( ) 3. Do you know ________ I could pass the exam?

A. that B. whether C. what D. which ( ) 4. Jim doesn’t understand ____________. A. which is the way to the museum B. why his wife always goes shopping C. what is the way to the museum D. why does she always go shopping

( ) 5. ---Could you tell me ______ she is looking for?

A. that B. whose C. who D. which ( ) 6. Mr. King didn’t know _______ yesterday evening. A. when does his son come home B. when his son comes home C. when did his son come home D. when his son came home

( ) 7. Could you tell me _______ the bike this morning? A. how does he mend B. how he mends C. how he mended D. how did he mend ( ) 8. ---I’m waiting for the mail. Do you know ________ it will arrive? ---Usually it comes by 4: 00.

A. how B. where C. when D. what ( ) 9. ---Excuse me, would you please tell me ________? ---Certainly. Go straight along here. It’s next to a hospital. A. how we can get to the post office B. how can we get to the post office C. how get to the post office D. how could we get to the post office ( ) 10. ---Can I help you?

---Yes. I’d like a ticket to Mount Emei. Can you tell me ______ take to get there? A. how soon will it B. how soon it will C. how long it will D. how long will it ( ) 11. He wanted to know ___________. A. whether he speaks at the meeting

B. when the meeting would start

C. what he’s going to do at the meeting D. where would the meeting be held

( ) 12. ---Could you tell me _________ the Bamboo Garden? ---The day after tomorrow, I think.

A. when will you visit B. when you will visit C. when would you visit D. when you would visit ( ) 13. Would you please tell me _________ next, Mr. Wang? A. what should we do B. we should do what C. what we should do D. should we do what

( ) 14. You can’t imagine______ when they received these nice Christmas presents. A. how they were excited B. how excited they were C. how excited were they D. they were how excited

( ) 15. I want to know ________ you will come back at 8:00 tomorrow. A. that B. when C. where D. whether ( ) 16. ---Could you tell me ____________?

---Sorry, I don’t know. I was not at the meeting. A. what does he say at the meeting B. what did he say at the meeting C. what he says at the meeting D. what he said at the meeting

( ) 17. ---Could you tell me _________ last night? ---Er, I was watching Euro 2004 at home.

A. what you were doing B. what were you doing C. what you are doing D. what are you doing ( ) 18. The teacher asked the students __________. A. if they were interested in dinosaurs B. when was Albert Einstein born

C. what they will do with the computers D. how many trees they have planted

( ) 19. Every morning the patients are asked if ________ their temperature taken. A. they had had B. have they had C. they have had D. had they had

( ) 20. It’s up to you to decide _______ you’ll go there, by air or by road. A. how B. why C. that D. when ( ) 21. The teacher said ______ the earth _______ around the sun. A. that, goes B. why, went C. if, goes D. whether, went ( ) 22. I want to know ______ Eddie has gone to Singapore. A. How long B. How often C. when D. if ( ) 23. He asked me ______. A. which film do I prefer B. which film did I prefer C. which film I prefer D. which film I preferred