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passive voice vs reported speech

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  • Society is not taking the environmental issue seriously enough. Which is the correct passive sentence?
    The environmental issue is not being taken seriously enough
    The environmental issue has not been taken seriously enough
    The environmental issue was not being taken seriously enoug
  • She set the table with candles to surprise her. Which is the correct passive sentence?
    She had set the table with candles to surprise her.
    The table is set with candles to surprise her.
    The table was set with candles to surprise her.
  • "Please send me this e-mail."
    He asked me to send him that e-mail.
    He asked me to have sent him that email.
    He asked me to sent him that e-mail.
  • J K Rowling _____________ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
    wrote
    were wrote
    written
  • In reported speech you usually change "yesterday" into...
    yesterday
    one day
    the day before
  • Change into reported speech: "Come here tomorrow!"
    The neighbour told me to go there on the next day.
    The neighbour told that I go there tomorrow.
    The neighbour told me go there that day.
  • Choose the correct reporting verb. "Let's go there." She ...
    CLAIMED
    ADMITTED
    SUGGESTED
  • They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive form of this sentence?
    Some old documents were translated by them last week.
    Some old documents have been translated by them last week.
    Some old documents are translated by them last week.
  • Choose the correct reporting verb. "Would you like me to carry this?" He ...
    REFUSED
    OFFERED
    ADVISED
  • Choose the Reported Speech expression for: Last week / month
    The previous week / month
    The following week / month
  • Which one of the examples is reported speech?
    "I won't go to school," said Sarah.
    She will go to school tomorrow.
    Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day
  • 'I left my homework at home' said Diego.
    He said that he had left my homework at home.
    Diego said that he had left his homework at home.
    Diego told he left his homework at home.
  • I won't be outside for long,' Mariana said.
    She said I would not be outside for long
    She said she would be outside for long.
    Mariana said she would not be outside for long.
  • How many newspapers____________(print) in Britain every day?
    is printed
    are printing
    are printed
  • A hurricane destroyed a few houses. The passive is ...
    A few houses were destroyed by a hurricane
    A few houses destroyed by a Hurricane
    A few houses is destroyed by a Hurricane
  • In reported speech "now" changes into...
    earlier than now
    then
    right now
  • Choose the correct reporting verb. The researchers ..... that the number of thefts decreased by 62 per cent.
    refused
    explained
    encouraged
  • "What should I do in this situation?"
    He asked what he should do in that situation.
    He asked what should he do in this situation.
    He asked what should he done in this situation.