Indirect Questions – English Grammar Test for B2
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A: Excuse me, ______?
B: Sure, it’s at the end of this street.
(a) Where is the bank
(b) Could you tell me where the bank is
(c) You know where is the bank
(d) Where the bank is
2
A: Do you know ______?
B: Around 7 p.m., I think.
(a) what time the show starts
(b) what time does the show start
(c) when starts the show
(d) when does start the show
3
A: I can’t remember ______.
B: We met at Susan’s party last year.
(a) where did we meet
(b) where we met
(c) where meet we
(d) where do we meet
4
A: Could you tell me ______ a vegetarian meal here?
B: Of course. We have several options.
(a) can I get
(b) I can get
(c) where I can get
(d) where can I get
5
A: I’d like to know ______.
B: Yes, he speaks three languages fluently.
(a) if does your brother speak English
(b) if your brother speaks English
(c) your brother speaks English
(d) whether does your brother speak English
6
A: Do you know ______?
B: It opens at 9 o’clock every day.
(a) what time the shop opens
(b) what time does the shop open
(c) when opens the shop
(d) when does the shop open
7
A: Can you tell me ______?
B: Yes, you turn right after the supermarket.
(a) how do I get to the station
(b) how I can get to the station
(c) I can get to the station how
(d) how can I get the station
8
A: She asked me ______ yesterday.
B: Oh, I called her in the afternoon.
(a) who did I call
(b) who I called
(c) whom did I call
(d) who call I
9
A: Do you know ______?
B: No, but I think she’ll call soon.
(a) when is she coming
(b) when she is coming
(c) when does she come
(d) when coming she is
10
A: I’m not sure ______ in that box.
B: Old photos, I think.
(a) what’s
(b) what is
(c) what there is
(d) what is there
11
A: Could you tell me ______ to the airport?
B: About 40 minutes by taxi.
(a) how far is it
(b) how far it is
(c) how it is far
(d) is it how far
12
A: I wonder ______ this noise.
B: It’s probably the neighbors upstairs.
(a) what is making
(b) what making
(c) what makes
(d) makes what
13
A: She asked me ______ her homework.
B: Oh, she always asks for help!
(a) if I finished
(b) if had I finished
(c) if I had finished
(d) had I finished if
14
A: Do you know ______ in English?
B: Yes, it means “opportunity.”
(a) what this word means
(b) what does this word mean
(c) what is mean this word
(d) what means this word
15
A: I can’t remember ______ the door this morning.
B: You did. I saw you.
(a) did I lock
(b) if I locked
(c) if locked I
(d) did lock I
16
A: I’d like to know ______ tonight.
B: Around eight, probably.
(a) what time will she arrive
(b) what time she will arrive
(c) when will she arrive
(d) when she arrives
17
A: Do you know ______?
B: In the cupboard under the sink.
(a) where she keeps the cleaning products
(b) where does she keep the cleaning products
(c) she keeps where the cleaning products
(d) where keeps she the cleaning products
18
A: Could you tell me ______ my car keys?
B: On the kitchen table!
(a) do you see
(b) you see
(c) if you see
(d) where you saw
19
A: I asked her ______ last weekend.
B: She said she went to the mountains.
(a) where did she go
(b) where she went
(c) where she goes
(d) she went where
20
A: Do you know ______ to fix this printer?
B: Yes, there’s a button on the back.
(a) how
(b) how to
(c) how can
(d) how do
21
A: I wonder ______ called me this morning.
B: It was probably Tom.
(a) who
(b) who did
(c) whom
(d) who does
22
A: She asked me ______ dinner last night.
B: Oh, I made spaghetti.
(a) what did I cook
(b) what I cooked
(c) what cook I
(d) I cooked what
23
A: Could you tell me ______ to reach customer service?
B: Dial 0 and then press 2.
(a) how
(b) how do
(c) how to
(d) to how
24
A: Do you know ______ the deadline is?
B: Next Friday.
(a) when
(b) what time
(c) which
(d) why
25
A: I can’t remember ______ you that story before.
B: Yes, you did last year.
(a) did I tell
(b) I told
(c) if I told
(d) have I told
26
A: Could you tell me ______ to use this machine?
B: Sure, just press the green button.
(a) how
(b) how do
(c) how to
(d) to how
27
A: I’d like to know ______ with you.
B: Sarah and Michael.
(a) who is coming
(b) who coming
(c) who come
(d) who does come
28
A: Do you know ______ she’s sad?
B: Because she failed her exam.
(a) why
(b) what
(c) when
(d) how
29
A: He asked me ______ about the news.
B: I told him I was excited.
(a) what do I think
(b) what I thought
(c) what did I think
(d) what I’m thinking
30
A: Can you tell me ______ next?
B: The final test will be next month.
(a) what will happen
(b) what happens
(c) happens what
(d) what is happen
Answer
1 (b) – Correct polite structure → where the bank is.
2 (a) – Indirect question → what time the show starts.
3 (b) – No inversion → where we met.
4 (c) – Correct phrase → where I can get.
5 (b) – Yes/No indirect → if your brother speaks English.
6 (a) – Correct word order → the shop opens.
7 (b) – No inversion → how I can get to the station.
8 (b) – Indirect past → who I called.
9 (b) – Present continuous → when she is coming.
10 (c) – Structure: what there is in that box.
11 (b) – Correct order → how far it is.
12 (c) – Indirect present → what makes this noise.
13 (c) – Past perfect → if I had finished.
14 (a) – Correct order → what this word means.
15 (b) – Yes/No indirect → if I locked.
16 (b) – Future → what time she will arrive.
17 (a) – Wh-question → where she keeps the cleaning products.
18 (d) – Past reference → where you saw my car keys.
19 (b) – Past simple indirect → where she went.
20 (b) – Use how to for instructions.
21 (a) – Subject question → who called me.
22 (b) – Past simple indirect → what I cooked.
23 (c) – Correct form → how to reach customer service.
24 (a) – Wh-word when for time reference.
25 (c) – Yes/No indirect → if I told.
26 (c) – Correct expression → how to use.
27 (a) – Present continuous → who is coming with you.
28 (a) – Wh-word why for reason.
29 (b) – Past tense indirect → what I thought.
30 (b) – Indirect general truth → what happens next.