Exercise A:

State whether the sentences below are correct or incorrect.

1. It is unfortunate that the meal is not ready yet.
2. She told me when should I pick up the children.
3. The instructor explained where was the computer lab located.
4. We could not believe what he did to us.
5. I want to know if is it going to rain tomorrow.
6. We never know whether we will get paid or not.
7. This evening you can decide what do you want to do.
8. The manager explained how he wanted the work done.
9. The map showed where the party would be held.
10. Can you tell me why was the mail not delivered today?

Exercise B
Choose the correct answer.
1. I had an accident and took my car to the garage. My husband asked me where …...
a. is my car
b. my car was
c. my car is
d. was my car
e. is your car?
2. The old lady next door must have a lot of cats. I don't know how many …...
a. cats does she have
b. does she has cats
c. she has cats
d. cats she has
e. cats has she
3. Do you know ….. from the earth? I have no idea.
a. how far the moon is
b. how far is the moon
c. how the moon is far
d. if how far the moon is
e. whether how is the moon far
4. Your brother is playing his music too loud. I can't hear what …...
a. is saying your brother
b. that your brother is saying
c. is saying your brother
d. your brother is saying
e. your brother says
5. When I left home, my uncle gave me some advice. He said ….. give up.
a. I shouldn't
b. that shouldn't
c. don't
d. that I don't
e. no
6. Jill didn't want to go to the car show. Her husband insisted that ….. with him.
a. she come
b. she came
c. she had come
d. she comes
e. she has come
7. My boss wants this report immediately. He demanded that it ….. ready by 5:00.
a. is
b. will be
c. be
d. was
e. should be
8. Did he tell you where ….. the report when you finish?
a. should you put
b. you to put
c. you put
d. to put
e. will you put
9. My friend predicted ….. receive a lot praise for my work.
a. that I would
b. that I
c. what would I
d. what I
e. that I will
10. My friend saw an accident. He told me ….. at the scene of the accident.
a. if he'd seen
b. what he saw
c. what he'd seen
d. whether he saw
e. that he'd seen
11. Is it true that all movies will be available online? ….. is wonderful!
a. That all movies will be available
b. All movies will be available
c. Due to the fact that all movies will be available
d. It is that all movies will be available
e. Being available all movies
12. Can you tell me how to fix my computer? That depends on ….. an old computer.
a. have you
b. whether you have
c. that have you
d. if have you
e. about your having
13. Is it true ….. people are saying about the new laptops?
a. that what
b. that
c. if
d. whether or not
e. what
14. ….. light-weight is important.
a. A computer is
b. Is a computer
c. If a computer is
d. Whether or not a computer is
e. Is a computer
15. A: What are you going to do with your old computer?
B: Nothing! ….. is too expensive.
a. That I want to do
b. What I want to do
c. That what I want to do
d. What do I want to do
e. If what I want to do

Exercise C
Choose the correct answer.
1. ____ they didn't attend this important meeting is still a mystery for us.
A) What
B) That
C) Why
D) When
E) Where
2. After I went out, I suddenly realized that ____.
A) I would forget to lock the door
B) I have to take my book with me
C) I will have finished my assignment
D) they arrived at the place which had been appointed
E) I had forgotten to take the key
3. He can't believe ____ he gave up smoking last week.
A) what
B) when
C) whether
D) why
E) how
4. It seems ____ he won't be able to catch the last bus to the terminal.
A) that
B) why
C) what
D) when
E) as
5. ____ he chose to go this summer is not known by anyone.
A) In which
B) What
C) When
D) Where
E) Which
6. No one knows ____ he has finished all the necessary preparation. I will ask him tomorrow
morning.
A) in which
B) if
C) what
D) that
E) which
7. There is a common belief throughout human history ____.
A) where to live
B) that hell or heaven will be visited after death
C) the Mongols cannot be defeated
D) the horse is the main vehicle of transportation
E) the ancestor of all the nations originated in Asia
8. I wonder ____.
A) how can a television work
B) how can he be so rude
C) what does he think
D) why is he so anti-social
E) how a person can run 100 meters under 10 seconds
9. What he was talking about in public ____ something he should only talk about with his
intimate friends.
A) have been
B) what
C) how
D) is
E) that
10.____ the speaker said next was lost in the general uproar.
A) Why
B) The thing
C) How
D) What
E) Whether
11. I couldn't have known ____ the bus comes.
A) where
B) when
C) in which
D) at what
E) how
12. I’d rather you didn't say anything ____ he proposed to you.
A) what
B) when
C) how
D) why
E) whether
13. It is very obvious ____.
A) what did he ask the lecturer
B) why is she going to marry a man who is 20 years older than herself
C) that AIDS has changed social practices
D) the one of the seven deadly sins is pride
E) it is impossible for man to live without water
14. If a person buys something in every store ____ he enters, for instance, a therapist might teach
him self-discipline by making him go to a store and leave not buying anything.
A) what
B) where
C) that
D) how
E) in which
[Link] one could really understand ____ he left the meeting at the very beginning of the debate.
A) what
B) why
C) where
D) whom
E) whether

Exercise D
Choose the correct answer.
1. Scientists cannot agree on ______ related to other orders of insects.
(A) that fleas are
(B) how fleas are
(C) how are fleas
(D) fleas that are
2. It was in 1875 ______ joined the staff of the astronomical observatory at Harvard
University.
(A) that Anna Winlock
(B) Anna Winlock, who
(C) as Anna Winlock
(D) Anna Winlock then
3. ______ is a narrow strip of woods along a stream in an open grassland.
(A) Ecologists use the term “gallery forest”
(B) What do ecologists call a “gallery forest”
(C) “Gallery forest” is the term ecologists use
(D) What ecologists call a “gallery forest”
4. ______ so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places that they have never
even seen.
(A) That makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
(B) The migration of the monarch butterflies is
(C) What makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
(D) The migration of the monarch butterflies, which is
5. In order to grow vegetables properly, gardeners must know ______.
(A) what the requirements for each vegetable are
(B) that the requirements for each vegetable
(C) what are each vegetable’s requirements
(D) that is required by each vegetable
6. For many years people have wondered ______ exists elsewhere in the universe.
(A) that life
(B) life which
(C) whether life
(D) life as it
7. ______ was caused by breathing impure air was once a common belief.
(A) Malaria
(B) That malaria
(C) Why malaria
(D) Because malaria
8. One basic question psychologists have tried to answer is ______ .
(A) people learn
(B) how do people learn
(C) people learn how
(D) how people learn
9. The judges had an extremely hard time deciding ______.
(A) who's painting was the best
(B) whose painting was the best
(C) painting who was the best
(D) the best painting was who
10. No one is sure ______.
(A) what did it happen in front of the building.
(B) what it happened in front of the building.
(C) what does it happen in front of the building.
(D) what happened in front of the building.