II. Choose the correct answer.
1. She thinks he A animals. (Present Simple)
A. likes B. liked
2. We were sure he B the answer. (Past Simple)
A. knows B. knew
3. Antony said he B a new car. (Past Perfect)
A. bought B. had bought
4. They know she always A in time. (Present Simple)
A. comes B. came
5. George thought he B it himself. (Past Simple)
A. can do B. could do
6. Anna said she B ill. (Past Simple)
A. feels B. felt
7. Dennis was afraid Alan A him back. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. wouldn't pay B. won't pay
8. Jane knew her relatives B to see her. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. will come B. would come
9. I think that Katy B home. (Past Perfect)
A. had already returned
B. has already returned
10. Rick expected his cousin B in some days. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. will arrive B. would arrive
11. Alan didn't think they B the problem. (Past Continuous)
A. are still discussing
B. were still discussing
12. I heard you B smoking. (Past Perfect)
A. have stopped B. had stopped
Test 2
Sequence of Tenses. Reported speech
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. My friend promised he C me in a week. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. will visit B. would be visiting
C. would visit
2. Sue said she B for us for half an hour. (Past Perfect Continuous)
A. would wait B. had been waiting
C. was waiting
3. Everybody wanted to know why they B their relationship. (Past Perfect)
A. destroyed B. had destroyed
C. have destroyed
4. Brian said he C to have children. (Past Simple)
A. wouldn't wanted B. wasn't wanting
C. didn't want
5. We didn't expect the restaurant C so expensive. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. will be B. would have been
C. would be
6. All wanted to know what B to Bill. (Past Perfect)
A. has happened B. had happened
C. will happen
7. Our relatives wrote they A by the end of the week. (Future-in-the-Past)
A. would arrive B. have arrived
C. would have arrived
8. We saw that she C the text. (Past Continuous)
A. is translating B. has translated
C. was translating
9. Frank said to us that he C that man before. (Past Perfect)
A. has never seen B. would never seen
C. had never seen
10.They worried as they B if the children would like their presents. (Past Simple)
A. don't know B. didn't know
C. haven't known
II. Translate the sentences.
1. Она сказала, что учится в университете.
She said she studied at university. (Past Simple)
2. Они пообещали, что закончат работу в пятницу.
They promised that they would finish their work on Friday. (Future-in-the-Past)
3. Я был уверен, что ты ничего не знаешь об этом происшествии.
I was sure that you didn't know anything about that accident. (Past Simple)
4. Мой друг сказал, что плохо себя чувствует.
My friend said he felt ill. (Past Simple)
5. Все надеялись, что поезд придет вовремя.
Everybody hoped that the train would come in time. (Future-in-the-Past)
6. Мы не знали, что вы уже вернулись.
We didn’t know that you had returned already. (Past Perfect)
7. Секретарь ответила, что менеджера нет в офисе, что он только что вышел.
PA answered that manager wasn’t in the office, and he had just gone out. (Past Simple+ Past Perfect)
8. Том сказал, что занят, что он работает над докладом.
Tom said that he was busy he was working on his report. (Past Simple+ Past Continuous)
9. Анна сказала, что будет рада помочь нам.
Anna said that she would be glad to help us. (Future-in-the-Past)
10.Мои друзья сказали мне, что собираются пойти в театр.
My friends told me they were going to the theatre. (Past Continuous)
Test 3 Sequence of Tenses
I. Use the Reported Speech.
1. Meg said that she was a second year student. (Past Simple)
2. We said to our parents that Philip and Jim had invited us to stay in their house. (Past Perfect)
3. The teacher told his pupils to listen to her attentively. (Imperative)
4. Ewa asked me where I was going. (Past Continuous)
5. His dad told him not to play with fire! (Imperative)
6. Mother asked her children if they had already had the dinner. (Past Perfect)
7. Barry asked me how long I had been waiting for him. (Past Perfect Continuous)
8. I asked my friend would he come and see me on Thursday. (Future-in-the-Past)
9. My granny said to me to give her a cup of coffee. (Imperative)
10. They asked us how we liked living there. (Past Simple)
11. Tina said to Alan if he was taking any courses besides French. (Past Continuous)
12. Nick said to his brother that he would never finish that work if he didn't help him. (Future-in-the-Past+Past Simple)
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Brian asked Jane, "How do you like living here?"
A. Brian asked Jane how did she like living there.
B. Brian asked Jane how she liked living there. (Past Simple)
C. Brian asked Jane how had she liked living there.
2. Jim's father told him, "Be quiet, please!"
A. Jim's father told him was quiet.
B. Jim's father told him be quiet, please.
C. Jim's father told him to be quiet. (Imperative)
3. Clair said, "Sue has been my best friend since childhood".
A. Clair said Sue had been her best friend since childhood. (Past Perfect)
B. Clair said Sue was her best friend since childhood.
C. Clair said Sue had been my best friend since childhood.
4. Katy said, "When Sonia comes, I'll tell her the news".
A. Katy said when Sonia came, I would tell her the news.
B. Katy said when Sonia came, she would tell her the news. (Past Simple+ Future-in-the-Past)
C. Katy said when Sonia came, she would have told her the news.
5. Our granny said to us, "I can't find my gloves".
A. Our granny said to us she couldn't find her gloves. (Past Simple)
B. Our granny said to us she couldn't found her gloves.
C. Our granny said to us she couldn't found my gloves.
6. Sara asked me, "How long have you been studying English?"
A. Sara asked me how long I had been studying English. (Past Perfect Continuous)
B. Sara asked me how long had I been studying English.
C. Sara asked me how long had you been studying English.
7. "What is happening in the world?" he asked.
A. He asked what happened in the world.
B. He asked what was in the world happen.
C. He asked what was happening in the world. (Past Continuous)
8. Jane said, "When the mail comes, my assistant will open it".
A. Jane said that when the mail came, her assistant would open it. (Past Simple+ Future-in-the-Past)
B. Jane said that when the mail come, my assistant would open it.
C. Jane said that when the mail came, her assistant would opened it.
9. Tania said to them, "This coming Friday I am beginning my «vacation of a lifetime*".
A. Tania said to them that that coming Friday I was beginning my "vacation of a lifetime".
B. Tania said to them that that coming Friday she was beginning her "vacation of a lifetime". (Past Continuous)
C. Tania said to them that this coming Friday she would beginning my "vacation of a lifetime".
10. "Did you take physics in high school?" Paula asked.
A. Paula asked me if I took physics in high school. (Past Simple)
B. Paula asked had I taken physics in high school.
C. Paula asked me if I had taken physics in high school.
11. Jo asked me, "Give me a lift into the centre, please".
A. Jo asked me gave him a lift into the centre.
B. Jo asked me to gave me a lift into the centre.
C. Jo asked me to give him a lift into the centre. (Imperative)
12. Frank said, "They are getting married tomorrow".
A. Frank said they got married the next day.
B. Frank said they were getting married the next day. (Past Continuous)
C. Frank said they was getting married tomorrow.
Test 4 Sequence of Tenses. Reported speech
I. Correct the errors if necessary.
1. Jane said she had just finished translating the test. (Past Perfect)
2. They wanted to know why the police were there. (Past Simple)
3. My friend asked me if I had seen them before. (Past Perfect)
4. Kate said she was sorry she hadn't invited Sony to her party. (Past Simple+ Past Perfect)
5. He asked me where he could buy the tickets. (Past Simple)
6. The doctor told her she had to eat well in order to recover. (Past Simple)
7. The teacher told us to close our books. (Imperative)
8. I told them that my driver's license was in my wallet. (Past Simple)
9. We thought she wouldn't have finished cooking before we came. (Future Perfect)
10. Dennis invited us to the party and added he would have been glad to see us. (Future Perfect)
11. She said she signed a contract without reading it thoroughly. (Past Simple)
12. Alex said to me he didn't feel like going to the library to study. (Past Simple)
13. We didn't know that Sarah hadn't canceled her plans with Carl. (Past Perfect)
14. Larry told me he had been saving his money for a trip for three years. (Past Perfect Continuous)
15. Their parents told them not to come late. (Imperative)
II. Translate the sentences.
1. Мои друзья сказали, что ездили в Монако во время отпуска.
My friends told me they went to Monaco during the holiday. (Past Simple)
2. Офицер попросил, чтобы я показал свое удостоверение водителя.
The officer asked me to show him my driving license. (Imperative)
3. Джек спросил, есть ли у меня атлас, и попросил дать его ему.
Jack asked me if I had an atlas and asked me to give it to him. (Past Simple)
4. Он сказал, что пишет сочинение, но есть слово, которое он не знает как писать.
He told me that he was writing a composition but there was a word he didn’t know how to write. (Past Continuous+Past Simple)
5. Джанет спросила у Сэры может ли та одолжить ей пару фунтов.
Janet asked if Sarah could lend her a few pounds. (Past Simple)
6. Тина сказала, что чувствует себя нехорошо и добавила, что думает, что простудилась.
Tina told she felt ill and she added that she thought she had caught cold a. (Past Simple+Past Perfect)
7. Мы спросили ее, как долго она работает над своей новой книгой.
We asked her how long she had been working on her new book. (Past Perfect Continuous)
8. Отец Рика сказал ему, что если он хочет стать врачом, он должен ходить в медицинскую школу.
Rick’s father told him that if he wanted to become a doctor he had to go to a Medical School. (Past Simple)
9. Мама спросила Эллис, где ее журнал и попросила принести его.
Mother asked Alice where her magazine was and asked to bring it. (Past Simple)
10.Том сказал, что потерял ключ и ищет его.
Tom told he had lost the key and was looking for it. (Past Perfect+Past Continuous)
1ая часть всех предложений в Past Simple!