Grammar focus: SEQUENCE OF TENSES

Ex.30 Yesterday you met Charlie. Here are some of the things Charlie said to you:

1 I’m living in London now.

2 My father isn’t very well.

3 Sharon and Paul are getting married next month.

4 Margaret has had a baby.

5 I don’t know what Fred is doing.

6 I saw Helen at a party in June and she seemed fine.

7 I haven’t seen Diane recently.

8 I’m not enjoying my job very much.

9 You can come and stay at my flat if you are ever in London.

10 My car was stolen a few weeks ago.

11 I want to go on holiday but I can’t afford it.

12 I’ll tell Ann I saw you.

Later that day you tell another friend what Charlie said. Use sequence of tenses.

1 Charlie said that he was living in London now.

2 He said that __________________­­__.

3 He __________________­­__.

4 __________________­­_________________.

5 __________________­­_________________.

6 __________________­­_________________.

7 __________________­­_________________.

8 __________________­­_________________.

9 __________________­­_________________.

10 __________________­­_________________.

11 __________________­­_________________.

12 __________________­­_________________.

Ex. 31 Change the sentences using sequence of tenses

Model: The students said, "We study English." The students said that they studied English.

1. The girl said, "I studied French at school." ____________________________________.

2. The man said, "I am an interpreter." _____________________________________.

3. My aunt said, "I’ll be at home at seven o’clock."__________________________________.

4. Mary said, "I was there with my parents." _____________________________________.

5. The boy said, "I have done my homework." ____________________________________.

6. His father said, "I don’t speak Spanish." _____________________________________.

7. The doctor said, "I’ll come again in the morning."__________________________________.

8. The woman said, "I did not see Helen there." ____________________________________.

9. The children said, "We had lunch at school." ____________________________________.

10. The woman said, "I have three children." _____________________________________.

Ex. 32. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets:

Model: I said, "I know you, and can probably persuade you to come" (know/knows/knew; can/could/will be able to).

1. Miss Garner asked her several times what ________ (happens/happen/is happening/has happened/had happened).

2. I asked her what her name ____ and she said, "Roberta"
(am/is/are/was/were).

3. She said, she ______ happy on the farm (am not/isn’t/aren’t/wasn’t/weren’t).

4. My wife dragged me here. She said, It _____ good for the kids to get these lectures and shows (is/are/was/were).

5. He asked her if she ________ to be in London for long (is going/was going/ were going).

6. Mr. Smith expected that his subordinate __________ the first opportunity to apologize for his rudeness (take/takes/will take/would take).

7. At last the boy came back and asked him if he ________ for dinner (dresses/will dress/would dress).

8. I didn’t know you ______ here (is/was/are/were).

9. He inspected his program. It informed him that there __________ one interval (is/will be/would be).

10. On Saturday morning, Simon decided that he __________ some gardening (do/does/did/will do/would do).

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