Grammar focus: SEQUENCE OF TENSES
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 529.
| PRESENT | PAST | FUTURE | |
| SIMPLE | V1 | V2 | WILL |
| PERFECT | HAVE+V3 | HAD+V3 | Future in the past WOULD |
| CONTINUOUS | IS+Ving | WAS+Ving |
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).