Choose the correct answer.

1. She thinks he ... animals.

A. likes B. liked

2. We were sure he ... the answer.

A. knows B. knew

3. Antony said he ... a new car.

A. bought B. had bought

4. They know she always ... in time.

A. comes B. came

5. George thought he ... it himself.

A. can do B. could do

6. Anna said she ... ill.

A. feels B. felt

7. Dennis was afraid Alan ... him back.

A. wouldn't pay B. won't pay

8. Jane knew her relatives ... to see her.

A. will come B. would come

9. I think that Katy ... home.

A. had already returned

B. has already returned

10. Rick expected his cousin ... in some days.

A. will arrive B. would arrive

11. Alan didn't think they ... the problem.

A. are still discussing

B. were still discussing

12. I heard you ... smoking.

A. have stopped B. had stopped

Test 2

Sequence of Tenses. Reported speech

Choose the correct answer.

1. My friend promised he ... me in a week.

A. will visit B. would be visiting

C. would visit

2. Sue said she ... for us for half an hour.

A. would wait B. had been waiting

C. was waiting

3. Everybody wanted to know why they ... their relationship.

A. destroyed B. had destroyed

C. have destroyed

4. Brian said he ... to have children.

A. wouldn't wanted B. wasn't wanting C. didn't want

5. We didn't expect the restaurant ... so expensive.

A. will be B. would have been

C. would be

6. All wanted to know what ... to Bill. ,

A. has happened B. had happened C. will happen

7. Our relatives wrote they ... by the end of the week.

A. would arrive B. have arrived C. would have arrived

8. We saw that she ... the text.

A. is translating B. has translated C. was translating

9. Frank said to us that he ... that man before.

A. has never seen B. would never seen C. had never seen

10.They worried as they ... if the children would like their presents.

A. don't know B. didn't know

C. haven't known

Test 3 Sequence of Tenses

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.

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.

3. Clair said, "Sue has been my best friend since childhood".

A. Clair said Sue had been her best friend since childhood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

C. Frank said they Was getting married tomorrow.

Test 4 Sequence of Tenses. Reported speech