Question

Choose the correct verb form to complete each sentence 1) They told me that they (had read / have read) that novel the year before. 2) He wanted to know what (was I doing / I was doing) that night. 3) We see some boats ... (sailed /sailing) down the river.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) They told me that they had read that novel the year before.

2) He wanted to know what  I was doing that night.

3) We see some boats sailing down the river.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

had read.

I was doing

sailing.

Answer 3

1) They told me that they had read that novel the year before. - In this sentence, the correct verb form is "had read" because it indicates that the action of reading the novel occurred before the time of speaking. The past perfect tense ("had read") is used to describe an action that happened before another past action or time.

2) He wanted to know what I was doing that night. - In this sentence, the correct verb form is "I was doing" because it is a reported speech where the question "What was I doing that night?" is being reported. When reporting questions, we change the word order to subject-verb order, so the verb "was" comes before the subject "I".

3) We see some boats sailing down the river. - In this sentence, the correct verb form is "sailing" because it describes an ongoing action. The present participle form ("sailing") is used to describe an action that is happening at the same time as the main verb "see".