Question

Circle the correct item. 1) Peter says that they have/had decided to spend their holidays in the village. 2) Olga asked where we will/would go the following month. 3) Jane said she didn't finish/hadn't finished her project yet. 4) Pamela said/asked if her parents could give her a piece of advice. 5) Tom said he had bought the milk yesterday/the day before. 6) The doctor asks if Ella is/was taking the temperature at the moment. 7) Ron said that his wife is/was still cooking. 8) Henry asks if you can/could meet him at the airport. 9) Michael said he had got his driving licence two years ago/two years before. 10) The guide asked if anybody had already visited this/that city before.

Answer 1

1. Have
2. Would
3. Hadn’t finished
4. Asked
5. The day before
6. Is
7. Was
8. Can
9. Two years before
10. That

Answer 2

Here are the correct choices for each sentence:

1. Peter says that they have decided to spend their holidays in the village. (Present perfect "have decided" is appropriate here because it's still relevant to the present.)

2. Olga asked where we would go the following month. (The use of "would" indicates a future event from the perspective of the past.)

3. Jane said she hadn't finished her project yet. (Past perfect "hadn't finished" is used to indicate an action that happened before another past action.)

4. Pamela asked if her parents could give her a piece of advice. (Use "asked" because Pamela is making an inquiry.)

5. Tom said he had bought the milk the day before. (Past perfect "had bought" is used because the action happened before a specific past point in time.)

6. The doctor asks if Ella is taking the temperature at the moment. (Present tense "is taking" is appropriate because it's happening now.)

7. Ron said that his wife is still cooking. (Present tense "is" is appropriate because it's still relevant to the present.)

8. Henry asks if you could meet him at the airport. (The use of "could" in the past tense is more polite when making a request.)

9. Michael said he got his driving license two years ago. (Use simple past "got" for an action that occurred at a specific point in the past.)

10. The guide asked if anybody had already visited that city before. (Use "that" when referring to something specific mentioned earlier.)