Question

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the required past tense, pay attention to the Sequence of Tenses 1. She (hear) the band playing and she (know) that in a few moments the curtain (go) up. 2. Mary (think) he (prefer) to be by himself. 3. I (hear) from your mother that you (be) late and so I (order) coffee and sandwiches. 4. Mrs Smith (ask) him if he (have) dinner there. 5. The old man (ask) me if I (have) parents. 6. He (be) very sorry for Jennie, and he (tell) his wife that he (have) to go out and see her. 7. And the other day I (have) a letter from him saying he (be) in Moscow soon. 8. I (say) I (be) back by 9 o'clock. 9. You (promise) you (try) to persuade him to stay on for a bit. 10. In a few words I (tell) him what (happen). 11. She (ask) me if I (live) long in that town. 12. When I (ring) her that evening she (say) she (not like) to discuss those problems on the phone. 13. That evening she (tell) me (be) at the hotel number, and about half past eight I (dial) that number, but there (be) no answer. 14. I (put) the papers back where they (belong), (tell) the manager I (do) no clipping or tearing, (return) to the hotel, (treat) myself to a glass of milk in the coffee shop, and (go) to bed. 15. He (write) that he (come) to lunch the following day.

Answer 1

1. She (heard) the band playing and she (knew) that in a few moments the curtain (would go) up. 2. Mary (thought) he (prefered) to be by himself. 3. I (heard) from your mother that you (were) late and so I (ordered) coffee and sandwiches. 4. Mrs Smith (asked) him if he (had had) dinner there. 5. The old man (asked) me if I (had) parents. 6. He (was) very sorry for Jennie, and he (told) his wife that he (had) to go out and see her. 7. And the other day I (had) a letter from him saying he ( would be) in Moscow soon. 8. I (said) I (would be) back by 9 o'clock. 9. You (promised) you (would try) to persuade him to stay on for a bit. 10. In a few words I (told) him what (had happend). 11. She (asked) me if I (had lived) long in that town. 12. When I (rang) her that evening she (said) she (did not like) to discuss those problems on the phone. 13. That evening she (told) me (to call) her at the hotel number, and about half past eight I (dialed) that number, but there (was) no answer. 14. I (put) the papers back where they (belonged), (told) the manager I (had done) no clipping or tearing, (returned) to the hotel, (treated) myself to a glass of milk in the coffee shop, and (went) to bed. 15. He (wrote) that he (would come) to lunch the following day.

Answer 2

1. She heard the band playing, and she knew that in a few moments the curtain would go up.
2. Mary thought he preferred to be by himself.
3. I heard from your mother that you were late, and so I ordered coffee and sandwiches.
4. Mrs. Smith asked him if he had dinner there.
5. The old man asked me if I had parents.
6. He was very sorry for Jennie, and he told his wife that he had to go out and see her.
7. And the other day I had a letter from him saying he would be in Moscow soon.
8. I said I would be back by 9 o'clock.
9. You promised you would try to persuade him to stay on for a bit.
10. In a few words, I told him what had happened.
11. She asked me if I had lived long in that town.
12. When I rang her that evening, she said she didn't like to discuss those problems on the phone.
13. That evening she told me she was at the hotel number, and about half past eight I dialed that number, but there was no answer.
14. I put the papers back where they belonged, told the manager I did no clipping or tearing, returned to the hotel, treated myself to a glass of milk in the coffee shop, and went to bed.
15. He wrote that he was coming to lunch the following day.