3.Write sentences beginning I wish:

1I don’t have a key(and I need one). I wish_____.

2I don’t know many people (and I’m lonely).________

3.Ann isn’t here (and I need to see her).________

4.It’s cold (and I hate cold weather).________

5.I live in a big city(and I don’t like it).________

6.I can’t go to the party(and I’d like to).________

7.I have to work tomorrow(but I’d like to stay in bed)._______

8.I don’t know anything about cars(and my car has just broken down)._______________________

9.I’m not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that’s a pity).________

10. I don’t know French well (and I need to learn it)._________

Согласование времен.

Sequence of Tenses

В английском языке существует закон согласования времен, который действует в том случае, если действие относится к действующим лицам и событиям, происходящим в одном и том же месте, в одну и ту же историческую эпоху. Закон согласования времен действует преимущественно в сложных предложениях с придаточным дополнительным.

Правила согласования времен:

1.Если в главном предложении глагол- сказуемое стоит в настоящем или будущем времени, глагол-сказуемое в придаточном может стоять в любом времени, требуемом по смыслу:

I know that she is a good pupil.

He will say that he is your friend.

I know that she was a good pupil last year.

He will say that they lived in Kiev.

I know that she will be a good pupil next year.

2.Если в главном предложении глагол- сказуемое стоит в прошедшем времени, глагол- сказуемое в придаточном обязательно стоит в одном из прошедших времен в будущем в прошедшем.-Future in the Past.

He told me that his father was a teacher.

He told me that his father had been a teacher.

Victor thought that I was singing an Italian song.

He told me that he would go to the South in summer.

3.Если в главном предложении стоит какое-нибудь из прошедших времен (Past Indefinite, Past Continuous), то Past Indefinite и Past Continuous в придаточном показывают, действие произошло одновременно с действием глагола в главном предложении:

He was telling us that he had a good ear for music.

She said that she was making a new dress for her daughter.

Past Perfect и Past Perfect Continuous в придаточном предложении показывают, что действие произошло раньше:

I thought that you had seen her.

She said she had been reading that book for a long time.

Future in the Past ( в любой форме) в придаточном предложении показывает, что действие произойдет позже, чем действие в главном предложении:

I thought you would come to see me.

She said that they would be sitting in the 2^nd row.

He told us that his brother would have written a poem by the end je the following week.

Exercise 1. Translate the sentences into your native language, observing all rules of Sequence of Tenses.

1.When he learnt that his son always received excellent marks in all the subjects at school, he was very pleased. 2.When he learnt that his son had received excellent marks in all the subjects at school, he was very pleased .3.We didn`t know where our friends went every evening. 4.We didn`t know where our friends had gone. 5. She said that her best friend was a doctor.6. She said that her best friend had been a doctor.7.I didn`t know that you worked at the Hermitage.8. .I didn`t know that you had worked at the Hermitage. 9.I knew that you were ill.10. I knew that you had been ill.

Exercise 2. Choose the right variant.

1. My friend asked me who ( is playing, was playing) the piano in the sitting room.

2. He asked he (will come , would come to) the station to see me off.

3. I was sure he (posted, had posted) the letter.

4. I think the weather ( will be , would be) fine next week.

5. I hope it (will not change ,would not change) for the worse.

6. I knew that he ( is, was) a very clever man.

7. I want to know what he ( has bought, had bought) for her her birthday.

8. I asked my sister to tell me what she has seen, had seen at the museum.

9. He said he ( is staying, was staying) at the “Ritz “ Hotel.

10. They realized that they (lost, had lost ) their way in the dark.

Exercise 3.Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense according to the rules of Sequence of Tenses.

1. I knew they ( to wait) fot me at the metro station and I desided to hurry.

2. I didn`t know that you already (to wind up ) the clock.

3. I was afraid that the little girl ( not to be able to unlock ) the front door and (to go upstairs) to help her.

4. He says that he ( to know) the laws of the country.

5. Sarie understood why Lanny ( not to come) the previous evening.

6. She asked me whether I ( to remember) the legend about a faithful lion.

7. I asked my neighbor if he ever ( to travel) by air before.

8. He couldn`t understand why people (not to want) to take water from that well.

9. he said he (to leave ) tomorrow morning.

10. She said she (can not) tell me the right time, her watch ( to be) wrong.

Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.

1. I thought he ( come) in time.

2. Tom wanted to know what ( become) of the books which he leave here a day before.

3. I finally said that I ( not, wish) to hear any more about the subject.

4. Mark remembered that he (leave) the cab at the hotel.

5. We have heard that he ( be ) very clever.

6. My wife told me that in an hour she (go) for a walk.

7. The boy didn`t know that water (boil) at 100.

8. He told us how he (live) in the North.

9. The teacher told us that there be 26 letters in the English alphabet.

10. Last year I skated much better than I (do) now.