1. Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. I knew that she … Madrid before, so I asked her to recommend a good hotel.

a) has visited b) has been visiting c) visited d) had visited

2. She promised to help me if I … the answer myself.

a) haven't found b) won't find c) didn't find d) wouldn't find

3. He said that they … each other for many years.

a) know b) knew c) have known d) had known

4. I saw that she … to hold back her tears.

a) tries b) has been trying c) is trying d) was trying

5. He knew that she … as her eyes were red.

a) is crying b) was crying c) has been crying d) had been crying

6. I asked her whether she … there with me, but she said no.

a) goes b) will go c) is going d) would go

7. She said that the robber … her when she was opening the door to her apartment.

a) attacked b) was attacking c) has attacked d) had attacked

8. I wanted to see her but I didn't know if she … in town.

a) is b) were c) was d) had been

9. He told me that he would visit them when he … from Spain.

a) has returned b) will return c) returned d) would return

10. My younger daughter learned in class yesterday that the Earth … around the Sun.

a) revolves b) revolved c) is revolving d) was revolving

2. Fill in the blanks using appropriate verb forms. Observe the rule of the sequence of tenses.

A) 1. I waited for my friend until he … (come).

2. He ran as quickly as he … (can).

3. He ran away because he (be) afraid.

4. He was so tired that he … (can) barely stand.

5. After the rain was over, the sun … (shine) out again.

6. His health … (improve) since he left the city.

7. Whenever we meet we … (talk) of old times.

8. Wherever he … (preach), people gather to listen.

9. Galileo maintained that the earth … (move) round the sun.

10. Newton discovered that the force of gravitation … (make) apples fall.

B) 1. I found that my son … (be) awake.

2. The pickpocket confessed that he … (pick) my pocket.

3. He was so tired that he … (can) scarcely stand.

4. He said that I … (be) a lazy good-for-nothing boy.

5. No one could explain how the prisoner … (escape) from the prison.

6. Euclid proved that the three angles of a triangle … (be) equal to two right angles.

7. Italy went to war that she … (extend) her empire.

8. The passage is so difficult that I … (can, not) comprehend it.

9. The boy was so indolent that he … (do, not) pass.

10. In my perplexity I requested my guide to tell me what I … (have) to do.

3. Rewrite the sentences in the past tense, paying attention to the Sequence of Tenses.

A) 1. My uncle says he has just come back from the Brighton.

2. He says he has spent a fortnight in the Brighton.

3. He says it did him a lot of good.

4. He says he feels better now.

5. He says his wife and he spent most of their time on the beach.

6. He says they did a lot of sightseeing.

7. He says he has a good camera.

8. He says he took many photographs while travelling in the Brighton.

9. He says he will come to see us next Sunday.

10. He says he will bring and show us the photographs he took during his stay in the Brighton.

B) 1. Nick says he is going to the hotel to see his friends, who have just arrived in St. Petersburg from the United States of America.

2. He says they have not been here for a long time.

3. He says they were friends at school.

4. He says he will take them to the theatre on Sunday.

5. They say they will write me a letter when they return home.

6. Mike says he is sure Ann and Kate will be excellent guides.

7. He says they have made good progress in English.

8. Oleg says that in a day or two several English students will come to pay a visit to their school and he will probably have to act as interpreter.

9. Ann says she has just met Boris in the street.

10. She says Boris told her a lot of interesting things about his travels in the south.