Согласование времён (The Sequence of Tenses)

I think you are right.

Я считаю, что ты прав.

Do you know why he was absent yesterday?

Ты знаешь, почему онотсутствовалвчера?

I’ll tell you what you will have to do.

Я скажутебе, что тебепридётсясделать.

I didn’t know he could speak English.

Я не знал, что онможет говорить по-английски.

He told me that you were writing your composition.

Он сказалмне, что тыпишешьсочинение.

I didn’t know she had gone away.

Я не знал, что онаушла.

They said that they had been walking for an hour when they saw the man.

Они сказали, что они ужешлив течение часа, когда они увидели этого человека.

I hoped he would come.

Я надеялся, что онпридёт.

I didn’t expect you would be late.

Я не ожидал, что тыопоздаешь.

Exercise 1.

Change the italicized verb in each sentence to Past Simple. Then change the following verb to Past Simple or Past Continuous.

Model:

I think Robert needs some money right away.

I thought Robert needed some money right away.

Tom says Frank is writing letters to his friends.

Tjm said Frank was writing letters to his friends.

1.

I know that they always study their lessons very carefully.

2.

My friend believes there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

3.

The newspaper article says that professor teaches at Harvard.

4.

Fred thinks the students are talking to the teacher.

5.

He says the members are discussing that matter now.

6.

That article says it rains a great deal in that country.

7.

I think Mr. Meyer is working on his English assignment.

8.

Mr. Jackson says he usually works thirty-five hours a week.

9.

I think that Professor Duncan is writing another book this year.

Exercise 2.

Change the italicized verb in each sentence to Past Simple. Then change the following verb to Past Perfect.

Model:

Mr.Kirby claims that he spoke to those people.

Mr. Kirby claimed that he had spoken to those people.

The foreman says the men have done the work already.

The fopreman said the men had done the work already.

1.

I think that Carol has never seen the Empire State Building.

2.

Bill says he forgot to buy a new dictionary last week.

3.

Their boss reports that they have had no trouble with the machine.

4.

I assume that you had no difficulty with that lesson yesterday.

5.

The newspaper reports that there have been several bad storms.

6.

I hear that your friend fell on some steps and broke his arm.

7.

I remember that the wind blew very hard the week before last.

8.

We suspect that Dr. Gray has heard the news already.

9.

Walter says that he won twenty-five dollars on the election bet.

10.

I know my friends haven’t received any letters from Robert.

11.

Our neighbours say the water in their pond froze very quickly.

Exercise 3.

Change the italicized verb to Past Simple. Then change the following verb in order to keep the same time relationship between the two verbs.

Model:

Dr. Gray says he will return next Monday or Tuesday.

Dr. Gray said he would return next Monday or Tuesday.

1.

His secretary says he will return on the sixteenth of May.

2.

I suppose Walter will finish the work before next Friday.

3.

The message indicates he will be back fro Chicago next week.

4.

I think they will be able to return it before next Thursday.

5.

I presume that we’ll have to show the men how to use the machine.

6.

Everyone anticipates that we won’t succeed in getting permission.

7.

The evening paper says the weather wii be cloudy tomorrow.

8.

I think that I wii have plenty of time to finish all of the work.

Model:

We regret that we can stay only fifteen minutes longer.

We regretted that we could stay only fifteen minutes longer.

1.

Harold thinks he can go to the movies with us tonight.

2.

Mr. Karhman says he can help us now but not tomorrow.

3.

My friend says she can’t come along with us this afternoon.

4.

Mr. Macris says he can pay back all the money before that time.

5.

Of course, I regret that I can’t help my friend financially.

6.

No one believes that you can persuade him to leave before Friday.

Model:

Mr.Thompson thinks we should go to the meeting tomorrow.

Mr.Thompson thought we should go to the meeting tomorrow.

My teacher says I ought to work harder in the future.

My teacher said I ought to work harder in the future.

Miss Adams says she must leave early tomorrow morning.

Miss Adams said she had to leave early tomorrow morning.

1.

My friend thinks we should ask Mr. Fox about it tonight.

2.

The letter implies that you should tell him the truth about it.

3.

Mr. Simmons says I should ask my boss for a day off.

4.

John says you ought to send the letter today or tomorrow.

5.

Miss Fox thinks we ought to invite them to the party tomorrow.

6.

Mr. Harris says we must write two compositions for tomorrow.

7.

I regret that we must drive so fast to get there on time.

8.

The policeman says we must appear in court next Monday morning.

Exercise 4.

Choose the correct word or words from the brackets in each sentence.

1.

Helen regretted that she ____ (can, could) not go with us.

2.

Fred says that he ____ (has, had) forgotten the name of the book.

3.

Did the man tell you when he ____ (is, was) going to leave?

4.

We assumed that the meeting ____ (will, would) be over by that time.

5.

Mr. Berg hopes that they ____ (will, would) accept his application.

6.

I didn’t know that Tom ____ (has, had) enough money to buy a car.

7.

Janet didn’t recall what I ____ (told, had told) her the day before.

8.

I guess that our friends ____ (haven’t, hadn’t) heard the good news yet.

10.

We had to promise Charles that we ____ (will, would) help him.

11.

The senator claimed that he ____ (agrees, agreed) with the others.

12.

The man admits he ____ (has, had) had little experience in that field.

13.

We assume that the man ____ (can, could) help us with the work.

14.

Our friends asked us why we ____ (came, had come) there so early.

15.

He thought we ____ (should sent, should have sent) the letter next week.