Exercise 1. Open the brackets. Remember that you should use the rules of the Sequence of Tenses.
1. He said that he still (to be) fond of collecting stamps and coins.
2. She said that her parents (to divorce) two years ago already! – Oh, how awful! I can’t believe it’s true!
3. I met him at the disco yesterday and he told me that I (to dance) very well and I answered that it (to be) no wonder because dancing (to be) my hobby for many years!
4. She said her mother’s hobby (to be) ballet and she (to dance) pretty well in her youth. Can you imagine? – No, hardly.
5. My great-grandparents (to be) engaged for a whole year before they (to get) married. – I believe it’s impossible nowadays.
6. Did you ask Mike to take the camera to the party? – Yes, he told me that he (to come) and (to take) a lot of pictures.
7. Did you persuade your cousin in the necessity of sports? – Yes, but she promised that she (to go in for) sports) only since that summer.
8. What did you tell your little niece? – Nothing special – I only (to tell) her that I (to travel) all the summer and that it (to be) a lot of fun and now she wants to go with me.
9. Did you invite Mary to the basketball game in which you (to take part) the next week? – Yes, I did, but it turned out that she (to watch) the horseracing competitions at that moment.
10. Has your mother already finished sewing the dress for the baby? – No, but she said she (to finish) it in a couple of days.
He didn't know whose book it was. At that moment, Ken rushed into the classroom:
“I have lost my book somewhere here!” “Here it is,” John said, “but what’s it about?”
“It’s the most interesting book about mountains I’ve ever seen”, Ken was happy to get his book back.
“It was written by a mountain climber a year ago.
He wrote about how he and three other men went to the Alps to climb.
You can borrow this book for a while if you want. I have read it anyway.”
Judy was afraid of the dark. At night she always left the lights on. Judy couldn’t explain what exactly she was afraid of. She didn't beleive in monsters or in ghosts. She was one of those rare girls who never screamed when she saw spiders, mice and frogs. But everyone in her family knew that a dark room was the worst of her fears. One day, when Judy was drawing something in her room, her mother came in holding a big shopping bag.
“Guess what I have bought,” she said to Judy.
“I have no idea. Is it for me?” Judy felt very curious about the bag.
Her mother pulled two packages from her shopping bag. In the first package there were some very nice slippers. They were made from soft, pink fabric and had bright flashing lights. Inside the second package were glow-in-the-dark pyjamas! Judy said she wanted to try them on immediately. Amazingly, she felt safe all through the night. In a few days the lights stopped flashing but Judy realised she didn’t feel afraid of the dark any more.
1. This is my friend, Melanie. 2. We went on a tour of Europe last summer. 3. President Medvedev made an interesting speech. 4. John is staying at home tonight. 5. The new library was opened by the Mayor. 6. The baby sleeps in the afternoon. 7. That cat belongs to my sister. 8. Do you know how to play the violin? 9. Swimming is my favourite sport. 10. When we went to London, we visited the Tower. 11. They stayed at the Brigeford Hotel.
Exercise 6.
1. Horses are lovely animals. 2. Cheese is in the fridge. 3. We usually go to Spain for our summer holidays. - Really? We like to stay in England. 4. The water is very dirty. You can’t swim here. 5. Where are the children? - They are playing in the garden.