(I supposed; He believed; She was sure; We were told; I heard; She said; He understood; She imagined; The letter said.)
E.g. My brother will be sleeping.
I supposed that my brother would be sleeping.
1. They will win the game. 2. I shall go to the south. 3. My sister will not forget to ring me up.
4. I shall have done my homework by nine o'clock.
5. The tourists will not return by sunset. 6. My friends will be waiting for me. 7. My friend will have returned by that time. 8. They will be working the whole evening. 9. He will solve the problem in no time. 10. The new film will be on in many cinemas. 11. The teacher will have corrected our papers by the beginning of the lesson. 12. She will not like this TV programme. 13. The train will arrive on time. 14. The children will be playing in the yard. 15. All the newspapers will publish this information.
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| Present | Past | Future | |
| in-the-Past | |||
| (He said that) | |||
| He wrote | He will | he would write | |
| writes | a letter | write a | a letter the |
| letters | yesterday | letter | next day |
| every | tomorrow | ||
| day | |||
| (He said that) | |||
| He is | He was | He will be | he would be |
| writing | writing | writing | writing |
| a letter | a letter | a letter | a letter |
| now | at 5 o'clock | at 5 o'clock | at 5 o'clock |
| yesterday | tomorrow | the next day | |
| (He said that) | |||
| He has | He had | He will | he would have |
| already | written | have writ- | written |
| written | a letter | ten a letter | a letter |
| a letter | by 5 o'clock | by 5 o'clock | by 5 o'clock |
| yesterday | tomorrow | the next day | |
| (He said that) | |||
| He has | He had | He will | he would have |
| been | been | have been | been writing |
| writing | writing | writing | a letter |
| a letter | a letter | a letter | for two hours |
| since | for two | for two | when I came |
| morn- | hours | hours | |
| ing | when I | when I | |
| came | come |
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1. Where is your luggage? I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help me. 2.1 (to read) about an hour when he (to come). 3. The play (not yet to begin) and the people (to talk) in the hall. 4. Yesterday I (to buy) a new pair of gloves, as I (to lose) the old ones. 5. We (to walk) in silence. He already (to tell) me all that (to be) interesting about himself, and I (to have) nothing to tell him. 6. The moon (not to rise) yet, and only two stars, like two distant lighthouses, (to shine) in the dark blue sky. 7. One night a little swallow (to fly) over the city. His friends (to fly) away to Egypt six weeks before, but he (to stay) behind. 8. What you (to do) these three months? 9. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o'clock, we still (to pack) our luggage. 10. When you (to see) him last? 11. I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park. 12. You ever (to act) on the stage? Why, yes, that's what I (to do) for the last six years. 13. Don't enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the door.
