1. The teacher asked who (is/was) present that day.
2. He realized that they (lost/had lost) their way.
3. She says she (will come/would come) in time.
4. He says he (has/had) a good camera now.
5. John said he (will leave/would leave) soon.
6. Ann said that she (is going/was going) to learn to drive.
7. He explained that he (stayed/had stayed) at home the day before.
8. My friend says he (has just returned/had just returned) from London.
9. He said that he (lived/had lived) in Moscow the year before.
10. I think the weather (will be/would be) fine next week.
11. He said he (was born/had been born) in 1955.
12. Bill asked if she (came/would come) the next day.
13. She said that she (cant/couldnt) come to the party.
14. I knew that he (is/was) a very clever man.
15. He said that they (were/had been) friends at school some years before.
16. I asked my sister what she (has bought/had bought) for my birthday.
17. He said he (is staying/was staying) at the Rossiya hotel then.
18. I am sure you (must/had to) go to the meeting tomorrow.
19. The teacher promised that the pupils (read/would read) the text the next day.
20. I dont know whether he (will come/would come) or not.
Test 33. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. What you (do)? I (read). I (read) for already two hours. I already (read) 100 pages.
2. When I (leave) home yesterday, the snow already (stop), but a strong wind (blow).
3. How long you (wait) for me? I am really very sorry.
4. He said he (work) for a long time without achieving good results.
5. If he (ring) me up tomorrow, I (tell) him all about it.
6. You ever (be) to the new stadium? Yes, I (be) there last Saturday.
7. At last the reply from my grandmother came, and my mother (tell) me she (come) soon.
8. He (help) his mother every day?
9. At this time tomorrow we (discuss) your report.
10. What you (do) when I came in?
11. He (teach) at school for five years when the war broke out.
12. Hi! What you (do) here since morning?
13. By the end of this year he (read) about two hundred pages.
14. When you (see) him last?
15. Dont ring me up at 11 oclock, I (sleep).
16. You (find) your note-book? No! I still (look) for it. I already (look) for it for two hours, but (not yet find) it.
17. They (sail) down the river for many hours before they come to the village.
18. At last the librarian gave me the book which I (wait) for during two months.
19. He (write) the composition for three hours and he said he (finish) it soon.
20. On entering the drawing-room he (find) that his two friends (get) up and (wait) for him.
Test 34. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. Yesterday by 8 oclock he (finish) all his work, and when I (come) at 9, he (read).
2. When he usually (get up)? He (get) up at seven oclock.
3. Come along, Henry, what you (do) now? I (wait) for you since morning.
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4. The students (not write) a test tomorrow at 3 oclock, as they already (write) it by then.
5. What you (do) now? I (prepare) for my report. How long you (prepare) for it? For two hours already.
6. Yesterday he (wait) for half an hour when at last he (see) her at the end of the platform.
7. The teacher said that the pupils (read) the text the next day.
8. When I (come) home yesterday, my sister already (return) and (sit) at the fireplace looking through some magazines.
9. When he (come) to her place tomorrow, she still (pack) her suitcases.
10. This man is a writer. He (write) books. He (write) books since he was a young man. He already (write) eight books.
11. He (wait) for you for two hours already and said he (ring) you up later.
12. By the end of next month we (translate) ten articles.
13. You ever (spend) your holidays in the Crimea? Yes, I _____. I (be) there last year.
14. What he (do) next year? After he (finish) school, he (enter) the University.
15. When you (see) Mary? I (see) her last week.
16. At last I (do) all my homework: now Ill go out.
17. They (work) hard for many hours before they are able to finish it.
18. What you (read) when I rang you up?
19. You (learn) this poem? No! I still (learn) it. I already (learn) it for two hours, but I (not yet learn) it.
20. We could not go out because it (rain) hard since early morning.
