1. ”i’m going to italy next year.”
bill said he to italy the following year.
was going
is going
went
had been going
2. “i work for a small advertising agency.”
bill said he for a small advertising agency.
was working
worked
had worked had
been working
3. “i’m a marketing manager.”
bill said he was a marketing manager.
is
had been
was
has been
4. “the company has just opened an office in milan.”
bill said the company an office in milan.
just opened
has just opened
was just opening
had just opened
5. “our new office has been very successful.”
bill said their new office very successful.
had been
have been
was
is
6. “i’ve been chosen to run a new office in naples.”
bill said he to run a new office in naples.
has been chosen
had been chosen
was chosen
had chosen
7. “i’m studying italian in the evenings.”
bill said he italian in the evening.
studied
had studied
had been studying
was studying
8. “i don’t have much time to enjoy myself.”
bill said he much time to enjoy myself.
doesn’t have
didn’t have
hadn’t had
hasn’t had
9. “i haven’t have a lunch with a friend for ages.”
bill said he a lunch with a friend for ages.
doesn’t have
didn’t have
hadn’t had
hasn’t had
10. “i hope my friends will come and visit me in naples.”
bill said he hoped his friends and visit him in madrid.
had come
were coming
came
would come
11. “i went to milan last week.”
bill said he to milan the week before.
went
had been
had gone
was
12. “i didn’t have much time for sightseeing.”
bill said he much time for sightseeing.
hadn’t had
didn’t have
hadn’t
had had
13. the sentence, then put the actions below in the order in which they happened in the sentence.
i went to bed after i’d had a bath and brushed my teeth.
i had a bath.
i brushed my teeth.
i went to bed.
14. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
i arrived at john’s house, he had made a cake and done the washing-up.
john made a cake.
john did the washing-up.
i arrived at john’s house.
15. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
when i arrived at john’s house, he made us a cup of tea.
(#)i arrived at john’s house.
(#)john made a cup of tea.
16. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
when we got to the theatre, the play had started and all the seats had been taken.
(#)people took the seats.
(#)the play started.
(#)we got to the theatre.
17. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
we arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody had broken into the office during the night. so we called the police.
(#)somebody broke into the office during the night.
(#)we arrived at work in the morning.
(#)we called the police.
18. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
i went to laura’s house this morning and rang her doorbell, but there was no answer. she had gone out.
(#)laura went out this morning.
(#)i rang her doorbell.
(#)there was no answer.
19. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
i met jim a few days ago. he had just come back from holiday. he looked very well.
(#)jim came back from holiday a few days ago.
(#)i met him the same day.
(#)he looked very well.
20. the sentence, then put the actions in the order in which they happened.
yesterday kevin got a phone call from sally. he was very surprised. he had sent her lots of emails, but she’d never replied to them.
(#)kevin sent sally lots of emails.
(#)she never replied to them.
(#)yesterday he got a phone call from her.
(#)he was very surprised.
21. choose the correct form of the verb
“i’m studying italian in the evenings.”
bill said he italian in the evening.
studied
had studied
had been studying
was studying
22. choose the correct form of the verb.
“i don’t have much time to enjoy myself.”
bill said he much time to enjoy myself.
doesn’t have
didn’t have
hadn’t had
hasn’t had
23. choose the correct form of the verb.
“i haven’t have a lunch with a friend for ages.”
bill said he a lunch with a friend for ages.
doesn’t have
didn’t have
hadn’t had
hasn’t had
24. choose the correct form of the verb.
“i hope my friends will come and visit me in naples.”
bill said he hoped his friends and visit him in madrid.
had come
were coming
came
would come
25. choose the correct form of the verb.
“i went to milan last week.”
bill said he to milan the week before.
went
had been
had gone
was

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