Alene (already/prepare) for dinner when her husband (go) home
1. At this moment yesterday Daisy (prepare)________________ the dinner for her family.
2. At this time yesterday you (study)__________________ at home.
3. At 12 o’clock yesterday we (lie) ___________ on the beach.
4. Last night, while Jane (wash) ______________ dishes, her brother (clean) ____________ the dining room.
5. They (watch) ___________ TV when the earthquake (begin) __________.
6. Alex (make) ____________ model aeroplanes from 4pm to midnight yesterday.
7. The war (break) ________________out three years ago.
8. He (drink) ________________ a cup of coffee every morning last year.
9. After my sister and brother had argued about something, I (walk) ___________ into the room.
1. When he …………….….. (arrive), we …………….….. (have) dinner.
2. …………….…..he …….….. (already arrive) in Los Angeles?
3. I …………….….. (not see) him for two days.
4. Father ………….….. (smoke) his pipe while mother …………….….. (prepare) the tea.
5. She …………….….. (already do) the washing up.
6. Look! It …………….….. (snow) now.
7. She …………….….. (have) a motorcycle accident last winter.
8. Last night I …………….….. (read) a book when suddenly I …………….….. (hear) a scream.
9. Carol …………….….. (already start) her new job.
10. Last week my rabbit …………….….. (run) away, and I …………….….. (not find) it yet.
11. The teacher …………….….. (write) sentences on the board while the children …………….….. (fill) the words in the text.
12. Water …………….….. (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
13. What …………….…..Peter …………….….. (do) at the moment. He …………….….. (have) a bath.
14. I …………….….. (go) to the theatre yesterday evening.
When I ( arrive) .......... home last night . I (discover) ........ that my wife (prepare)...... a very nice dinner .
2 He said to her "Why are you so late? I've been waiting for half an hour already."
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3 She said to him: "Don't let them down. I'll be very embarrassed if you go back on your words."
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4 She said to her husband: "You'd better not drink top much. You may lose control of the car and have a bad accident."
5 The boy said to his mother: "When shall we have lunch? I'm very hungry."
6 He said, "I don't understand why she has refused to join us on the trip."
7 She said to him, "I'm glad you've come. Sit down, please."
8 Mr Brown said to his wife, "I don't feel like going out this evening.”
Let's ask the Browns to come over for a chat."
9 “It's raining too hard to go out. We'd better stay home tonight and watch TV instead." John said.
10 "Could you ring up the station and find out when the train comes in?" said Tom to me.
Exercise 9
1 "Be careful. Don't go too near the edge of the cliff," she said to the boys.
2 "Please, please come to help me with the assignment," my friend said to me.
3 "I wouldn't buy that sort of raincoat if I were you," my friend said to me.
4 "Would you mind moving your bicycle?" said the janitor. "It's in the way."
5 "Could I take out another book, please," I said to the librarian.
6 "Remember to leave the window open when you're using the gas stove," my mother said to me.
7 "Wear your school badge or they won't let you into the classroom." my teacher said to me.
8 "Would you like to come over to my house for a slide show?" my
friend said to me.
9 "Show me your driver's licence, will you?" the policeman said to the drunken driver.
10 "Do come again next weekend," the host said to the visitor.
II. Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành
1. When he (wake up) ___________, his mother (already / prepare) ___________breakfast.
2. He (hear) ___________ the news, (go) ___________ to the telephone and (call) ___________ a
friend.
3. Before she (start) ___________ to learn English, she (already / learn) ___________ French.
4. Jane (already / type) ___________ ten pages when her computer (crash) ___________.
5. By the time he (arrive) ___________ at the pub, they (run) ___________ out of beer.
6. Before that day we (never / think) ___________ of going to Japan.
7. I (know) ___________ him for a long time before I (meet) ___________ his family.
8. They (not / know) ___________ where to meet because nobody (tell) ___________ them.
9. It (be) ___________ cloudy for days before it finally (begin) ___________ to rain.
10. Before he (sing) _________ a song he (play) _____________ the guitar.
11. After Eric (make) ____________ breakfast he (phone) ___________ his friend.
12. They (ride) ____________ their bikes before they (meet) ____________ their friends.
13. Susan (turn) __________ on the radio after she (wash) ____________ the dishes.
14. When she (arrive) ____________the match (already / start) _____________.
15. After the man (come) __________ home he (feed) ___________ the cat.
16. I (see, never).........................any of Picasso’s paintings before I (visit) ................. the art
museum.
17. Class (begin, already).......................by the time I (get)....................there, so I (take,
quietly).....................a seat in the back.
18. I almost missed my plane. All of the other passengers (board, already).........................by the
time I (get).....................there.
19. I (do) ................... my homework before I (go)................... to school yesterday.
20. After they (go) ..........................., I (sit) .................... down and (watch)..............TV.
Supply the correct verb tense or form:
1. He (see).....her while he (walk)....... down the street yesterday
2.After he (do)..... his homework, he went to the cinema
3. Tom (play)........ football when he was a little boy
4. Let's go for a walk as soon as it stops (rain).......
5. Last night, when I (come)...... there, they ( already/ go)......to the party
6.Do you remeber (read) ..... about it? No, at that time I was too young (read)..... newspaper
7.My brother is a stamp collector. He started ( collect)...... stamps when he (be)..... 15 years old. He (collect)...... many kinds of stamps
8. The last time he (see) ....... in public, he (wear)....... a great suit
9. We (not/see) ..... her since she (leave) ....... school
10. Lan said that she (get)....... married soon.
11. My brother (go)..... to bed after he (turn)........ the lights off last night
12. She is not accustomed to ( take)...... care of by others.
13. We (live)..... in the house since we came here
14. She entered the university after she (graduate)...... from gigh school
15. They ( finish)........ the project by the end of the next year
16. When Mark arrived, the Johnsons (have)...... dinner, but they (stop).......(talk)... to him
17. They (live)...... next door to my house since I (be).... young
18. By the end of the next year, I (work)....... for him for 25 years
19. While she (talk)......on the phone, the children (start)..... (fight)...... and (break)........on a window
20. When I (be) .....a boy, I often (go) ..... fishing with my father
21. Columbus (discover)......... America 500 years ago
22.When I (leave)........ my office last night, it (still/rain)........very hard
23. What do you think the children (do) .... when we (get)......home tomorrow?
24. He (lose)...... his job last month and since then he (be)...... out of work
25. When we (come)...... there last night, they (be)......there for an hour
I. Re-write the direct speech as reported speech and the reported speech as direct speech.
~ ‘The taxi has arrived!’ Dinah told us. -> ...Dinah told us that the taxi had arrived...
~ Katya told her husband that she might be late for dinner that evening.
...’I may be late for dinner this evening,’ Katya told her husband...
1. ‘You can leave your things in this wardrobe if you like,’ Derek said.
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2. Beth said that they were leaving the following day.
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3. ‘It isn’t far from here to my office, Ted,’ said Bea.
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4. Evan told the police officer that he’d seen the bank robbery that morning.
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5. Hannah said, ‘We must be patient.’
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6. ‘I’ve been to this restaurant once before,’ said Nanette to Ian.
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7. Miguel told Gloria that he hadn’t liked the film but he’d enjoyed the book.
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8. ‘I may have left my bag on the bus this morning,’ Eva said.
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9. Alan said that we ought to get some flowers for Penny’s birthday.
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10.‘I won’t be gone long,’ Lydia told her mother.
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