Choose the best answer.

1. She said she was seeing her brother the following day / the previous day.

2. Mike said he had had / would have an accident the day before.

3. She said she didn’t see / hadn’t seen them since the previous week.

4. I met Tom two days ago and he said he was going to London tomorrow / the next day.

5. Erica told me she won’t / wouldn’t be back until the following Thursday.

6. John said he had worked for that company the year before / the year after.

7. Sam told the police he didn’t know / hadn’t known what had happened.

8. Harry told us he is / was catching the first bus to New York the next day.

9. My mother told me that if I ate / had eaten too much, I would feel ill.

10. When I rang her this morning, she told me that she was busy today / that day.

11. Mr. Brown asked me if / how I had ever visited NASA.

12. Roy asked me if I was meeting / had met Val the previous day.

3. Supply the correct verb form: Simple past or Past continuos.

1. When I (arrive)arrived at this house, he was still (sleep)........................................sleeping.....................

2. The light (go)went out while we (have) were having dinner.................................................................

3. Bill (have)was having breakfast when I (stop)stopped at this house this morning.......................................................

4. As we (cross)were crossing the street, we (see)saw an accident...........................................................................

5. Tom (see)saw a serious accident while he (stand)was standing at the bus stop..................................................

6. While my father (read)was reading a newspaper, I (learn)was learning my lesson and my sister (do)was doing her homework. .........................................................................................................................

7. The children (play)were playing.................... football when their mother (come) ......came...................back home.

8. The bell (ring)rang while Tom (take) was taking a bath.........................................................................

9. I (be)was very tired because I (work)worked all day yesterday......................................................

. 10. He (sit)was sitting in a cafe when I (see) saw him...................................................

arrive/was sleeping

went/were having

was having/stopped

were crossing/saw

saw/was standing

was reading/were learning/were doing

were playing/came

rang/was talking

was/was working

was sitting/saw

arrive/was sleeping

went/were having

was having/stopped

were crossing/saw

saw/was standing

was reading/were learning/were doing

were playing/came

rang/was taking

was/was working

was sitting/saw

1.played =>were playing

2.read=>was reading

3.did she do=>was she doing

4.were you going=>did you go

5.was living =>has lived

6.was having =>had

7.broke=>break

8.leaves =>left

9.Did she study=>Was she studying

10.did you do=>were you doing

11.was helping

13. Her children were finishing their homework then they were watching TV last night

1. When I (arrive) ..arrived ..at this house, he was still sleeping(sleep) .

2. The light (go) ..went ...out while we (have) were having dinner.

3. Bill (have) ..was having..breakfast when I (stop) ..stopped ..at this house this morning.

4. She (wash) was washing....up when Vinh (arrive) ..arrived..at this house.

5. As we (cross) .were crossing...the Street, we (see) ...saw ..an accident.

6. Tom (see) ..saw....a serious accident while he (stand)was standing at the bus stop.

7. The children (play) ..were playing...football when their mother (come) ...came ... back home.

8. The bell (ring)rang while Tom (take) was taking a bath.

9. He (sit)was sitting in a car when I (see)saw him.

10. We (clean) were cleaning the house when she (come) came yesterday.

a) When I arrived at this house, he was still sleeping.

b) The light went out while we were having dinner.

c) Bill was having breakfast when I stopped at thier house this morning.

d) As we were acrossing the street we were seeing an accident.

e) Tom saw a serious acciedent while he was standing at the bus stop.

f) While my father was reading a newspaper, I was learning my lesson and my sister was doing her homework.

j) The children were playing fooball when their mother came back home.

supply the correct verb form: simple past or past continuous

1.When I(arrive )arrived at this house, he was still (sleep)sleeping.

2.The light (go)went out while we (hae)were having dinner.

3.Bill (have)was having breakfast when I (stop)stopped at this house this morning.

4.As we (cross)were crossing the street, we (see)saw an accident.

5.Tom (see0saw a serious accident while he (stand)was standing at the bus stop.

6.While my father (read)was reading a newspaper, I (learn)was learning my lesson and my sister (do)was doing her homework.

7.The children (play)were playing footballwhen their mother (come)came back home

8.The bell rang while Tom (take)was taking a bath.

9.I (be)was ery tired because I (work)was working all day yesterday.

10.He (sit)was sitting in a cafe when I (see)saw him.

1.When I arrived at this house, he was still sleeping.

2.The light went out while we were having dinner.

3.Bill was having breakfast when I stopped at this house this morning.

4.As we were crossing the street, we saw an accident.

5.Tom saw a serious accident while he was standing at the bus stop.

6.While my father was reading a newspaper, I was learning my lesson and my sister was doing her homework.

7.The children were playing footballwhen their mother came back home

8.The bell rang while Tom was taking a bath.

9.I was very tired because I worked all day yesterday.

10.He was sitting in a cafe when I saw him.

1a

1. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.

A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.

B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.

C. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.

D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.

2. “I have something to tell you” Mary said to John.

A. Mary told John I had something to tell him.

B. Mary told John she had something to tell him.

C. Mary told John she had had something to tell him.

D. Mary told John he had had something to tell her.

3. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”

A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.

B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.

C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.

D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.

4. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.

A. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.

B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.

C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.

D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.

5. “I wrote to him yesterday”

A. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.

B. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.

C. She told me she had written to him yesterday.

D. She told me she had written to him the day before.

6. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.

A. She told me he was talking to your sister. B. She told me she was talking to my sister.

C. She told me he was talking to my sister. D. She told me he was talking to her sister.

7. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.

A. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.

B. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.

C. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.

D. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.

8. “You will like my sister when you meet her”

A. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.

B. He told me I will like his sister when I met her.

C. He told me I would like his sister when I met her.

D. He told me I would be liked his sister when I met her.

9. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”

A. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.

B. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.

C. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.

D. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.

10. “I didn’t break your watch”

A. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.

B. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch.

C. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.

D. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.

11. The mother told her son ______ so impolitely.

A. not behaving B. not to behave C. did not behave D. not behave

12. She said she _________ collect it for me after work.

A. would B. did C. will D. had

13. He asked me where I ______________.

A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied

14. The man wanted to avoid __________ on security cameras.

A. to see B. being seen C. seeing D. to be seen

15. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________

A. then B. ago C. before D. later

16. John asked me _______________ in English.

A. what does this word mean B. what that word means

C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant

17. The host asked her _______________ tea or coffee.

A. whether she liked B. that she liked

C. if she likes D. whether she like

18. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.

A. was playing B. plays C. is playing D. has played

19. The teacher told his students _______________ laughing.

A. would stop B. to stop C. stop D. stopped

20. Mary asked me ________________

A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before.

B. whether I watched the football match on TV the day before

C. If I had watch the football match on TV the day before.

D. whether I had watched the football match on TV the day before.

21. He asked _______________ him some money.

A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D. she lends

22. Jennifer asked me where _______________ the week before.

A. had I gone B. did I go C. I had gone D. was I going

23. Tom asked me ________.

A. if was I having a good time last year

B. whether I had had a good time the year before

C. if would I have a good time the year before

D. whether I have had a good time the year before

24. Do you know where _______?

A. he lives B. did he live C. does he live D. he live

25. She asked me __________ the seat ___________ or not

A. If / had occupied B. Whether / was occupied

C. If / has been occupied D. Whether / occupied

26. The policeman asked us ______________

A. had any of us seen the accident happen

C. Whether any of us had seen the accident happen

B. If had any of us seen the accident happen

D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen

27. I asked him ___________, but he said nothing

A. what the matter was B. what was the matter

C. the matter was what D. what’s the matter was

28. James___________ him up when the bus reached the square

A. told me wake B. asked me to wake

C. said me to wake D. requested me waking

29. Excuse me. Could you tell me___________ ?

A. what time is it B. what is the time

C. what time it is D. it is what time

30. We wonder___________ from his office after that scandal

A. why did he not resign B. why he did not resign

C. why he not resign D. why didn’t he resign

31. Jeff wanted to know ___________

A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing

C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing

32. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the ___________ day

A. previous B. following C. before D. last

33. She ___________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked

A. asks B. wondered C. wanted to know D. asked

34. His neighbors sometimes wondered ___________ he did for a living

A. why B. when C. where D. what

35. Could you please tell me ___________?

A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop

C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop

36. Marigold wondered ___________ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party

A. that B. whether C. if D. B& C

37. He asked me___________

A. How long I have studied English B. How long had I studied English

C. How long I had study English D. How long I had studied English

38. The passenger asked ___________ we landed

A. what B. when C. if D. why

39. She asked Nam what ___________ in that room.

A. he is doing B. he was doing C. was he doing D. she was doing

40. “I didn’t take your calculator”, Bob said to Mary .

A. Bob told Mary he hadn’t taken her calculator

B. Bob told Mary I didn’t take your calculator

C. Bob told Mary he haven’t taken her calculator

D. Bob told Mary he had taken her calculator

(l) Read about the situations and answer each question in a single phrase.

1 Nick wants to marry Rita. She's been out with him a few times, but really she's in love with Tom. Unfortunately he isn't in love with her.

a) Who is Nick in love with?........Rita....... b) Who is in love with Tom? .Rita....

2 Mark met Sarah at the airport. The plane was two hours late. On the way out they passed Mike standing at a bus stop, but they didn't notice him.

a) Who met Sarah?.....Mark.... b) What was Mike waiting for? .. ...a bus .....

3 There was an accident at the crossroads. A lorry crashed into a van that was waiting at the lights. The van slid forward and crashed into a car. The van driver had to go to hospital.

a) What hit the van? .....A lorry.... b) What did the van hit? ...a car......