REMEMBER: With reported speech, the pattern is the following: 1. simple present becomes simple past 2.
future tenses becomes conditional 3. present continuous becomes past continuous 4. present perfect becomes past perfect 5. commands (ex. come!) become infinitive (ex. to come) Choose the best response:
1. "He will come tomorrow". She told me that he ________ tomorrow. is coming will come would come 2. "I see the clouds.". He told me that she ________ the clouds.
sees is seeing saw
3. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" . He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work tomorrow. is taking was taking will take 4. "I will call you". I told her that I ________ her. will call would call would have called 5. "I have been there". She told me that she ________ there. had been has been was 6. "I will be studying tomorrow". I told him that I ________ tomorrow. will be studying would be studying will study 7. "Open the window!". He asked me ________ the window. to open open opened
8."I am happy". She told me that she ________ happy. has been is was 9. "I have seen that movie". He told me that he ________ that movie. had seen will have seen has seen 10. "I am flying to India tomorrow". He told me that he ________ tomorrow. is flying was flying will fly
topic: CONDITIONAL TENSES (part 2) For each sentence, choose the correct tense of the verb. 1. If I lose my job, I ________ for a new one. (to look)
a) will look b) would look c) look
2. If she hadn't told me to stay, I ________. (to go)
a) will go b) would have gone c) would go
3. She ________ to come to the party if she had known that her exboyfriend would be there. (to agree)
a) would not agree b) did not agree c) would not have agreed
4. If you come tonight, I ________ enchiladas. (to make)
a) will make b) would make c) will have made
5. If I were him, I ________that job. (to take)
a) would take b) did take c) will take
6. He will never speak to me again if he ________ what happened. (to find out)
a) will have found out b) finds out c) would find out
7. Our cat ________ you if you rub her belly. (to bite)
a) will bite b) would bite c) would have bitten
8. I ________ you if I hadn't thought it was important. (to tell)
a) will not tell b) wouldn't have told c) would not tell
9. If I ________ you were coming, I would have prepared lunch. (to know)
a) knew b) had known c) will know
10. If I were you, I ________ to the beach instead of going to work. (to go)
a) will have gone b) will go c) would go
topic: CAUSATIVE STRUCTURES 1
REMEMBER: There are two basic causative structures - an active one (ex: "I had Mike fix my computer", "I let him go there"), and a passive one (ex: "I had my computer fixed"). The causative is often used with the following verbs: TO HAVE, TO LET, TO MAKE, TO GET.
1. The sunshine made me ________ of our trip to Mexico.
a) think b) to think c) thinking
2. I had my hair ________ last night. a) trim b) trimmed c) trimming 3. I'm going to ________ after the concert. a) have me picked up b) have him to pick me up c) have him pick me up 4. He is going to ________ next week. a) have fixed his car b) have his car fixed c) have his car fix 5. Susan had ________. a) the windows cleaned b) the windows clean c) the windows be cleaned 6. I'll let you ________ my car. a) to drive b) drive c) driving 7. Hey, do you want me to help you ________? a) to pack b) packing c) pack 8. Why don't you ________ with my friends? a) let me to go out b) let me go out c) let me go to 9. I had my wallet ________ yesterday. a) stolen b) stole c) to steal 10. I had Juan ________ yesterday. a) to fix my door b) fix my door c) fixed my door
