Use the verbs in brackets in the most appropriate tenses.

1) We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (sit)

in the living room when suddenly the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (open)

and two armed and masked men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (enter). We were shocked.

2) I’ll see you later tonight when the science club meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (end).

3) Look! It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain). We can’t go to the beach.

4) Have you ever been to Russia? - Yes, I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) there last summer.

5) The sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the east. (rise)

6) In 2008 her sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (move)

to Canada. Since then she . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (visit) her every year.

7) This time next week we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lie) on the beach in the Caribbean.

8) While the doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (examine)

Mr Jones, his son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (wait) outside.

9) We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (wait) for him for two hours now. Do you think he's okay?

10) Wait a minute. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (help) you carry your luggage.

11) Yesterday he . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (apologize)

and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (tell)

me that he . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not / do) it on purpose.

12) Look at all those clouds! It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) soon.

13) In the year 2030, we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (use) hydrogen-powered cars.

14) I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (meet)

her at the entrance of the cinema at 8.30. I’ve just talked to her on the phone.

15) She’s my best friend. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (know) her for 5 years.

16) The painters say they . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (finish)

the downstairs rooms by Tuesday.

Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say’ or ‘tell’:

1. “Don’t do it!”

She ______________________________________________________________

2. “I’m leaving tomorrow”

She ______________________________________________________________

3. “Please get me a cup of tea”

She ______________________________________________________________

4. “She got married last year”

She ______________________________________________________________

5. “Be quick!”

She ______________________________________________________________

6. “Could you explain number four, please?”

She ______________________________________________________________

7. “Where do you live?”

She ______________________________________________________________

8. “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant”

She ______________________________________________________________

9. “I’ll come and help you at twelve”

She ______________________________________________________________

10. “What are you doing tomorrow?”

She ______________________________________________________________

11. “Don’t go!”

She ______________________________________________________________

12. “Do you work in London?”

She ______________________________________________________________

13. “Could you tell me where the post office is?”

She ______________________________________________________________

14. “Come here!”

She ______________________________________________________________

15. “I’ve never been to Wales”

She ______________________________________________________________

16. “Have you ever seen ‘Lord of the Rings’?”

She ______________________________________________________________

17. “I don't like mushrooms”

She ______________________________________________________________

18. “Don't be silly!”

She ______________________________________________________________

19. “Would you mind waiting a moment please?”

She ______________________________________________________________

20. “How often do you play sport?”

She ______________________________________________________________