1. Choose the correct variant

(1)‘I have something to show you,’ I said to Alice.

(a)I told Alice that I had shown something to her.
(b)I told Alice that I had something to show her.
(c)I told Alice I had had something to show her.

(2) ‘I’m going away tomorrow, mother,’ he said.

(a)He told his mother that he was going away.
(b)He told his mother tat he went away.
(c)He told his mother that he had gone away.

(3) ‘I’ve missed my train,’ said Bill. ‘Now I’ll be late for work and my boss will be furious.’

(a)Bill said that he had missed his train; he would be late for work and his boss would be furious.
(b)Bill said that he had missed his train; he was late for work and his boss had been furious.
(c)Bill said that he missed his train; he was late for work and his boss would be furious.

(4) ‘We have moved into our new flat. We don’t like it nearly so much as our last one,’ said my aunt.

(a)My aunt said they had moved into their flat but they didn’t like it so much as their last one.
(b)My aunt said they would move into their flat but they didn’t like it so much as their last one.
(c)My aunt said they had moved into their flat but they hadn’t liked it so much as their last one.

(5)He said, ‘My wife has just been made a judge.’
(a)He said his wife had just made a judge.
(b)He said his wife was made a judge.
(c)He said his wife had just been made a judge.


2. Choose the correct variant

(1) ‘We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work,’ they said.

(a)They said they had a lift but it hadn’t worked.
(b)They said they had a lift but it didn’t work.
(c)They said they had a lift but it wouldn’t work.


(2) ‘From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower,’ he said.

(a)He said that from one of the windows of his flat he had seen the Eiffel Tower.
(b)He said that from one of the windows of his flat he saw the Eiffel Tower.
(c)He said that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Eiffel Tower.


(3) ‘Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,’ she said.

(a)She said nothing grew in her garden because it never got any sun.
(b)She said nothing grew in her garden because it had never got any sun.
(c)She said nothing had grown in her garden because it never got any sun.


(4) ‘I’m working in a restaurant, and don’t much care for it,’ she said.

(a)She said she worked in a restaurant and didn’t much care for it.
(b)She said she was working in a restaurant and didn’t much care for it.
(c)She said she was working in a restaurant and hadn’t much cared for it.


(5) ‘I’m living with my parents at present,’ she said, ‘but I hope to have a flat of my own soon.’

(a)She said she was living with her parents at the moment but she hoped to have a flat of her own soon.
(b)She said she was living with her parents at the moment but she had hoped to have a flat of her own soon.
(c)She said she lived with her parents at the moment but she hoped to have a flat of her own soon.


3. Choose the correct variant

(1) ‘How long have you been leaning English?’ the examiner asked.

(a)The examiner asked how long I was learning English.
(b)The examiner asked how long I have been learning English.
(c)The examiner asked how long I had been learning English.



(2) ‘Did you sleep well?’ asked my hostess.

(a)My hostess asked if I slept well.
(b)My hostess asked if I was sleeping well.
(c)My hostess asked if I had slept well.


(3) ‘I’ve just bought a car,’ said Peter, ‘but it’s not insured yet so I can’t take you for a drive.’

(a)Peter said he bought a car, but it wasn’t insured yet so he couldn’t take me for a drive.
(b)Peter said he had just bought a car, but it wasn’t insured yet so he couldn’t take me for a drive.
(c)Peter said he had just bought a car, but it hadn’t been insured yet so he couldn’t take me for a drive.


(4) ‘I know it’ll be hard,’ he replied, ‘but I don’t mind hard work, and it’ll be a good experience.’

(a)He replied he knew it would be hard, but he didn’t mind hard work, and it would be a good experience.
(b)He replied he knew it was hard, but he wouldn’t mind hard work, and it would be a good experience.
(c)He replied he knew it would be hard, but he didn’t mind hard work, and it was a good experience.

1 b

2 a

3 a

4 a

5 c

1 b

2 c

3 a

4 b

5 a

1 c

2 c

3 b

4 a