Write out the sentences, using the most logical tense or form of the verbs In the brackets. The words in italics should be put in their correct position in relation to the verb.
1)By the time the firemen (arrive), the house (be) ablaze from top to bottom, but it (be) clear that if someone (give) the alarm earlier, they might (stand) a chance of (save ) the building.
By the time the fireman arrived the house was ablaze form top to bottom, but it was clear that if someone had given the alarm earlier, they might stood a chance of saving the building.
2)I wish you ( tell) me last week that you (come) to London. If I (know) in time, you not (have to) stay in a hotel.
I wish you told me last week that you are coming to London. If I had known in time, you wouldn’t have stayed in a hotel.
3)Why you not (tell) me you (can) lend the money? I not (need) (borrow) it from the bank.
Why didn’t you tell me you could lend the money? I needn’t borrowed it from the bank.
4)The driver said he not (can) (understand) why the car (break down) during the race. It (undergo) thorough testing before (be) entered in the competition.
The driver said he could not understand why the car broke down. It had underwent thorough testing before it was entered in the competition.
5)It’s time we (go). If we not (leave) now, we ( miss) the last train.
It is time we went. If we not leave now, we’ll miss the last train.
6)(Be) you cut off while I (talk) to you just now? You (be)? I think something must (go) wrong with the telephone.
Were you cut off while I’ve been talking to you just now? You’ve been? I think something must have gone wrong with the phone.
7)The manager (talk) to an important customer at the moment but he (be) free (see) you presently. (Like) you (take) a seat for a few minutes?
The manager is talking to an important customer at the moment but he is free to see you presently. Would you like to take a seat for a few seconds?
8) I know I ought (write) to you before, but I (be) so busy recently that I not ( have) time for (write) letters. I (telephone) you instead, but I (forget) you numer.
I know I ought have written to you before, but I have been so busy recently that I have no time for writing letters. I will telephone you instead but I forgot your numer.
9)When I last (see) him, he (live) in London. He (tell) me then that he (think) of (emigrate) to Australia, and he may well (do) so by now.
When I lat have seen him, he has lived in London. He told me then that he was thinking of emigration to Australia, and he may well has done so by now.
10)I (be) very excited at the prospect of (go) (ski). It (be ) the first time I(try). I think ther is nothing like (ski) for (make) a holiday enjoyable.
I am ver excited at the prospect of going skiing. It was the first time I tried. I think there is nothing like skiing for making a holiday more enjoyable.
11) I wish you (let) me (know) you not (be able) to come a dinner. I certainly not (go) to all this trouble if I (know).
I wish you let me know you weren’t able to come a dinner. I certainly wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble if I had known.
12)He said he not (want) (see) the film as he (hear) that it (be) not as good as critics (suggest)
He said he did not want to see this film as he heard that it is not as good as critics suggested.
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