UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA RIVIERA MAYA
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3.2
TEACHER NORMA SANCHEZ
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple and the past perfect forms of the verbs in
brackets.
1
We __________ missed ___________________ (miss) the last bus home because the match ____________ had
gone_________________ (go) into extra time.
2
I _____________ thought________________ (think) I _________ had left ____________________ (leave) my bag on
the train, but I found it in the gym.
3
My sports coach _____________ confirmed ________________ (confirm) that I __________ had
made___________________ (made) the team.
4
He ___________ didn’t attend __________________ (not attend) the practice sessions because he __________
had broken ___________________ (break) his ankle.
5
I ___________ didn’t recognize __________________ (not recognize) him because he ___________ had
lost__________________ (lose) so much weight.
6
She ____________ had dream_________________ (dream) about winning an Olympic medal, and that
dream finally ___________ came__________________ (come) true.
7
The trip __________ had been___________________ (be) amazing, so we ___________ booked__________________
(book) the same hotel for the following year.
8
We ________ had queued _____________________ (queue) for three hours, but we still _________ didn’t
get____________________ (not get) a seat.
9
Sarjan ___________ wanted __________________ (want) to play professional tennis because he ___________
had seen__________________ (see) Roger Federer on TV when he was a child.
10
I __________ had forgotten___________________ (forget) to turn my computer off, so I ______________ had
_______________ (have) to go back to the office.
(10 marks)
2 Rewrite these sentences in reported speech.
1
‘We have to leave early’.
They said that ____________________________________ they had to leave
early________________________________________________________________________________ .
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA RIVIERA MAYA
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3.2
TEACHER NORMA SANCHEZ
2
I said to Kora, ‘I’ll let you know’.
I told Kora ________________ I would let her
know____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
3
‘Mia is going to move abroad soon’, said Tom.
Tom _______________________________ said Mia was going to move abroad
soon_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
4
‘I can’t pick up Joe’s sister from the station’, she said to me.
She told ________________ me that she couldn’t pick up Joe’s sister from the
station_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
5
He said, ‘We’ve never tried Japanese food before’.
He said ______________________ they had never tried Japanese food
before______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____ .
6
‘I love listening to music’, Ben said to me.
Ben told ____________ me he loved listening to
music__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
7
‘I’ve already had something to eat’, I said to them.
I told _________ them I had already had something to
eat_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
8
‘See you both at the party’, she said.
She told ___________________________________ us that she would see us both at the
party_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
9
Sam said, ‘Suki’s waiting for Dina downstairs’.
Sam said ___________________________ that Suki was waiting for Dina
downstairs________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
10
‘I left my jacket on the bus’, said Karl.
Karl said ________________ that he had left his jacket on the
bus__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______ .
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA RIVIERA MAYA
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3.2
TEACHER NORMA SANCHEZ
(10 marks)
(Total marks: 20)
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