REPORTED SPEECH
“I’ve been trying to call you since Monday.”
She said she had been trying to call me since Monday.
“Someone must have stolen my passport.”
My passport must have been stolen.
By the time she arrived, everyone (had already left / already left).
had already left.
“I ______ (live) here for five years.”
have lived.
“meticulous”
Extremely careful and precise.
“We can’t finish this unless someone helps us.”
They said they couldn’t finish it unless someone helped them.
“They are going to give him a special award.”
He is going to be given a special award.
“When I had seen him, I told him the news.”
When I saw him, I told him the news.
“If it rains, I ______ (stay) home.”
will stay.
“avoid”
To stay away from something.
“Don’t let anyone know what I told you.”
He told me not to let anyone know what he had told me.
“They had been offering students extra classes.”
Students had been being offered extra classes.
Create a sentence with past perfect continuous
She was exhausted because she had been working all night.
“This book is ______ (interesting) than the movie.”
more interesting.
“attempt”
A try or effort to do something.
“Why haven’t you done your assignment yet?”
She asked why I hadn’t done my assignment yet.
“They will have completed the project by July.”
The project will have been completed by July.
Fix this tricky sentence:
“I didn’t recognize him because he changed.”
I didn’t recognize him because he had changed.
“They ______ (play) soccer when it started raining.”
were playing.
“predict”
To say something will happen in the future.
“I’ll talk to him if he apologizes, but I won’t forgive him.”
She said she would talk to him if he apologized, but she wouldn’t forgive him.
“People looked down on him because of his accent.”
He was looked down on because of his accent.
Explain why this sentence is wrong:
“When I had finished school, I had gone home.”
Two past perfects cannot follow each other for sequential actions; the second must be simple past: I went home.
“She is afraid ___ spiders.” (of / from / by)
of
“improve”
To make something better.