Past tenses
Gerund or to+infinitive
First or second conditional
Reported speech
Reported speech 2
100

After I ..... (buy)  a lottery ticket, I ... (go) home.

had bought / went

100

I enjoy _______ (read) in bed.

reading

100

If you _______(listen) carefully, you ______ (understand) everything.

If you listen carefully, you will understand everything.

100

He said "I'm not from England."

He said that he wasn't from England.

100

"I am exhausted today!" Tim said.

Tim said that he was exhausted that day.

200

I ..... (not know) that shop was so expensive, because I ... (never buy) anything there before.

didn't know / had never bought

200

I need ________ (go) to the supermarket.

to go

200

 If we ______(win) the lottery, we_________(travel) the world.

 If we won the lottery, we would travel the world.

200

My mum said, "The dog was hungry when I came home."

My mum said that the dog had been hungry when she had come home.

200

"I will buy a house tomorrow," Sara said.

Sara said that she would be a house the next day/the following day.

300

I paid for the flowers. Then I left the shop.

Before ....

Before I left the shop I had paid for the flowers.

300

He promised ______ (call) me when he gets home!

to call

300

If you ________(have) a better job, we_______ (be) able to buy a new car.

If you had a better job, we would be able to buy a new car.

300

"We are going to the cinema tomorrow"

Paul said

Paul said that they were going the cinema the following day.

300

"I can get a job in London now," Tim told me.

Tim told me that he could get a job in London then.

400

My dad left university. Then he became a teacher.

After ...

After my dad had left university, he became a teacher.

400

I don't mind ______ (wait) for the bus.
Please, stop ______ (make) such noise!

waiting/making

400

_____ you _______ (call) me if you  ______ (get) any news?

Will you call me if you get any news?

400

"I'd always hated broccoli before I tasted it yesterday"

Lisa said

Lisa said that she had always hated broccoli before she had tasted it the day before.

400

"I am going away next Saturday" she said.

She said that she was going away the following Saturday.

500

I ______________ (remember) where I __________ (put) my keys when I ____________ (leave) home yesterday.

I didn't remember where I had put my keys when I was leaving home yesterday.

500

It started _______ (rain).
I'd like ______ (buy) a new car.

raining/to rain (both possible)
to buy

500

She _______ (be) happier if she ___________(have) more free time.

She would be happier if she had more free time.

500

"I have never been to Paris before now" 

Mary said

Mary said that she had never been to Paris before then.

500

Michael said, "Nobody has seen Emily today."

Michael said that nobody had seen Emily that day.

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