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1. She called my mother to say that they had just got a telegram from Boston announcing that Henry's brother had been married in Germany. 2. I knew she was eager to tell me what had happened. 3. He knew that his mother would think he was seriously ill and would probably speak to the teacher. 4. He wanted to return to the house to see how Billy was doing and tell him that he would be going out to California in two or three days. 5. Rudy decided that he would have to tell Bogart that it was impossible for him to appear before the board the next day, but that he would offer to do so any other day.
2. Give your reasons as to why the rules of the sequence of tenses are not observed in the following sentences:
1. He says he is free tomorrow. 2. He spoke with the satisfaction of a competent workman who knows his job from A to Z. 3. He sought pleasure in the simple and natural things that life offers to everyone. 4. Monty told me that he had no permit for the gun, and that in England it is illegal to own a gun without
a permit. 5. I knew I should go; but we sat there because it is difficult to go without any particular reason for leaving. 6. Billy folded his arms and leaned back. "I told you I don't like milk".
3. Make the action of the following object clauses simultaneous with those of the principal clauses:
1. I thought you (have) better sense. 2. She could not imagine what he (do) there. 3. I've forgotten what he (look) like. 4. I did not know whether the doctor (mean) what he (say) or whether he (have) a joke at my expense. 5. What surprised me was that Pat (be) so, much at home here. 6. He asked me what work I (do) and whether I (intend) to go to a University. 7. I was surprised you (know) my name. 8. He told his father that now he (make) ten dollars a week less. 9. The last two weeks she had been saying to everyone who phoned her that she (be) unwell and (not / leave) home. 10. When I knew him better he admitted that he (feel) lonely in London. 11. She wanted Wilfred to forbid my walking in the park alone. She said it (be) dangerous.
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4. Use the required tense-aspect forms in the following sentences, observing the rules of the sequence of tenses:
1. When I went into the office next morning I already (formulate) my plan.
2. Well, I don't think I ever (see) you before. 3. She ended by saying that she (think) she (make) a mistake. 4. She knew what (go) on in their minds. 5. So I went into the living room, where my aunt already (wait) for me. 6. She telephoned her husband to the office to say that her brother (return) from abroad. 7. An old friend rang up to ask, how Elizabeth (feel), and whether she (can) go with his wife to the concert on Sunday morning. 8. Most of the trees already (put) their leaves and there were buds everywhere. 9. He remembered that he (not see) Lily for three weeks. 10. She hadn't yet figured out what she (be) going (do) and she (hope) to be able to wait a little. 11. It was possible that Jack (hang) around. 12. Everybody thought they (live) in happiness for nearly thirty years. 13. She didn't know why she (invent) suddenly the story.
