2. Complete the rules below with the name of the correct tense from exercise 1. then match each rule with a sentence from exercise 1.
Example: a) present continuous, sentence #10
We use
to describe an action that is happening now.
We use
to describe a finished action in the past.
We use
to describe a fact that is always true.
We lise
to describe an action that started in the past
and continues in the present.
We use
to describe a future arrangement.
to describe
action in progress
a particular time in the past.
We use
to describe an action that happens again and
again.
to describe fixed future events.
to describe a past action that has a present
result
to describe a past action that happened
before another action in the past.
to describe an experience that happened at
some time in one's life.
11 points
We use
We use
we use
We use
2. Kate said to her grandmother to help her to cook the soup.
3. Mike said to the teacher that his sister knew two foreign languages.
4. The teacher asked children what they had prepared for that day.
5. Tom said to his sister he had seen her friend at the library the day before.
6. The teacher said to the pupils not to open their books.
7. She asked him if he could borrow her his textbook
8. My mother said to me that I would go to the cinema the next day
9. Mother said to Tom to go to bed
10. Nellie said to Pete that she had never seen his toys
11. He asked her if she had bought the dictionary
12. Grandfather asked Mary if she had got some marks at school
13. Our grandmother said to us we would go to the zoo the next day. 14. Mother said to Pete not to forget to wash his hands.
15. Nick said to his mother he was doing his homework.
16. Tom asked her if she knew the name of the man
17. Mike said to the teacher he had learnt a long poem
18. The man said to the boys not to play in the street.
19. My mother asked me why I don't drink my tea.
20. My friend asked me when I had received that letter.
21. Johnny said to his mother he had seen his friend at the stadium the day before.
22. The boys asked to Pete if he would play football with them.
23. The teacher said to the 8BIA grade they had already understood the theme speech and she was so happy then.
24. Ada asked me where I had seen such trees.