32. "What we need is not threats but an offer to help." - He learned that
c) what they needed was not threats but an offer to help.
33. "I am an optimist." - He said
a) he was an optimist.
34. "Stay where you are!" - They told him
a) to stay where he was.
35. "Robert came to see me about once a month." - His mother told us that
c) he had come to see her about once a month.
36. "Hostilities must be halted immediately." - We agreed that
a) hostilities had to be halted immediately.
37. "I saw Helen in the office this very morning." - During his interrogation on March 17, he claimed that
a) he had seen her in the office that very morning.
38. "I believed in Richard." - Her excuse was that
b) she had believed in him.
39. "He'll try to leave the country." - The FBI suspected that
b) he would try to leave the country.
40. "We'll all be kept here". - The hostages feared that
a) they would all be kept there.
41. "You've got nothing to worry about." - They told me that
b) I had nothing to worry about.
42. "I can't concentrate." - I told her that
a) I could not concentrate.
43. "I'll be staying late at work." - Ben phoned home to say that
b) he would be staying late at work.
1. She lost an umbrella a week ago and is buying a new one now. (past simple; present continuous)
2. It is usually sunny in Florida, but it is raining now.(present simple; present continuous)
3. Climate of England is very variable.(present simple)
4. Do you know anything about the cause of the greenhouse effect?(present simple)
5. Our nature is very fragile.(present simple)
6. Synoptics are gathering information for weather forecasting for tomorrow.(present continuous)
7. It has been snowing since the night.(present perfect)
8. We have just come home. We are very wet.(present perfect; present simple)
