Tests for learning English

1. 'Mr Black has passed away,' his widow said with tears in her eyes.

His widow said that Mr Black passed away with tears in her eyes.
His widow said that Mr Black had passed away with tears in her eyes.
His widow said with tears in her eyes that Mr Black had passed away.
His widow said with tears in her eyes that Mr Black passed away.
His widow said that Mr Black had passed away.

2. 'When we arrived home, our son was studying,' Mrs Brown said. 'He always gets top marks at school.'

Mrs Brown said that when they arrived home, their son had been studying, and that he always gets top marks at school.
Mrs Brown said that when they arrived home, their son had been studying, and that he always got top marks at school.
Mrs Brown said that when they had arrived home, their son had been studying, and that he always gets top marks at school.
Mrs Brown said that when they had arrived home, their son had been studying, and that he always got top marks at school.
Mrs Brown said that when they arrived home, their son was studying, and that he always got top marks at school.

3. "Come here, will you?" he said. "I can't carry this parcel alone."

He asked me to come there because he can't carry that parcel alone.
He asked me to come there because he could not carry the parcel alone.
He asked me to go there because he could not carry the parcel alone.
He asked me that I should come there because he can't carry that parcel alone.
He invited me to come there because he could not carry the parcel alone.

4. 'I used to drink like a fish, but now drinking does not agree with me.' she said.

She said that she had used to drink like a fish, but that then drinking did not agree with her.
She said that she used to drink like a fish, but that now drinking does not agree with her.
She said that she had used to drink like a fish, but that now drinking does not agree with her.
She said that she used to drank like a fish, but that then drinking did not agree with her.
She said that although drinking did not agree with her, she used to drink like a fish.

5. 'Have you got a sheet of paper?' he said. 'I forgot my notebook at home.'

He asked if I had had a sheet of paper, since he had forgotten his notebook at home.
He wanted to know who had a sheet of paper. He had forgotten his notebook at home.
He asked me if I had a sheet of paper because he forgot his notebook at home.
He asked me if I had got a sheet of paper because he forgot his notebook at home.
He asked me if I had a sheet of paper, since he had forgotten his notebook at home.

6. "What's the time?" she said. "I am in a hurry. I have to pick up my son at the airport."

She asked me what was the time, and added that she was in a hurry because she had to pick up her son a the airport.
She said what was the time, and added that she was in a hurry because she had to pick up her son a the airport.
She told me what was the time, and added that she was in a hurry because she had to pick up her son a the airport.
She asked me the time, and added that she was in a hurry because she had to pick up her son at the airport.
She asked me the time, and that she was in a hurry because she had to pick up her son at the airport.

7. 'I wish I had a time machine,' said the woman. 'I would be the most powerful person on earth.'

The woman said that she wished she had a time machine because she would be the most powerful person on earth.
The woman said that she wished she had had a time machine because she would be the most powerful person on earth.
The woman said that she wished she had a time machine because she would have been the most powerful person on earth.
The woman said that she wished she had had a time machine because she would have been the most powerful person on earth.
The woman said that she wishes she had had a time machine because she would have been the most powerful person on earth.

8. 'You must have been frightened to death,' she said. 'I would not have been capable of escaping.'

She said that I had had to be frightened to death because she would not have been capable of escaping.
She said that I had been frightened to death because she would not have been capable of escaping.
She said that I had had to have been frightened to death because she would not have been capable of escaping.
She said that I must have been frightened to death because she would not have been capable of escaping.
She said that I must be frightened to death because she would not be capable of escaping.

9. "Please don't phone me tomorrow night," he said. "I'll be away. Phone me tonight."

He said to me not to phone him the following night because he would be away, but to phone him that night.
He asked me not to phone him the following night because he would be away, but to phone him that night.
He said that I did not have to phone him the following night because he would be away, but that I should phone him that night.
He told me not to phone him the following night because he would be away, but to phone him that night.
He wanted to know if I would be away, and asked to phone him that night.

10. "You must not tell lies," his mother said. "You must tell the truth."

His mother told him not to tell lies, but to tell the truth.
His mother said that he did not have to tell lies, but to tell the truth.
His mother said that he did not have to tell lies, but that he had to tell the truth.
His mother told that he was not to tell lies, but he had to tell the truth.
His mother said that he hadn't had to tell lies, but he had had to tell the truth.

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