Tenses exercise
April 26th, 2011 in Improve English
Rewrite the following sentences changing the verbs into past tenses.
1. I wonder what he has done with the money I lent him.
2. He does everything he can to show us that he is innocent.
3. No matter what the boy has done, he does not deserve so heavy a punishment.
4. He runs so fast that he is soon out of breath.
5. I infer from what he says that he is not in the right mood to listen to my advice.
6. It is evident that he is insane.
7. What I know I can’t tell.
8. He comes to my house every evening to tell me what has happened.
9. The boy who chooses the best books for his study will find his reward.
10. I promise that no one will be punished for expressing their opinion.
Answers
1. I wondered what he had done with the money I lent him.
2. He did everything he could to show us that he was innocent.
3. No matter what the boy had done, he did not deserve so heavy a punishment.
4. He ran so fast that he was soon out of breath.
5. I inferred from what he said that he was not in the right mood to listen to my advice.
6. It was evident that he was insane.
7. What I knew I couldn’t tell.
8. He came to my house every evening to tell me what had happened.
9. The boy who chose the best books for his study would find his reward.
10. I promised that no one would be punished for expressing their opinion.