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Exercise 1. Open the brackets. Remember that you should use the rules of the Sequence of Tenses.

1. He said that he still (to be) fond of collecting stamps and coins.

2. She said that her parents (to divorce) two years ago already! – Oh, how awful! I can’t believe it’s true!

3. I met him at the disco yesterday and he told me that I (to dance) very well and I answered that it (to be) no wonder because dancing (to be) my hobby for many years!

4. She said her mother’s hobby (to be) ballet and she (to dance) pretty well in her youth. Can you imagine? – No, hardly.

5. My great-grandparents (to be) engaged for a whole year before they (to get) married. – I believe it’s impossible nowadays.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences. Use sequence of tenses rule.

1. … that his nephew didn’t go to school yet as he is too small.

2. … that his father had been fond of parachuting and car-racing before …

3. His cousin … that collecting badges … for years until …

4. I found out yesterday that … until…

5. … her mother-in-law had never been interested in such a strange thing as embroidering, it must be a mistake.

6. … that his grandson … at that moment.

7. She was sure that her father … until he married.

8. My grandfather … that playing the piano … for all his life.

9. My uncle … that his ancestors …

10. … that his parents …