Open the brackets. Use the Present Perfect Progressive or the Past Perfect Progressive. 7 p. 1. My brother and I (to clean) … the living room since 2 o’clock.
2. We already (to clean) … our room for an hour when mum came home.
3. When I visited them she said, they (to build) ... their house for a year.
4. They (to build) … their house all this summer.
5. How long your brother (to work) … as an engineer?
6. He (to work) … about the house for an hour when somebody knocked at the door.
7. Why are your hands in paint? – I (to paint) … the floor.

1. He said heliked that song."
2. she asked me where my sister was.
3. She said she didn't speak Italian.
4. They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. He said that the film began/had began at seven o'clock.
6. She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. He said that he never made mistakes.
9. He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. The stuntman warned the audience not to try that at home.
11. She said that she had been very tired.
12. She told Ben to be careful.
13. She says she will get herself a drink.
14. He asked me why I hadn't phoned him .
15. He said that he couldn't drive them home.
16. She asked Peter if he prefered tea or coffee.
17. She asked me where I had spent my holidaysthe previuos year.
18. He told me not to very far.
19. He asked us if we had been shopping.
20. He asked us not to make very much noise.

1) Helen said her friends had arrived in the USA.

2) He said they have been friends at school.

3) She said she would take them to the cinema on Saturday.

4) He said they had not been there for a long time.

5) They said they would write a letter to me when they returned home.

6) He said he was sure that the girls would be excellent translators.

7) She said they had learnt a lot of new rules.

8) Martin said that several students would visit his school on Wednesday. 

9) She said she had  met him in the street. 

10) They said their nephew  has told them a lot of interesting things about his travel.

1) He asked me if i often saw my relatives

2) They asked me if i would  see my  brother before I leaved

3) I asked my daughter if she has packed her suitcase yet

4) I asked Kate if  anybody had met me

5) Mike asked Jane if she would come to the station to see me off

1) I asked him what he is doing
2) He asked them who they would see before they leave

3) They asked me where i lived

4) My mother asked me when i had come home the day before

5) She asked them where he worked


1) The man told Kate not to be afraid of his dog

2) The dentist told the patient to Open his  mouth.

3) The pupil asked the teacher to explain that rule

4) Nick’s mother told him not to eat too much chocolate.

5) The doctor told me not to go for a walk that day