8. complete the sentences using the appropriate forms of the verbs.
1) alice said that she hard for the past few weeks and was very tired.
a) was working b) worked c) had been working
2) monika begged me not to tell her mother what earlier that day.
a) had happened b) happen c) would happen
3) ann answered she stories and poems all her life, as long as she could remember.
a) wrote b) had been writing c) was writing
4) the woman standing near the box-office inquired if i knew how much the tickets
a) were b) had been c) are
5) mark was worried if enough time to finish his report for the conference.
a) will have b) he would have c) would he have
6) stella said that she the office earlier that day to get to the station in time.
a) had had to leave b) had to leave c) would have to leave
7) peter said that by the end of the year he in his new house for five years.
a) would be living b) would live c) would have been living
8) mrs. fox told me that it had not been raining when lightning the tree in her garden.
a) had struck b) should be striking c) struck
9) ann said that she usually bought her clothes on a fashion website, and as a result she
any modest things to wear.
a) doesn’t have b) didn’t have c) hasn’t
10) sally told me she in kyiv all that year, and she had no wish to leave the city.
a) had lived b) was living c) lived
11) tom believed that ann the book since sunday, but she had read only 20 pages so far.
a) had been reading b) had read c) was reading
12) ann told me that while she had been eating her cake at the station cafe two strangers
a) had come in b) came in c) would come in
13) during the interview i asked kelly mann why another romantic novel.
a) had she written b) she wrote c) she had written
14)i knew ann around europe for six months already.
a) had been travelling b) had travelled c) was travelling