11 class

THE FUTURE SEEN FROM THE PAST

If the verb in the principal clause is in one of the past tenses, a past tense (future in the past) must be used in the subordinate clause.

Our computer was broken and we hoped the new one would arrive soon.

During the winter I decided that I was going to grow tomatoes when the summer came.

Move the reported clauses one tense back, so present becomes past, past becomes past perfect, will eco es             ou d etc

Don’t use the sequence of tenses:

—                 when the object clause expresses a general truth or something habitual, customary. The teacher told the children that water boils at 100C.

He asked what time the train usually starts.

—                 in attributive clauses, adverbial clauses of cause and comparison. My brother told me about the book you are writing.

He refused to go to the theatre because he will have an exam in a few days.

It was not so cold yesterday as it is today.

Task 1. Put К if the underlined verbs are already correct. If they are wrong, correct them.

l.    I'm sorry, I didn’t think the noise will disturb anyone.

2.       Where were you? I thought you were going to wait for me?

3.       We were discussing your case tomorrow, so I'll be able to give you an answer soon.

4.       I never thought that I would be spending my holiday in hospital, but there I was.

5.       l hope the building work would have finished by the time we get there.

6.      At the height of her popularity her face is to be seen on advertisements all over the country.

7.      The council has announced that the housing estate is to be demolished.

8.      I was about to report him missing, when he walked through the door.

Task 2. Put the verbs in the correct active or passive forms. Remember the rules of sequence of

tenses.

War of the Worlds?

A fcw minutes after eight o’clock on the night of Sunday, October 30, 1938, a somber voice interrupted a radio broadcast to warn Americans, “Ladies and gentlemen, I havc an important announcement to make...”

The words that followed, beamed out in a programme networked across

the USA, caused remarkable scenes of panic.

For the announcement was that the Martians I                      in North           LAND America and 2                                 across the country at great speed.             MOVE Nothing seemed able to stop them.’All resistance was useless. The USA

3                                                               over by alience from outer space.                TAKE

This announcement was in fact part of the radio play, but one so realistic that most people who heard it took it for the real thing.

The programme had started undramatically enough. At 8 pm an announcer

4                                , “The Columbia Broadcasting System presents Orson             SAY

Welles and his Mercury Theatre of the Air in War of the Worlds by H.G.

Wells”. But by chance, at the same timc on the main rival network a music

programme 5                                   featuring a completely unknown singer.           BEGIN

By ten past eight bored listeners were turning their dials to see if there was

anything better on CBS. This is what they 6                             : “Ladies and           HEAR

gentlemen, I have an important announcement to make. A strange object

which fell in New Jersey earlier this evening was not a meteorite. Incredible

as it may seem, it 7                                strange beings who are believed to be        CONTAIN part of an army from the planet Mars.” Soft music 8                                      .          FOLLOW

A subtle touch to get people anxious. What 9                                          on? GO

The announcer 10                                on again. There was a nervy, panicky          COME

 tone to his voice. He said the situation 11                                         rapidly.            CHANGE The Martians, hideous, leathery-skinned creatures, 12                                                     TAKE

over most of New Jersey already and 13                                     quickly into

neighbouring states. Army and police units 14                          to stop them.          RACE There was more music, more urgent announcements, chilling silences.

People were glued to their sets. One of Welles’ actors 15                                         PRETEND

to be the President of the United States and warned the American people

against the dangers of panic. Despite this there 16                               terrible           BE scenes of panic in New Jersey that evening. Everyone 17                                       TRY

to leave and the roads 18                                     with cars racing for the hills.          FILL Families 19                                from their homes with wet towels over their           FLEE heads believing this 20                             them from the nauseous space           SAVE gases the radio 21                                    them about. The panic had started.            TELL After it was all over, Welles, already a well-known actor at the age of 24,

22                              for throwing half of the USA into terror. Dozens             CRITICISE

 of people took legal actions against CBS, but in the end the complaints

were all withdrawn and, instead of 23                                  Welles’ show off        TAKE the air, CBS bosses congratulated themselves for having hired the most

talked-about actor in America.

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