It was eight o'clock in the morning and time for me to go to work. i (to look) out of the window. it (to rain) hard. "you (to get) wet through if you (to go) out now," said my mother. "no, i ," i answered, "i (to take) an umbrella." we (to have) five umbrellas in the house, but when i (to want) to take one, i (to find) that there (to be) not one that i could use: they all (to be) torn or broken. so i (to take) them all and (to carry) them to the umbrella-maker, saying that i would call for the umbrellas on my way home in the evening. when i (to go) to have lunch in the afternoon, it still (to rain) very hard. i (to go) to the nearest cafe, and (to sit) down at a table. a few minutes later a young woman (to come) in and (to sit) down at the same table with me. when i (to finish) my lunch and (to be) ready to leave, i absent-mindedly (to take) her umbrella and (to start) for the exit. she (to stop) me saying that i (to take) her umbrella. i (to return) the umbrella with many apologies. in the evening i (to go) to the umbrella-maker, (to take) my five umbrellas and (to get) on the tram to go home. it so happened that the woman i (to meet) at the cafe (to ride) in the same tram. when she (to see) me with my five umbrellas, she (to say): "you (to have) a successful day today, (to have not) you? "
2. I shan't phone you in half an hour
3. My friend won't have a holiday next July.
4. They won't make an appointment for Tuesday
5. The prices won't be acceptable to us.
6. There won't be a lot of people at the seaside.
7. They won't communicate with us by fax soon.
1. Will the contract be ready the day after tomorrow?
2. Shall I phone you in half an hour?
3. Will my friend have a holiday next July?
4. Will they make an appointment for Tuesday?
5. Will the prices be acceptable to us?
6. Will there be many people at the seaside?
7. Will they communicate with us by fax soon?
2. She said that she had spent her holidays in the Crimea the year before.
3. Boris said that he went to the south every year.
4. He said that he was going to a rest-home the following day.
5. Ann told us that they hadn't yet come.
6. She told us they had arrived in St. Petersburg the day before yesterday.
7. I said that I had been in London the year before and that my friends in London sometimes invited me to spend my holidays with them.
8. Nick said that he had never been to London and also added that he thought he would go there the following year.
9. He said that he would not stay with his friends too long.
10. He told me that they were staying at the 'Europe' hotel.
11. He said that they were leaving the following Monday.
12. The clerk told them that they could leave the key with the maid upstairs.