Unit 8 Messages, 8B Grammar, Reported speech, page 85
Exercise 1
1 past simple
2 past continuous
3 past perfect
4 past perfect
5 past perfect
6 could / couldn’t
7 would / wouldn’t
8 might
9 should
Exercise 2
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
6 a
Exercise 3
1 that day
2 a week earlier
3 the day before
4 the year before
5 the next day
6 the following month
7 there
Exercise 4
1 told
2 told
3 told
4 said
5 said
6 told
7 said
8 told
Exercise 5
1 John told Sue (that) he had left a message for her the day before.
2 Mark said (that) he would top up his phone that evening.
3 Jenny told Dave (that) she couldn’t hear him.
4 Ann said (that) she had checked her balance three times that week.
5 Jo told Si (that) he should turn off data roaming.
6 Kate said (that) she had already texted Harry the weekend before.
7 Fran told Fred (that) she had called Tom two days earlier.
Exercise 6
1 I fell over a few moments ago.
2 That’s an amazing coincidence; I’ve just done the same.
3 My leg’s hurting so much that I can’t walk.
4 My leg is OK and I can easily walk home.
5 if you can’t walk, you should call an ambulance.
6 That won’t be necessary. I can phone our parents.