Ex. 1

1. ‘ I was listening to the radio yesterday ‘. He said he had been listening to the radio the day before .
2. ‘ I was in Spain last week ‘. She said she had been in Spain the previous week .
3. ‘ I want to visit my parents this evening ‘. Susy said she wanted to visit her parents that evening .
4. ‘ I’ll give you the money back next week ‘. She said she would give me the money back the week after .
5. ‘ I’ll help you tomorrow ‘. He said he would help me the next day .
6. ‘ Peter bought the car last year ‘. She said Peter had bought the car the year before .
7. ‘ I visited them last night ‘. Ann said she had visited them the night before .
8. ‘ I’m tired today ‘. My mother said she was tired that day .
9. ‘ I have to clean my car now ‘. Bob said he had to clean his car then .
10. ‘ I saw them two years ago ‘. He said he had seen them two years before .

Ex. 2

. Add the correct pronouns/possessive adjectives             direct speech                  indirect speechSarah: ‘I’m going to the cinema with my boyfriend.’ Sarah said that she was going to the cinema with her boyfriend.The neighbours: ‘Can you lend us a ladder?’They asked us if I Several answers are accepted here: «we», «I» could lend them a ladder.Tom: ‘my parents went with me to Scotland.’Tom told me that his parents had gone with him to Scotland.Jim and Jill:’ we are looking at ourselves in the mirror.’They replied that they were looking at themselves in the mirror. 2. Add the correct adverbs, tenses, demonstrative adjectives             direct speech                              indirect speechOur friends: ‘We have never been here before.’Our friends told us that they had never been there before Several answers are accepted here: «before», «previously» .Lara: ‘I went to the swimming pool yesterday .’Lara said that she had gone to the swimming pool the day before.John: ‘I’ll have finished this work by tomorrow.’John told me that he would have finished that work by the next day. 3. Add the correct verbs.She said, ‘I have a terrible toothache today.’She said she had

a terrible toothache that day.My sister promised, ‘I will come with you.’My sister promised she would

come with me.He told me, ‘I was reading a book when the explosion occurred.’He told me that he had been reading

a book when the explosion had occurred

.Anna said, ‘You can

  come and stay with me.Anna said that I could come and stay with her.Brian told me, ‘ I have been playing tennis for ten years.’He told me that he had been playing tennis for ten years.