1. Underline the correct tense. What were the speaker’s exact words?
1. A: Shall we wait for Billy?
B: No, he told me he will be/would be late.
2. A: Is Monica coming to the art gallery?
B: No. She said she would go/is going out.
3. A: Has Clark called Mary?
B: No. He told me he didn’t have/wouldn’t have her number.
4. A: Have they delivered your new furniture yet?
B: No. They told me they brought/were bringing it on Monday.
5. A: Has Helen heard from George?
B: No. She told me that she didn’t see/hadn’t seen him since Christmas.
2. Turn the following sentences into reported speech using the verbs: warn, threaten, beg, advise, promise, offer, remind.
3. Read the speech bubbles and match them to the sentences. Then complete the sentences reported speech, as in the example.
4. Choose the correct word.
1. Marion has done all the chores. There is everything/anything/nothing for you to do.
2. They told the police nothing/everything/anything they knew.
3. I think I see something/nothing/anyone moving in the garden.
4. Would you like anything/something/everything to eat? I’ve just made dinner.
5. Anybody/Everybody/Nobody wanted to follow him on his trekking excursion, so he went alone.
6. Little Tommy takes that toy car nowhere/ everywhere/somewhere he goes.
7. There weren’t enough seats for someone/anyone/everyone, so some of us stood in the back.