2. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

e. g. She realized that nobody……… (will come/would come).

She realized that nobody would come.

1. We understood that she ……… (sees/saw) nothing.

2. He said he ……… (will arrive/would arrive) in some days.

3. My mother was sure I already ……… (have come/had come).

4. I didn't know they ……… (are/were) in the room.

5. We supposed the rain ……… (will stop/would stop) in some hours.

6. He said he never ……… (has been/had been) to London.

7. We wanted to know who ……… (is singing/was singing) in the next room.

8. I always thought he ……… (is/was) a brave man.

9. When I saw him, he ……… (is working/was working).

10. We know she always ……… (comes/came) in time.

11. They thought he ……… (will have finished/would have finished) his work by the evening.

12. She said she ……… (has/had) a terrible headache.

13. We supposed they ……… (will send/would send) us the documents.

14. He said he ……… (has not seen/had not seen) us for ages.

3. Write these sentences in reported speech, using the words in brackets.

e. g. You will fall and break your leg. (I’m afraid)

I’m afraid you will fall and break your leg.

1. My friend has never been to London. (I knew)

2. She never drinks juice. (I was told)

3. The children are playing in the yard. (She thought)

4. Our sportsmen will win the game. (We were sure)

5. He doesn’t know Italian at all. (I found out)

6. She cooks better than anybody else. (Her friends supposed)

7. The boss has received a very interesting offer from a foreign firm. (We learnt)

8. She made no mistakes in her report. (She was glad)

9. He is writing a new novel. (We heard)

4. Change these sentences from the Simple Present to the Simple Past.

e.g. My uncle says he has just come back from Italy.

My uncle said he had just come back from Italy.

1. He says it did him a lot of good.

2. He says he feels better now.

3. He says his wife and he spent most of their time at the seaside.

4. He says that they have a good camera.

5. He says he took a lot of photos while traveling.

6. He says he will visit this place next summer.

7. He says that he is going to invite a lot of friends to see the photos.

8. He says that they met a lot of interesting people.

9. He says that he has the best present for me.

5. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. George thought the restaurant ……… (to be) expensive.

2. I didn’t understand why they ……… (to destroy) their relationship.

3. Jane asked if I ……… (to invite) Ann to the party.

4. She said she ……… (to wait) for me since seven o’clock.

5. They thought I ……… (to give) them my phone number.

6. We wanted to know what ……… (to happen) to John.

7. He thought he ……… (can) repair the car himself.

8. We didn’t know they ……… (to be) tired.

9. My cousin promised he ……… (to visit) me in a week.

10. I knew he ……… (to pass) his examination at that time.

11. We thought she still ……… (to be) in hospital.

12. Bill said he ……… (to feel) ill.