1 Compare the direct speech in exercise 2 on page 82 and the reported speech in the text.
How does the tense change? Complete the
table and the rules.
Reported speech
Direct speech
present simple
present continuous
present perfect
past simple
will
тауып бериндерши

waving hello how are you doing? I'm good, I'll go tomorrow to ask Brazil vs. Hulk autograph, I'll be there in 3 years and you priezhay I heard you have a birthday the day after tomorrow? you atograf Hulk also ask for you? I'll come to your birthday and you realties here and buy for your child 7 years of xbox 360 games and when I come to you, I'll buy a ticket to Brazil, the city is beautiful and then we'll go to Italy with your baby. I heard your husband threw sozheleyu. with love serioga Lagunov St. Petersburg.

1. The rang phone eight times before anybody answered it.
2. Oh my gosh! Call the police! Someone stole my car.
3. The architectural firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother chose thís construction company to build it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children played baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for dinner.
5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate
corners of the backyard and dug holes to bury their bones.
6. A: Why isn't Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report. B: I talked to him last night on the phone, and he said he'd be here.
7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture store, I finally chose the red one. It was a difficult decision.
8. A: How are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad. Last night I asked her again to marry me, and she said maybe.
9. The players are depressed because they lost the game last weekend. Next time they'll play better.
10. A: How can you take a three-month vacation? What about your job? B: I won't be going back to that job again. I quit yesterday.
11. I can’t afford a new car because I spent all my money on new furniture for my apartment.
12. A: Is Maggy still angry with you? B: No, she forgave me for what I did, and she’s speaking to me again.