Exercise 6. Have you noticed how the time expressions change in reported speech? Match the expressions (1-8) with the expressions (a-h).

Exercise 7. Circle the correct answer.

1. Ian said that he would go to France next month / the following month.

2. Fred asked, ‘Will you give me a ring tomorrow / the next day? ’

3. They said that they / these were the wrong books.

4. Peter said to Ian, ‘Hi, I am here / there! ’

5. Tina said that she had seen the dentist the month before / last month.

6. When I met Kim, she said that Bob didn’t look well today / that day.

7. Lee told me that they kept all their junk in here / there.

8. I said, ‘I’m going to look for a new job next week / the following week. ’

Exercise 8. Complete the reported speech with the correct time expressions.

1 'We're staying in tonight, ' said Emily.

Emily said that they were staying in ____________.

2 'We've been out all day today, ' she said.

She said that they had been out all day ____________.

3 'We're going on holiday next week, ' she said.

She said that they were going on holiday _____________.

4 'We went to work yesterday, ’ she said.

She said that they had been to work ____________.

5 'We didn't go out very much last month, ' she said.

She said they hadn't been out very much _______________.

Exercise 9. Rewrite what Emma says using the correct time expressions.

1 We nearly moved house last year.

2 Last month we bought a new house.

3 We packed our books into boxes yesterday.

4 Today we are moving the furniture.

5. Tonight we're sleeping in our new bedroom.

6 We're having a house-warming party next week.

1 Emma said that they had nearly moved the year before.

2 Emma said that …

3 She said ….

4 She …