Now, today, yesterday, last month, last year, next week, here

Example: now- at that time

19. Notice that after say and think we can use that but it's not necessary.

Teresa said that she had decided to be a performer at school

She said she loved the circus.

20. Read the reported statements and choose the correct option: a or b.

1. He said he would work abroad.

a) He worked abroad at the time of the interview.

b) He was planning to work abroad in the future.

2. He said he had bought a new car.

a) He had the car at the time of the interview.

b) He wanted to buy the car after the interview.

3. He said he had been on a course.

a) He was preparing to go on a course.

b) He had completed a course.

Report these sentences spoken by a TV chef, Gordon Blue.

1) I won two cooking competitions last year. He said ____________________

2) I have never cooked anything Japanese. He admitted ________________

3) My job is as creative as an artist’s. He claimed_______________________

4) I am working on a new recipe for tomato soup at the moment.

He added____________________________________________________

5) I am sure the soup will be delicious. He said _______________________

6) The BBC are going to start showing my cookery programme next month.

He announced _______________________________________________

Put said or told in the gaps.

One day, John 1)________ Mary that he was in love. Mary 2) _______ that she wasn't interested in his love life but John 3) _______ he was in love with her. When Mary heard this, she changed her mind and 4) ______ him to go on talking. John 5) ______ that he was in love with her but he couldn't ask her out because his mother 6) _____ him that she wasn't the right woman for him. Mary 7) _______ him to leave her alone and took for a

different girlfriend.

23. Read this short report of an interview and write the original answers. What job does the person do?

She said that she had to be very fit and slim. She said that she had been employed by a few fashion magazines. She told us that the last year she worked for two designers in Paris but preferred to work with photographers. She told us she was going to study in the job for the next few years but she admitted that she was planning to get married soon and had a big family. She also told us that she would probably start her own fashion studio in the future.

24. Imagine that you do one of the following jobs: gym teacher, coach, fitness coach, athlete. Prepare answers for an interview using the questions in the interview with the gymnastics coach as in ex.16.

In pairs, interview each other about your jobs.

Example

A: When did you decide to be coach?

B: When I was at school I joined the sport club and ...

Write a report of your interview.

Example She asked me when ...

27. Complete the sentences with say or tell in the Past Simple.

1) The Lighthouse keeper _________ a friend that he didn't like working with people.

2) Trapeze artist Susie Quinn _______ she would stay with the circus next year.

3) The rock musician Fling us that he ________ was going to sing his new song.

4) The politician Kerry Blackmore __________ that she was writing a novel about parliament.

5) Kevin Postgate _______ journalists that he had been filming when he heard the news.

6) Lee Kelly _______ she had not been injured in ten years as a rally driver.

Complete the sentences with the verbs from the list in the Past Simple.

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