8B GRAMMAR reported speech: sentences and questions
a Read the interview. Then complete the journalist’s report below with the bold verbs from the interview in the correct tense.
Journalist Firstly Matthew, thank you very much for
agreeing to this interview. I know you’re a busy man. You have the leading role in the latest Kathryn Westwood lm. What is it like working with her? Matthew You 1 can’t begin to imagine what a fantastic experience it 2 is. In fact, it 3 has been an honour to work with her. However, I have to say that it 4 wasn’t easy at rst, because lming 5 started at 7.00 a.m. every day for the rst three weeks. I’m not a person who likes early starts! Journalist Yes, I had heard that! What 6 did you enjoy most about working with her? Matthew I 7 loved the way that she 8 could get all the actors, including me, to do exactly what she wanted us to do. Journalist 9 Are you going to be in any more of her lms in the near future? Matthew It 10 depends on Kathryn, but I hope I 11 will be. I’m really sorry, but I 12 must go because I have a photo shoot at Vogue magazine.
Matthew told me that I 1 couldn’t begin to imagine what a fantastic experience working with Kathryn Westwood 2 . He also said that working with her 3 an 4 honour. However, he said that it easy at first, because filming 5 at 7.00 a.m. every day for the first three weeks. When I asked him what he 6 most about working with Kathryn Westwood, he told me that he 7 the way that she 8 get all the actors to do exactly what she wanted. Finally, I asked Matthew if 9 in any more of her films in the future. He said that it 10 on Kathryn, but he hoped he 11 . We then finished the interview because Matthew said that he 12 go because he had a photo shoot at Vogue magazine.
b Write the questions other journalists asked Matthew in reported speech.
What’s the most interesting
role that you’ve played? 1 The BBC asked Matthew what the most interesting role he had played was.
1 would / scored / ’d / the match / they / have / won / the penalty
If he ’d scored the penalty, they would have won the match.
2 missed / here / of / on time / if / the lm / have / the start / been / you’d
We wouldn’t .
3 seen / down / ’d / have / the sign / they / wouldn’t / sat
If they .
4 nished / if / fallen / she / the race / have / over / hadn’t
Ella would .
5 wet / have / taken / got / wouldn’t / ’d / my umbrella / I
If I .
6 he’d / crashed / at / have / stopped / if / the red light
He wouldn’t .
b Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense to make third conditional sentences. Use contractions where possible.
1 We wouldn’t have met (not meet) if you hadn’t invited (not invite) us both to dinner that night. 2 If I (know) how cold it was going to be in London, I (take) warmer clothes. 3 You (enjoy) the party if you (go). 4 If you (be) quieter, the baby (not wake up). 5 I (not open) the attachment if I (know) that it had a virus. 6 (you / go) to Katia’s wedding if she (invite) you?
