Answer for exercise 47.2
The solution for exercise 47.2 in chapter Unit 47 - Reported speech 1 of English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy
Question
Somebody says something to you which is not what you expected. Use your own ideas to complete your answers.
Answer
- it was only five minutes' walk.
- wasn't coming / was going somewhere else / couldn't come
- they didn't like each other / they didn't get on with each other / they couldn't stand each other
- he didn't know anyone
- she would be away / she was going away
- you were staying at home
- you couldn't speak / you didn't speak any other languages
- he'd seen you / he saw you last weekend