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Conversation 12 (reported speech / simultaneous actions)

Mary: Yesterday was George's birthday. He invited me to ten but I couldn't go because I had a headache.

John: Did you tell him you had a headache? Mary: No, I told you to tell him.

John: I don't remember. When did you tell me?

Marv: We were in the garden. I said I wasn't feeling well and you said you'd tell him. I told you not to forget. I even told you to write it down.

John: I'm very sorry. I'll tell him when I see him this evening. Mary: Now tell me what happened at the party.

John: It started at eight. He gave us whisky. We drank to his health. We wished him good luck. I asked him how old he was.

Mary: What did he say?

John: He said he was thirty-four. Mary: He told me he was twenty-nine. John: Then he asked me how old I was. Marvy: What did you tell him?

John: I told him I was thirty. "Have another drink," he said. "No, thanks," I replied, and in any case I said "thirty", not "thirsty". He told me I looked at least forty.

Mary: What did you say to that?

John: I said it was because I worked too hard. Mary: Did he believe you?

John: No, he said I wasn't telling the truth. He said I was telling a deliberate lie. Mary: Were you?

John: Yes.

Conversation 13 (reported actions / priority)

John: Was George on time?

Mary: No, he was late. By the time he arrived I'd opened the mail, I'd sorted it, I'd answered the most important letters. I'd typed two reports and I'd made a cup of tea.

John: Why was he late?

Mary: He had five excuses. He said that he'd overslept, that his watch had stopped, that he'd forgotten his money, that he'd missed his bus and that he'd lost his keys.

John: What had he done when you left?

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Mary: Nothing much.

John: Had he counted the money? Mary: He hadn't even opened the safe. John: Had he mended the type-writer? Mary: No, he hadn't.

John: Had he mended the broken window?

Mary: No, he hadn't. I told you that when I left he'd done practically nothing. He'd only just finished reading the paper.

John: Where is he now? Mary: In the hospital. John: What happened?

Mary: The doctor phoned me a few minutes ago and said that George had had an accident. He said he'd sprained his right ankle and that he'd bruised his left hip. He also said that a policeman had found him lying in a ditch.

John: How did he get there?

Mary: According to the policeman he'd fallen off his bicycle. John: Any bones broken?

Mary: Yes, two. John: Which ones?

Mary: The ones he'd bought for the dog's dinner.

Conversation 14 (modal verbs)

John: What time should we leave?

George: We should leave now if we want to be there before the kick-off.

John: Are we taking a taxi?

George: We ought not to. We can't aff01'd it. But we must if we don't want to be late.

John: Is Mary coming? George: No, she isn't. John: Have you asked her? George: No, I haven't.

John: You ought to, you know.

George: Why should I? We're under no obligation to take her with us wherever we go. And in any case she doesn't like football.

John: I know she doesn't. We ought to consider her a bit more than we do. We should take her out more frequently.

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