Reporting what has been said (b) – key
1 Louis told me……. his wife was in hospital –
2…… she is / was expecting a baby.
3 …… she / his wife has / had given up her job.
4 Louis told me they may / might move to Edinburgh.
5 Louis told me he is thinking of / he was thinking of setting up his own business there.
6 Louis told me they haven’t had a lot of time / hadn’t had a lot of time to see friends lately.
7 …. they’ve been trying / they had been trying to get the house ready to move into.
8 Louis told me his father-in-law keeps promising / kept promising to give them a hand, but he never does / did.
9 ……. it’ll be a lot easier / it would be a lot easier when the baby arrives / arrived.
10 Louis told me they don’t know / they didn’t know how the recession will affect / would affect their lives.