Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verb in brackets. Jesse felt ready to cry. He (sit) long in the office waiting for Tom Brackett,
his brother-in-law. For two weeks he (walk) from Kansas City, Missouri, to Tulsa,
Oklahoma, thinking of the moment when Tom Brackett who (work) here as a
dispatcher since he (lose) his shop (say): Why, of course, Jesse, you can start
whenever you (be) ready.
And then Tom (enter) the office. He (соте) in quickly with some papers in
his hands; he (look) at Jesse, but he (not know) him. Was it his clothes? Or was it
that Jesse (change) so much? True, they (not see) each other for five years.
Yes? Brackett (say) suddenly. What you (want)?
I (be) Jesse Fulton. Yes, I (be); and Ella (send) you her love.
Brackett (rise) and (walk) over to the counter until they (be) face to face. Tom
Brackett (look) at his brother-in-law for a long time before he (say) at last:
Yes, I (believe) you are, but you sure (change).
He never (see) anyone who (look) more unhappy. His sister (write) to him
every week but she (not tell) him things were as bad as that.
After Jesse (answer) a few questions about Ella and the children he (think) it
(be) time to start.
Tom, Jesse said. ;I (come) here to ask you for help.
I can't (give) much. I only (get) thirty-five a week.
I know,Jesse (reply) excitedly. He (expect) this.But I (meet) a man who
(work) for you. He (be) in our city. He (drive) trucks for you. He said you always
(need) men and you (can) give me a job. As soon as I (hear) it I (start) out. For two
weeks I (walk) on to get here and see you.
You (mean) you (walk) from Kansas City for two weeks to get a job here?
The man (tell) me drivers (pay) a dollar a mile. And I (need) the dollar badly.
I just can't live like that any longer. It's long since I (give) Ella and the kids enough
food to eat or any clothes to wear.
2. They asked me what had happened to the boys fifteen months before.
3. They asked me how the boys had arranged their life on the island before they were found.
4. They asked me why the story had been entitled "Six Robinson and Their guitar".
5. They asked me if the Robinsons prefered to stay on the island or return home.
6. They asked me what I thought of those six boys.
7. They asked me if it was a true story or fiction and why I thought that way.
2 He said that he would phone me that evening.
3 He told me that his uncle had died the week before.
4 She said that meat tasted funny.
5 He told us that he was leaving then.
6 She told him that she had overslept that morning.
7 l was told that the train left at 11.00 that night.
8.He told Pete that he had phoned him the day before.
9. She said that her brother was arriving there that day.
10. He advised me to see the doctor.
11. She said that doctors didn't advise them to eat chips and chocolate.
12. Tom said that he didn`t want to go shopping with me.
13. Ann said that she would visit her grandmother the following day.
14. John said that his father wanted him to be a sportsman.
15. Jill said that her mother had given her an interesting book.
l 6. Kate said that I would look great in that dress.
17. The boy said that he had watched a good comedy.