Reported speech - B2 - Context Listening

 
1) You are going to hear a radio interview. Rachel, a reporter in the studio, is talking to a man called James Baker, who is sailing in a round-the-world yacht race.

What do you think she is asking him?
Listen and check if you were right.

2) Later, Rachel tells a colleague about the conversation.

Read what Rachel says, then listen again and fill in the gaps with James's actual words.

1. Rachel: James told me he was about 100 kilometres off the coast of Australia.
James: 'I'm about 100 kilometres off the coast of Australia.'

2. Rachel: He said he hadn't seen another boat for a few days.
James: 'I another boat for a few days.'

3. Rachel: He said he thought he might win.
James: 'I win.'

4. Rachel: He said there had been a terrible storm.
James: 'There a terrible storm.'

5. Rachel: He said he hadn't slept for three days.
James: 'I for three days.'

6. Rachel: He told me the sea was calm, the sun was shining.
James: 'The sea calm, the sun .'

7. Rachel: He said that he could sometimes see sharks and dolphins swimming.
James: 'I sometimes see sharks and dolphins swimming.'

8. Rachel: He said he would spend two hours in a hot bath.
James: 'I two hours in a hot bath.'

9. Rachel: He said he had to get his hair cut.
James: 'I my hair cut.'

3) 4. Complete the questions that Rachel asked. Then listen again to check.
  1. I asked him where he was. 'Where ?'
  2. I asked him if he thought he was going to win. 'Do you to win?'
  3. I asked him what the weather was like. 'What like?'
  4. I asked him if he could see dolphins there. ' dolphins there?'

4)
Can you see any pattern to the changes to the tenses in Exercises 3 and 4?