1. "My laptop broke last night." She said her laptop .......... previous. 2. "She's a dangerous hacker." He told us that she ........... hacker. 3. "I can't come to the meeting tomorrow." He told me he ......... to the meeting the following day. 4. "I had to write an essay for my next English lesson." Ruth told mum that she ..... write an essay for her next English lesson. 5. "My friend has been interested in mathematics since the secondary school." She said that her friend ......... in mathematics since the secondary school.