Прямая и косвенная речь

1. Повествовательные (утвердительные и отрицательные) предложения в косвенной речи

Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
1. Ann said, “My brother goes to school.” (Present Indefinite) 2. Bob said to Peter, “I am writing a letter to my best friend in Japan now.” (Present Continuous) 3. Mary said, “My cousin has bought a new car.” (Present Perfect) 4. Ned said, “I shall go to the USA next year.” (Future Indefinite)	1. Ann said (that) her brother went to school. (Past Indefinite) 2. Bob told Peter (that) he was writing a letter to his best friend in Japan then. (Past Continuous Tense) 3. Mary said (that) her cousin had bought a new car. (Past Perfect) 4. Ned said (that) he would go to the USA the following year. (Future-in-the Past)

Exercises

I. Change the following into Indirect Speech:

A. 1. They said, “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work.”

2. Ben said to Tom, “I’ve been to London for a month but so far I haven’t had time to visit the Tower.”

3. Bob said to Peter, “If you think it over, you will see that I am right.”

4. Mary said, “Rose is flying to Rome tomorrow. She will send me a telegramme as soon as she arrives.”

5. Benjamin said to his mother, “I haven’t gone shopping yet. I’ll go and buy some milk, a loaf of white bread and butter.”

6. He said, “I have practice in my pronunciation almost every day.”

7. Charles said, “Ann has bought a new car.”

8. Tom said, “I want to go on holiday next week.”

9. I thought, “John is going to give up his job.”

10. Jane promised, “I’ll speak to the manager about him.”

11. Mary said, “I cannot type now but I shall learn it.”

12. Mike told us, “I didn’t see Jimmy at the party last week. I have to visit him today.”

13. Mark said to me, “Something is wrong with my car.”

14. The manager said, “Mr. Jackson is the right man for the job, experienced and pleasant to deal with. But Mr. Dixon is incompetent and inefficient. He has no experience at all. He will do everything in the wrong way.”

15. “Mr. Mason has gone out,” the secretary told me.

16. “I don’t want to go swimming,” Andrew said.

17. He told his boss, “I passed my driving test in 1999.”

18. We said to them, “We won’t be home late.”

19. “She is going to America for six months,” Ann said.

20. “The last strike did no one any good,” said the manager.

B. 1. “I am going to New York next summer,” said Christina.

2. “Martin speaks very good German,” said the teacher.

3. “I think I forgot to lock the front door this morning,” said Rosemary.

4. “I come from Turkey,” said Patrick’s wife.

5. “I haven’t seen Mario for ages,” said John.

6. “He broke out of prison yesterday,” said the police inspector.

7. “Simon has just passed his driving test,” said Debbie.

8. “I work eight hours a day, except when the children are on holiday,” said Susan.

9. “I’ll help Joe as much as I can,” said Mrs. Burke.

10. “They are building a museum in the main square of the city,” said the guide.

11. “I’m working tonight,” Daniel said.

12. “I moved to this flat just one week ago,” said Gordon Swift.

13. “I don’t like the colour of the walls in this room,” said my mother.

14. “Trisha has got a lovely view over the river,” said Chloe.

15. “I’m going to visit you soon,” said my friend.

16. “I can help you paint the walls in this room if you like,” said my cousin.

17. Jane said to me, “I hurt my leg playing tennis.”

18. Sally said to her mother, “I’ve passed my exams successfully and now I am going to leave for New York for two weeks.”

19. “I’m good at flower arranging,” she said.

20. Alice said, “Englishmen make good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in the house.”