I. Put these statements into Reported Speech.1) ‘I can’t swim very well’, I said.2) Andrew said: ’I don’t want to go swimming’.3) ‘I’ll phone you later’, Sarah said.4)Annie said:‘I’m hungry’.5) I told him: ‘I don’t like tea’. 6) Olaf said: ‘My father does a lot of business with England’.7)The woman said: ‘I will pay you two pounds’.8) She said to Lilian: ‘You can come with me’9) He said: ‘I don’t think it will be interesting’.10) My friend told me: ‘You can go there for a year’.11) She said: ‘Nothing will make me do it’.12)Mike said: ‘My friend is a painter’.13) She said: ‘I am good at painting’.14)’I will have lunch on Saturday’, he said.15) The teacher said: ‘I will give you a new task on Reported Speech’.
1. I said I couldn't swim very well.
2. Andrew said he didn't want to go swimming.
3. Sarah said she would phone me later.
4. Annie said she was hungry.
5. I told him I didn't like tea.
6. I asked her if she was cold.
7. She asked me if I wanted a drink.
8. They wanted to know if I could speak German.
9. She asked Ken if he was on duty.
10. He asked Nelly if she had said that.
11. She asked him how his brother was.
12. The woman asked me what I wanted.
13. Nick asked me why I was carrying a camera.
14. An officer asked a girl what her name was.
15. I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.
Объяснение: Бери, пиши.)
Explanation: The verb "can't" is changed to "couldn't" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
2) Andrew said that he didn't want to go swimming.
Explanation: The verb "don't" is changed to "didn't" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
3) Sarah said that she would phone me later.
Explanation: The verb "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
4) Annie said that she was hungry.
Explanation: No tense change is required because the statement in reported speech is still true in the present.
5) I told him that I didn't like tea.
Explanation: The verb "don't" is changed to "didn't" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
6) Olaf said that his father does a lot of business with England.
Explanation: No tense change is required because the statement in reported speech is still true in the present.
7) The woman said that she would pay me two pounds.
Explanation: The verb "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
8) She said to Lilian that she could come with her.
Explanation: The verb "can" remains the same because it represents general ability.
9) He said that he didn't think it would be interesting.
Explanation: The verb "don't" is changed to "didn't" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
10) My friend told me that I could go there for a year.
Explanation: The verb "can" remains the same because it represents general ability.
11) She said that nothing would make her do it.
Explanation: The verb "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
12) Mike said that his friend is a painter.
Explanation: No tense change is required because the statement in reported speech is still true in the present.
13) She said that she is good at painting.
Explanation: No tense change is required because the statement in reported speech is still true in the present.
14) He said that he would have lunch on Saturday.
Explanation: The verb "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.
15) The teacher said that she would give us a new task on Reported Speech.
Explanation: The verb "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is being expressed in the past.