Indirect Speech
Learn the rule, write the sentences in Indirect Speech, check.
Задание 1
Read the rule of indirect speech paying attention to the words in bald. Helen: "I live in London." Helen said she lived in London. Kathy: "I can't swim." Kathy said she couldn't swim. Bob: "Will you help me to solve that problem?" Bob asked if I would help her to solve that problem. Mary: "Where did they go yesterday?" Mary wanted to know where they had gone the day before. Jane: "Don't open the window, Mary. It's too cold here." Jane told Mary not to open the window. Dora: "Look at the rainbow, John!" Dora asked John to look at the rainbow.
Задание 2
Write the same in idirect speech. 1. Mary said: "I can't come and see him yet." 2. John said: "I am very busy in the garden." 3. She said: "He will become angry when I tell him about that." 4. Mary answered: "I can't stay." 5. Polly said: "Dick is waiting for me." 6. Martha said: "I was not in the garden yesterday." 7. John asked: "Read my books." 8. The judge said: "You are staying in prison tonight." 9. The policeman told the criminal: "Put your hands up!" 10. He said: "Don't park in front of the gates." 11. Frank asked: "How much did the robbers steal?" 12. He wondered: "What time did the fire start?" 13. Jane asked: "Can you phone the police?" 14. He threatened: "Leave or I'll call the police!" 15. My friend admitted: "I took the passport." 16. He warned: "Don't go near this area." 17. He dinied: "I didn't take your camera." 18. He suggested: "Let's talk to a lawyer." 19. She apologised: "I'm sorry, I broke your window." 20. He promised: "I'll tell the truth!" 21. She accused the man: "You tore the book!" 22. Ricky begged: "Give me your homework to copy!" 23. Steve offered: "I'll help." 24. Mum warned: "You are staying at home tonight." 25. I said: "I locked the front door before I left." Do not forget to make the changes: tomorrow - the next day in 3 days - 3 days later next day - the following day this - that these - those now - then yesterday - the day before tonight - that night
Задание 3
Check what you have done: 1. Mary said that she couldn't come and see him yet. 2. John said that he was very busy in the garden. 3. She said that he would become angry when she told him about that. 4. Mary answered that she couldn't stay. 5. Polly said that Dick was waiting for her. 6. Martha said that she hadn't been in the garden the day before. 7. John asked to read his books. 8. The judge said that I was staying in prison that night. 9. The policeman told the criminal to put his hands up. 10. He said not to park in front of the gates. 11. Frank asked how much the robbers had stolen. 12. He wondered what time the fire started. 13. Jane asked if I could phone the police. 14. He threatened to call the police. 15. My friend admitted that he had taken the passport. 16. He warned not to go near that area. 17. He denied that he had taken my camera. 18. He suggested to talk to a lawyer. 19. She apologised that she had broken my window. 20. He promised to tell the truth. 21. She accused the man because he had torn the book. 22. Ricky begged to give him my homework to copy. 23. Steve offered to help. 24. Mum warned me that I was staying at home that night. 25. I said that I had locked the front door before I had left.