Question

Упражнение 1. Восстановите прямую речь в следующих предложениях. E.g.: Tom said he would go to see the doctor the next day. – Tom said: “I shall go

and see the doctor tomorrow”

1. He told me he had fallen ill.

2. They told me that Tom had not come to school the day before. 3. She told me she had caught cold.

4. The old man told the doctor that he had pain in his right side.

5. He said he would not come to school until Monday.

Упражнение 2.Передайте следующие специальные во в косвенной речи. E.g.: Mother said to me: “Who has brought this parcel?” – Mother asked me who

had brought that parcel.

1. He said to her: “Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?” 2. Ann said to Mike: “When did you leave London?”

3. Boris said to them: “How can I get to the railway station?”

4. Mary asked Tom: “What time will you come here tomorrow?”

5. She asked me: “Why didn’t you come here yesterday?”

Упражнение 3. Передайте следующие специальные во в косвенной речи, начиная каждое предложение со слов, данных в скобках.

E.g.: Where did I put the book? (I forgot ...) – I forgot where I had put the book.

1. Who has given you this nice kitten? (She wanted to know ...)

2. Where can I buy an English-Russian dictionary? (He asked me ...)

3. How long will it take your brother to get to Madrid? (He wondered ...) 4. Where has he gone? (Did you know ...)

5. Where did she buy this hat? (He wanted to know ...)

Answer 1

1 He said "I was ill"

2 They said "Tom didn't come to shool yesterday"

3 She said "I caught cold"

4 The old man said to the doctor "I had pain in my right side"

5 He said "I will not come to school until Monday"

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1 He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays

2 Ann asked Mike where he had left London

3 Boris asked them how he could get to the railway station

4 Mary asked Tom what time he would come the next day

5 She asked me Why I hadn't come the next day

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1 She wanted to know who had given him this nice kitten

2 He asked me where he could buy an English-Russian dictionary

3 He wondered how long it would take my brother to get to Madrid

4 Did you know where he had gone

5 He wanted to know where she bought that hat