Употребление косвенной речи

1 variant Exercise 1. Вставьте глаголы say или tell в правильной форме.

1. He … me to meet his brother outside the shop.

2. Sarah … that she wanted to take up a new hobby.

3. «I’ll see you tomorrow,» Page … Bill.

1. «She doesn’t know the latest news,» he said.

2. «I can store 3 GB of music on this,» said Nick.

3. «We have been using this software for two years,» said Troy.

4. «I’ve always loved this song,» said Betty.

5. «She will copy the CD for me,» Tom told Bill.

1. «Don’t forget to recharge the battery» Kate told Brian.

2. «Remember to bring me MP3 player back,» Sam told David.

3. «Be quite!» she told her son.

4. Exercise 4. Перепишите предложения в косвенной речи

1. «Lift your leg a bit higher.»

2. «Turn your foot to the right, please.»

3. «Don’t take off the bandage.»

4. «Stand up slowly, please.»

1. «Did you cut your finger while you were chopping vegetables?» Tom asked Elena.

2. «Have you ever broken your ankle?» Peter asked Alison.

3. «Have you got a stomach ache?»the doctor asked.

2 variant Exercise 1. Вставьте глаголы say или tell в правильной форме.

1. Sue … to me that she had sprained her ankle while playing football.

2. «I’m feeling much better today,» Phoebe… .

3. «Stop laughing at me!» Hanna … to Peter.

1. «I am considering a career in show business,» Ken told his sister.

2. «I downloaded the program for you,» said Jane.

3. «I can’t get this device to work,» said Steven.

4. «You mustn’t press this button,» said Fran.

5. «I was playing video games all night,» said Bob.

1. «Be quite!» she told her son.

2. «Turn your computer on,» said the teacher.

3. «Don’t tell anyone what I said,» Elizabeth said to Jude.

Exercise 4. Перепишите предложения в косвенной речи

1. «Lift your leg a bit higher.»

2. «Turn your foot to the right, please.»

3. «Don’t take off the bandage.»

4. «Stand up slowly, please.»

1. «Did you cut your finger while you were chopping vegetables?» Tom asked Elena.

2. «Have you ever broken your ankle?» Peter asked Alison.

3. «Have you got a stomach ache?»the doctor asked

1 Answers: 1. told 2. said 3. told 4. said 5. said. 6. said.

2 Answers: 1. He said that she didn’t know the latest news. 2. Nick said that he could store 3 GB of music on that. 3. Troy said that they had been using that software for two years. 4. Betty said that she had always loved that song. 5. Tom told Bill that she would copy the CD for him. 6. Ken told his sister that he was considering a career in show business. 7. Jane said that she had downloaded the program for me. 8. Steven said he couldn’t get that device to work. 9. Fran said that I mustn’t press that button. 10. Bob said that he had been playing video

games all night.

3 Answers: 1. Kate told Brian not to forger (remember) to recharge the battery. 2. Sam told David to remember to bring her MP3 player back. 3. She told her son to be quiet. 4. The teacher told me (him, her, them) to turn my (his, her, their) computer on. 5. Elizabeth said to Jude not to tell anyone what she had said.

1. Answers: 1. Mr Smith told Andy to lift his leg up. 2.  Mr Smith asked Andy to to turn his foot to the right. 3. Mr Smith told Andy not to take the bandage off. 4. Mr Smith asked Andy to stand up slowly.

2. bAnswers: 1. Tom asked Elena if she had cut her finger while she was/had been chopping vegetables. 2. Peter asked Alison if she had ever broken her ankle. 3. The doctor asked if I had a stomach ache.