| 
			 
			...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
			 
			
			Exercise
			1. Choose the correct verb form using the sequence of tenses. 
	
         
        Students   
			 
			
			1.
			The doctor said to me that I (shall/should) rest for a week.
			 
			
			2.
			She says she (will come/would come) on time.
			 
			
			3.
			He said that he (is going/was going) to learn Spanish.
			 
			
			4.
			I say the weather (will be/would be) fine sooner or later.
			 
			
			5.
			He said that they (were/had been) friends at school.
			 
			
			6.
			I asked my sister what she (has/had) bought as a birthday present.
			 
			
			7.
			My cousin said he (can/could) ski very well.
			 
			
			8.
			Mother says to her son to (go/went) to the dentist.
			 
			
			9.
			He said that he (is/was) staying at Rites’ Hotel then.
			 
			
			10.
			I always say he (is/was) a very clever man.
			 
			
			11.
			She asked if
			her knowledge of French (is/was) good.
			 
			
			12.
			Kate said that she (has/had) many pets at home.
			 
			
			13.
			Jack said that he (wants/wanted) to And a new job.
			 
			
			14.
			He says to everyone he (has/had) just heard this news.
			 
			
			15.
			He said that he (lived/had lived) in Moscow many years before.
			 
			
			16.
			The teacher asked who (is /was) present that day.
			 
			
			17.
			The police warn the people that they (must/had to) be careful on the
			roads.
			 
			
			18.
			She said that it (is/was) a secret between us.
			 
			
			19.
			My friend says he (has/had) just returned from London.
			 
			
			20.
			Bob said he (will/would) leave soon.
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			Exercise
			2. Put the following sentences into
			Reported speech.
			 
			
			А. 
			Повествовательное
			предложение.
			 
			
			Подл.
			+ said /
			told + that
			+ подл.+ сказуемое в
			нужном прошедшем времени.
			 
			
			1.
			‘I’m
			going to the seaside soon,’ she said.
			 
			
			2.
			‘The
			film will be interesting,’ I hoped.
			 
			
			3.
			‘I
			have just bought the tickets to the cinema,’ she told us.
			 
			
			4.
			‘Breakfast
			is served from 7 till 9,’ said the waiter.
			 
			
			5.
			‘Everything
			must be ready in time, ’ he ordered.
			 
			
			6.
			‘I’m
			sorry that I lost your ticket’, he said.
			 
			
			7.
			‘It
			wasn’t me who took your glasses’, he said.
			 
			
			8.
			‘I’m
			sorry for making you angry yesterday’, he said
			 
			
			9.
			‘The
			weather is so cold but I haven’t got a jacket’, she said
			 
			
			10.
			A
			gardener is cutting the grass at the moment’, she warned
			 
			
			11.
			‘I
			can’t see you this evening because I’ve got a lot to do,’ Ann
			told me.
			 
			
			12.
			‘I
			’m going to bed early tonight’, Caroline said
			 
			
			13.
			‘We
			don’t want to watch a film tonight’, the children said.
			 
			
			14.
			‘I
			won’t visit my friends this evening’, Sam told us.
			 
			
			15.
			‘I
			received a parcel this morning, but I haven’t opened it yet’, Tom
			said
			 
			
			16.
			‘We
			may visit our grandparents tonight’, mother said.
			 
			
			17.
			‘I
			need you to help me with the shopping’, mother said to me.
			 
			
			18.
			‘It
			was a good time for my family’, grandfather said.
			 
			
			19.
			‘I
			haven’t spoken to Mary since last year,’ she said.
			 
			
			20.
			‘I’d
			like to buy this coat’, he said.
			 
			
			B.
			Вопросительное
			предложение.
			 
			
			Подл.
			+ asked + if
			(whether)/вonpoc.
			слово
			+ подл.
			+ сказуемое
			в нужном прошедшем времени.
			 
			
			1.
			‘Does
			this bus stop at the next station?’ asked Helen.
			 
			
			2.
			‘Have
			you reserved a seat?’ I asked him.
			 
			
			3.
			‘Are
			you working now?’ he asked her.
			 
			
			4.
			‘Did
			you sleep well last night?’ I asked my mother.
			 
			
			5.
			‘Can
			you play the piano?’ the teacher asked.
			 
			
			6.
			‘Will
			you come again? she asked
			 
			
			7.
			‘Will
			you take the children to school today?’ he asked me.
			 
			
			8.
			‘Have
			you ever been to the British Museum?’ Mary asked him.
			 
			
			9.
			‘Does
			Mike like playing football?’ John wanted to know.
			 
			
			10.
			‘Were
			you waiting for us for a long time?’ she worried.
			 
			
			11.
			‘Why
			are you late?’ I asked her.
			 
			
			12.
			‘Where
			were you yesterday?’ his father asked.
			 
			
			13.
			‘Who
			has broken the window?’ the teacher shouted.
			 
			
			14.
			‘Where
			will we meet next time?’ I wanted to know.
			 
			
			15.
			‘What
			can I do for you?’ she asked.
			 
			
			16.
			‘Why
			are you smiling?’ he asked
			 
			
			17.
			‘When
			are you going to decorate the New Year tree?’ mother asked her son.
			 
			
			18.
			‘Where
			is the tourist information office?’ we asked.
			 
			
			19.
			‘Who
			called you today?’ he asked.
			 
			
			20.
			‘Where
			did you study?’ he wondered.
			 
			
			C.
			Повелительное предложение.
			 
			
			Подл.
			+ asked/ ordered/
			told + (not) to +’инфинитив.
			 
			
			1.
			‘Don’t
			touch anything!’ she ordered.
			 
			
			2.
			‘Lend
			me some money.’ she asked.
			 
			
			3.
			‘Look
			at this paper,’ he said.
			 
			
			4.
			‘Think
			well before you answer,’ he advised.
			 
			
			5.
			‘Don’t
			go alone in the evening,’ she warned.
			 
			
			6.
			‘Don’t
			lie to me!’ my mother said.
			 
			
			7.
			‘Come
			with me’, he suggested.
			 
			
			8.
			‘Don’t
			play with matches,’ his mother ordered.
			 
			
			9.
			‘Feed
			the dogs, please,’ he asked me.
			 
			
			10.
			‘Sweep
			the kitchen floor,’ she asked.
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			Exercise 3. Choose the right answer.
	
         
        Students   
			 
			
			1.
			 He wanted
			to know if I had been to the party 
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. this week
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. that week
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c. next week
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			2.
			She asked
			me if I...
			her dinner.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. like
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.  liked
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c. had liked
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			3.
			He said
			he ... late that evening.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. will be
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. is
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c. would be
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			4.
			The secretary said that Miss Brown wasn’t ...
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. there
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. here
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.  in there
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			5.
			 The
			children said they ... like the film.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. don’t
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. didn’t
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c. hadn’t
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			6.
			Ann says she ... this film.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						already saw
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						had already seen
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						has already seen
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			7.
			 He asked
			me how I felt ...
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. this day
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. today
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c. that day
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			8.
			 She said
			that she ... eighteen years old the following Sunday.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						will be
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						would be
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						was
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			9.
			He said that they ... to Britain before.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						had never been
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						have never been
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						were never
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			10.
			My neighbour
			said that his son had gone away ... 
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. ago
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b. before
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.  before
						long
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			11.
			She said
			that she ... very busy then.
			 
			
			
			12.
			The
			teacher told the children ... so much noise.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. don’t
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.  not to
						make
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.  not make
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			13.
			He said
			that he ... play different musical instruments then.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a. could
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.  can
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.  would be
						able
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			14.
			The girl
			said that her name ... Jane.
			 
			
			
			15.
			He said
			that... weeks had been the longest ones in his life.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 this
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						those
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						these
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			16.
			Peter
			agreed that he ... to give up smoking.
			 
			
			
			17.
			He asked
			me whether he ... the doctor.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 would
						call
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						will call
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						should call
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			18.
			My mother
			told me ... more quietly.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 to
						say
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						to ask
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						to speak
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			19.
			She told
			me that she ... to visit her relatives in Kiev.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						is going
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						was going
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						would going
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			20.
			Julia
			said that she had to leave....
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 now
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						at the moment
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						immediately
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			21.
			Ted
			asked if I... the drink.
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 liked
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						would like
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						like
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			22.
			The
			policeman asked what....
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 happened
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						did happen
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						had happened
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			23.
			He said
			that he hadn’t had anything to eat....
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						 this
						morning
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						that morning
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						at the morning
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			24.
			She says
			that she ... think about it.
			 
			
			
			25.
			Kate said
			that she would see me....
			 
			
				
				
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						a.
						the following day
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						b.
						tomorrow
						 
						 | 
						
						 
						c.
						in the next day
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			
	 
         
        Students    
			 
			
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
				
				
				
					
						| 
						 
						Answers
						 
						 | 
					 
					
						| 
						 
						Exercise 1.
						1. should 2.
						will come 3.
						was going 4.
						will be 5.
						had been 6.
						had 7.
						could 8.
						
						go 9.
						was 10.
						is 11.
						was 12.
						had 13.
						wanted 14.
						has 15.
						had lived 16.
						was 17.
						must
						18. was
						19. has
						20. would
						 
						
						Exercise
						2. A.
						 
						
						I.
						She said (that) she was going to the seaside soon.
						 
						
						2.
						I hoped (that) the film would be interesting.
						 
						
						3.
						She
						told us (that) she had just bought the tickets to the cinema.
						 
						
						4.
						The
						waiter said (that) breakfast was served from 7 till 9.
						 
						
						5.
						He
						ordered (that) everything had to be ready in time.
						 
						
						6.
						He
						said (that) he was sorry that he had lost my ticket.
						 
						
						7.
						He
						said (that) it hadn’t been him who had taken my glasses.
						 
						
						8.
						He
						said (that) he was sorry for making me angry the day before.
						 
						
						9.
						He
						said (that) the weather was so cold but she hadn’t got a jacket.
						 
						
						10.
						She
						warned (that) the gardener was cutting the grass at the moment.
						 
						
						11.
						Ann told me that she couldn’t see me that evening because she
						had got a lot to do.
						 
						
						12.
						Caroline
						said that she was going to bed early that night.
						 
						
						13.
						The
						children said that they didn’t want to watch a film that night.
						 
						
						14.
						Sam
						told us that he wouldn’t visit his friend that evening.
						 
						
						15.
						Tom
						said that he received a parcel that morning but he hadn’t opened
						it yet.
						 
						
						16.
						Mother
						said that they might visit their grandparents that night.
						 
						
						17.
						Mother
						said to me that she needed me to help her with the shopping.
						 
						
						18.
						Grandfather
						said that it had been a good time for his family.
						 
						
						19.
						She
						said that she hadn’t spoken to Mary since the year before.
						 
						
						20.
						He
						said that he would like to buy that coat.
						 
						
						B.
						1.
						
						Helen
						asked if that bus stopped at the next station.
						 
						
						2.
						I asked him if he had reserved a seat.
						 
						
						3.
						He
						asked her if she was working at that moment.
						 
						
						4.
						I asked
						my mother if she had slept well the night before.
						 
						
						5.
						The
						teacher asked if I could play the piano.
						 
						
						6.
						She
						asked if I would come again.
						 
						
						7.
						He
						asked if I would take the children to school that day.
						 
						
						8.
						Mary
						asked him if he had ever been to the British Museum.
						 
						
						9.
						John
						wanted to know if Mike liked playing football.
						 
						
						10.
						She
						worried if I/we had been waiting for them for a long time.
						 
						
						11.
						I asked
						her why she was late.
						 
						
						12.
						His
						father asked where he had been the day before.
						 
						
						13.
						The
						teacher shouted who had broken the window.
						 
						
						14.
						I wanted
						to know where we would meet next time.
						 
						
						15.
						She
						asked what she could do for me.
						 
						
						16.
						He
						asked why I was smiling.
						 
						
						17.
						Mother
						asked her child when he was going to decorate the New Year tree.
						 
						
						18.
						We
						asked where the tourist information office was.
						 
						
						19.
						He
						asked who had called me that day.
						 
						
						20.
						He
						wondered where I had studied.
						 
						
						C.
						1.
						She
						ordered not to touch anything.
						 
						
						2.
						She
						asked to lend her some money.
						 
						
						3.
						He
						told to look at that paper.
						 
						
						4.
						He
						advised to think well before I answered/ before answering.
						 
						
						5.
						She
						warned not to go alone in the evening.
						 
						
						6.
						My
						mother told not to lie to her.
						 
						
						7.
						He
						suggested to come with him.
						 
						
						8.
						His
						mother ordered not to play with matches.
						 
						
						9.
						He
						asked me to feed the dogs.
						 
						
						10.
						She
						asked to sweep the kitchen floor.
						 
						
						Exercise
						3. 1. b 2. b 3. с 4.
						a 5. b 6. с 7. с 8.
						b 9. a 10. b 11. a 12. b 13. a 14. с 15.
						b 16.
						b 17. a 18. с 19.
						b 20. b 21. a 22. с 23. b 24. a 25. a
						 
						 | 
					 
				
			 
			
			 
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			 |