Косвенная речь Reported Speech
SEQUENCE OF TENSES Дополнительные придаточные предложения употребляются после глаголов to say, to tell, to think, to learn, to remember etc. She says (that) they are joking I think (that) he is late
Глагол-сказуемое стоит в форме настоящего времени: He says (that) he goes to the library every day is working now has gone to the library went to the library an hour ago will go to the library
Глагол-сказуемое в главн. предл. стоит в прошедшем времени He said (that) he went to the library every day was working at the library at the moment had gone to the library had gone to the library an hour before would go to the library
Глаголы say и tell He said: “I went to the theatre yesterday” He said (that) he had gone to the theatre the day before He told me (that) he had gone to the theatre the day before He told us to come in time
Прямая Речь Косвенная Речь Today Yesterday Tomorrow … Ago This These Here Last (year) Next … Now That night That day The day before The next day… Before That Those There The year before The following Then The previous night
Choose the right variant Choose the right variant : Он сказал, что живет в Москве. (lived, lives, has been living, has lived). Он сказал, что вернется сюда завтра (will come, would come, comes is coming). Он говорит, что скоро пойдет на прогулку (comes, would go, will go, goes). Сестра написала мне, что она окончила школу (has left, had left, left, was left).
Choose the right variant Она спросила, поеду ли я в Гомель (would go, will go, go, is going). Он спросил, надолго ли я останусь здесь (am staying, will stay, was staying, stay). Она сказала, что уже видела этот фильм (saw, has seen, had seen, was seen). Она говорит, что уже видела этот фильм (saw, has seen, had seen, was seen).
Choose the right variant He said …a) he likes this film b) he liked that film c) I like that film d) he liked this film They told us…they had been busy yesterday b) they were busy yesterday c) they had been busy the day before d) we had been busy the day before Mary told Jane…a) she was waiting for her b) I am waiting for you c) she waited for her d) she is waiting for her
Choose the right variant Henry told his friend…a) he wanted to visit him tomorrow b) he wanted to visit him the next day c) he wants to visit him the next day d) he wanted to visit his the next day. She told me … a) I don’t know your address b) she doesn’t know my address c) she didn’t know my address d) she didn’t knew my address He said …a) he had already has dinner b) he had already had dinner c) he has already had dinner d) I have already had dinner.
Change the following statements to indirect speech He told me: “I am doing my homework now” She said : “We haven’t got a theatre or a museum in our town, I want to go to a big city on holiday”. He said: “I can’t write. I have lost my pen” They said: “We’ll be back tomorrow”
Change the following statements in direct speech They said they had won the game the day before. He said he was working then. We said we hadn’t any plans then. She said she had done it the previous week He told us that he was going to France the following Friday