Exercise 2. Put the following sentences into Reported speech. А. Повествовательное...

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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.

Answer 1

1 She said that she was going to the seaside.

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 told 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.