Практическое задание №1

3. What were they wearing?
The police officer asked the shop owner what they had been wearing.
4. How do you think they got in?
The police officer asked the shop owner how he thought they had got in.
5. What did they take?
The police officer asked the shop owner what they had taken.
6. Has this ever happened before?
The police officer asked the shop owner whether that had ever happened before.


Exercise 4. Report what Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to do.
1. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter not to answer the door to anyone.
2. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to phone her if there was an emergency.
3. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter not to let the children eat any sweets.
4. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to send the children to bed at 9 o’clock.
5. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to give the children a bath before they went to bed.
6. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter not to take the dog into the children’s bedroom.
7. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to close all the windows.
8. Mrs. Lane told her babysitter to put the toys away in the cupboard.


Exercise 5. Turn from Direct into Reported speech.
1. He said, 'I’ve ordered a pizza for dinner.'
2.She said, 'We must write a letter to our lawyer.'
3. The plumber said to them, 'I will come tomorrow and fix the tap.'
4. She said to her friend, 'This is the best holiday I’ve ever had.'
5. She asked him, 'Why did you say that to me?'
6. She said to them, 'Don’t speak to your father like that/this!'
7. He asked the secretary, 'Could you show me where the manager’s office is?'


Exercise 6. Choose a reporting verb and turn the following from Direct into Reported speech.
2 The actor refused to answer my question.
3 He promised to phone that evening.
4 He asked if she knew where he had put his hat.
5 The little boy asked his parents what they had bought him for Christmas?
6 The mother odered her son to go to his room and do his homework.
7 Her boss promised to pay her twice a month.
8 She offered to drive me into the town.
9 He suggested to go for a walk.
10 She asked her mother to come with her.
11 Ted suggested to play in the garden.
12 Mary explained her children that the sun was bigger than the earth.
13 She warned Ben not to sit near the fire because it was dangerous.
14 June offered to have steak for dinner.
15 John promised Mary to write her as soon as he arrived.
16 He begged robber not to shoot him.