Imperative

“Come to my office.” He told me … to come to his office.

Примечание.

1. PastSimpleиPastContinuousвкосвеннойречимогутоставатьсябезизменения, когдауказано время совершения действия.

He said, “I began to learn English in 2013” He said that he began to learn English in

2013.

2. В разговорной речи все времена могут оставаться без изменения.

3. Не меняется время, и если утверждение до сих пор в силе.

“I’ll always love you, ” she said. Shesaidshewillalwayslovehim.

II. Заменяются также некоторые наречия и местоимения.

this заменяется that

these на those

now then

today that day

tonight that night

tomorrow the next day

yesterday the day before

ago before

last week the week before

next week the following week

next year the following year

herethere

III. Способы передачи косвенной речи

Прямая речь Косвенная речь

1) утверждения и отрицания

“I like him, ” she said. She said she liked him.

“I’m seeing him this evening, ” she said. She said she was seeing him that evening.

“I’m not tired, ” he said to her. He told her he wasn’t tired.

2) специальныевопросы

“How many channels are there? ” he asked. He asked how many channels there were.

My friend asked, “What are you reading? ” My friend wondered what I was reading.

3) общиевопросы

“Do you live in Moscow? ” she asked me. She asked me if I lived in Moscow.

“Is satellite television very popular? ” he asked. He asked whether satellite television

was popular.

4) повелительное наклонение, просьбы, предложения и т.п.

“Can you close the door, please? ” he said. He asked me to close the door.

“Wait here, ” he said. He told me to wait there.

5) глаголы, вводящиекосвеннуюречь:

say, tell smb, add, explain, complain, continue, inform, insist, note, mention, answer, reply, think, remind, ask, wonder, order, offer, promise, refuse, warn, agree, encourage, persuade, accept, refuse

LANGUAGE USE

Exercise 22. Rewrite these sentences in reported speech.

1. “I’m going to call him this afternoon”, she said.

2. “I’ll write to you next week”, he said.

3. “He rang me from the airport yesterday”, she said.

4. “I won’t be home tonight”, he said.

5. “He left ten minutes ago”, she said.

6. “I’ll see him tomorrow”, she said.

Exercise 23. Turn these reported questions into direct questions.

1. She asked who he was. – “Who are you? ” she asked.

2. He asked me if she read a newspaper.

3. She asked him why he listened to the radio.

4. He asked her if she watched a lot of television.

5. She asked her if she had heard the news.

6. He asked her what she was doing.