Okcp № 10

Специальность: МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ ПРАВО.

( 1 КУРС, 2 СЕМЕСТР)

ТЕМА: «Косвенная речь. Повелительные конструкции. Глаголы речи.»

Повелительные конструкции в косвенной речи.

Повелительные конструкции в косвенной речи выражаются через инфинитив. Отрицательная форма повелительного наклонения do not заменяется инфинитивом с частицей not.

Просьбы в косвенной речи можно передать двумя способами

• используя if: “Will you move over please, Jim?” – He asked Jim if he would move over.

• с помощью инфинитива с частицей to: He asked Jim to move over.

Ex. 1. Преобразуйте следующие высказывания в косвенную речь, используя глагол to tell в случае приказания и глагол to ask в случае просьбы.

Пример: “Come into the sitting-room.”

She told (asked) me to come into the room.

“Don’t go there.”

She told (asked) me not to go there.

1. “Don’t sit down by the window.”

2. “Ask at the station.”

3. “Ring me this evening.”

4. “Have another piece of cake.”

5. “Look in the cupboard.”

6. “Write to Head Office about it.”

7. “Take a couple of aspirins.”

8. “Take it back to the shop where you bought it.”

9. “Pour yourself another whisky.”

10. “Explain to them what happened.”

11. “Don’t be late, please.”

12. “Don’t open the book.”

Ex. 2. Преобразуйте высказывания в косвенную речь.

1. “If you see him ask him to ring me”, she said.

2. “When you are driving away look into your driving mirror before turning right”, said my instructor.

3. “Get the car off the road or to the verge if you have a puncture. Don’t leave it on the road”, said my father.

4. “If the lift should stop between two floors press the emergency button”, he said.

5. “If you don’t like the programme switch to another channel”, I said to her.

Глаголы речи.

Более точное значение или оттенок того, что сказано, может быть передано в косвенной речи выбором соответствующего глагола речи. Следует иметь в виду, что кроме предложенных ниже в упражнениях, можно использовать и такие глаголы как to beg, to instruct, to claim, to demand, to offer, to promise, to refuse, to threaten, to admit, to suggest, to scream, to whisper, to stammer, to mumble to swear, to yell, to boast, to sigh и ряд других.

Ex. 3. Употребите to say, to tell, to speak, to talk и to address в прошедшем времени.

1. The boy _______ me his name.

2. The head of the state _______ on the television last night. He _________ all the people.

3. She _________ it in French. She _________ good French.

4. John and I ________ on different subjects.

5. I _______ “Good-bye” to them and left.

6. Professor Sedov _______ at the congress.

7. The friend _______ about their future investigation.

8. The foreigner ________ us in Italian.

9. Bob ________ me the time.

Ex. 4. Превратите высказывания в косвенную речь, используя предложенные глаголы.

1. “I’m going to Paris soon.”

She said _________________________________________________

2. “It’s time to start revising for the exam,” said the teacher.

The teacher told _________________________________________

3. “The film will be interesting.”

I thought _______________________________________________

4. “I can’t help you because I have too much to do.”

She said _______________________________________________

5. “Anne has bought the tickets.”

I was told ______________________________________________

6. “It took me three hours to get here because the roads are flooded.”

He told me _____________________________________________

7. “I think it’s a crazy idea. It won’t work.”

She said _______________________________________________

8. “Breakfast is served between 7.00 and 9.00.”

The receptionist explained _________________________________

Ex. 5. Заполните пропуски соответствующими формами следующих глаголов.

say tell explain speak talk reply

I met Mr Brown in the street the other day, and we stopped and (a) _______ for a while.

He (b) ______ me that his wife had been taken into hospital. When I asked him how she was, he (c) ____ that she was getting better.

He wondered why I hadn’t been to the tennis club for a few months, so I (d) _______ that I’d been very busy lately and just hadn’t had time.

“There is something you must (e) _____ me,” he said. “How many languages can your son (f) ______ ?”

“Four,” I (g) ________ . “Why?”

“I know your son has some very funny stories to (h) ____ about learning languages and living abroad. We’re having a meeting of the Travellers Club next week, and I’d like him to (i) ______ at it.”

I (j) _______ I would (k) _______ to my son about it, and promised to get back in touch.

Then we (l) ______ goodbye and went our separate ways.

Ex. 6. Превратите высказывания в косвенную речь, используя каждый глагол из предложенных один раз.

ask tell warn urge remind invite persuade advise

1. “I think you should accept the pay rise,” Sir Albert Pringle said to the shipbuilder’s leader.

2. “We really must stay united,” Peter Arkwright said to his members.

3. “Don’t forget to come to the meeting,” Sir Albert said to his secretary.

4. “Be careful of the press. They often make mistakes,” said a colleague to Peter Arkwright.

5. “I think we should return to work,” said Peter. “Well, if you think it’s a good idea, we agree,” said shipbuilders.

6. “Please reconsider this offer,” Sir Albert said to Mr Arkwright.

7. “Stop work!” Peter Arkwright said to the builders.

8. “Have lunch with me,” said Sir Albert to Peter.