6. Convert into indirect speech:

1. Julia said, “Do you know this boy, Nelly?”

2. Cathy said, “Don’t be later for supper”.

3. Vicky said to her sister, “Tim and Peter are waiting for me at the museum”.

4. Sam said, “The Earth moves round the Sun”.

5. Brian said to Mary, “We didn’t meet Phil in the supermarket”.

6. Sam said, “I can fix the car”.

7. Nelly said, “We won’t go out this evening”.

8. Monica said to her husband, “You must tidy up the room”.

9. Granny said, “Where did you spend your last weekend?”

10. The teacher said, “Do not speak at the lesson!”

Variant 5

1. A) Point out one-member or two-member sentences. Identify a) if they extended or unextended; b) if two member sentences are complete or incomplete.

1. The singer is good.

2. Time of year, July.

3. He is fond of reading.

4. Wonderful!

5. She is asleep.

6. The wind blows.

7. A little woman in the gloom.

8. How is the daughter? Pretty.

9. The wonder and glory of all this.

10. There are numerous kinds of trees there.

11. She was nervous.

12. Frosty!

b). Define the kind of the sentence according to the purpose of utterance:

1. Do you live in a village?

2. Come up to the table!

3. The woman looks so sad.

4. The leaves aren’t falling off the trees.

5. Did it grow dark?

6. What a nice day we are having!

7. Explain this rule, please.

8. He’s coming Saturday in the afternoon.

9. How wonderfully she is singing!

10. Bertha didn’t know what to do.

11. It is necessary to remember it, isn’t it?

12. It wasn’t difficult to find him.

c). Ask questions to which the parts of the sentences given in bold type are the answers:

1. You must study well, otherwise your teachers would think you are lazy.

2. During the holidays I went to Kyiv to see on old friend of mine.

3. She always fulfills her duties.

4. The blind man shrugged his shoulders, and smiled incredulously.

5. They lived in an old wooden house near the river.

6. She will work here with pleasure.

7. Yesterday I received a long letter from him.

8. I returned the magazine to the library last week.

9. Directly in front of her window was a stone parapet.

10. The telegram hasn’t been sent off as the post office was closed.

11. He looked pale and tired.

12. Miss Hartnell consulted her wrist watch.

d). Ask questions about the following sentences:

1. My parents have got a letter from my elder brother today.

(a) General;

(b) Special with “what”;

(c) Special with “when”;

(d) Special with “who”;

(e) Disjunctive;

(f) Alternative.

2. The plan had been discussed by the managers for two hours.

(a) General;

(b) Special with “what”;

(c) Special with “how long”;

(d) Special with “who”;

(e) Disjunctive;

(f) Alternative.

3. I won’t have scenes like this in the room where I work.

(a) General;

(b) Special with “what”;

(c) Special with “where”;

(d) Special with “who”;

(e) Disjunctive;

(f) Alternative.

4. There were a lot of ancient buildings in that area.

(a) General;

(b) Special with “what”;

(c) Special with “where”;

(d) Special with “how many”;

(e) Disjunctive;

(f) Alternative.

5. Lily usually makes some mistakes in the orders.

(a) General;

(b) Special with “what”;

(c) Special with “where”;

(d) Special with “who”;

(e) Disjunctive;

(f) Alternative.

e). Add question-tags:

1. The weather was wet and cold for quite a week.

2. He always treated boys as if they were his equals.

3. I was going to the theatre with my friends.

4. The girl looks really beautiful.

5. You must go to bed at 10 o’clock.

6. The nurse will come back in a month.

7. I think it is possible to finish the experiment in time.

8. She has done only the first part of the report.

9. The article is worth reading.

10. They can do some difficult sums.

11. I consider it important to begin the work at once,

12. We will get your luggage as soon as we arrive.