Grammar revision direct and indirect speech

Ex.1. Change the following questions according to the model:

• Is her sister younger than she?

• Do you think her sister is younger than she.

1. Is the term “sensorimotor” not correct?

2. Has he explained factors contributing to toddlers' risk of illness and death?

3. Could you be more independent?

4. Can illiteracy be eliminated?

5. Do her parents lack the commitment, time, and resources to provide her with all the ingredients in a competent education?

Ex.2. Make the dialogue indirect.

Ted – I hear you’re retiring at the end of the year, Bill. What will you do with yourself when you’ve stopped work?

Bill – Absolutely nothing. I’ll have been working for this company non-stop for forty years by the end of October, and I reckon I deserve a complete rest.

Ted – Forty years! You’ll have seen a lot of changes in that time, I imagine.

Bill – Yes, and most of the changes have only made things worse. I used to be proud of my work; but how can you take a pride in what you’re doing when every two or three years they put a new manager with new-fangled ideas in charge of the factory – and he tells you what you’ve been doing is all wrong?

Ted – By the sound of it you won’t be sorry to leave.

Bill – No, I won’t, but it’ll be no better at home. Instead of the manager giving me stupid orders, my wife will be telling me off all day long.

(Contracted. From Intermediate English Course by Dennis Ware)

Ex.3. Return into the Direct Speech.

1. He said that there was nothing we could do but go. 2. He told us that he was unable to live in a normal world. 3. She said that she had made him handle his autistic brother. 4. Charley said that you ought to have done it on time. 5. They say she’d rather not tell the truth. 6. He says he’d better stay with his parents. 7. The teacher said that those students had repeatedly failed at exams to be successful in school situation. 8. They say that there is higher incidence of left-handedness among boys than girls.

Ex.4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Он cпросил меня, какие экзамены мы будем сдавать в следующем семестре. 2. Нам часто говорят, что мы не умеем учиться и нам будет трудно освоить академический курс университета. 3. Мы пытались узнать, есть ли в Англии факультеты конфликтологии. 4. Интересно, знаете ли вы, что в Москве проживает около 12 миллионов человек. 5. Врач ответил родителям, что их ребенок нуждается в курсе психотерапии. 6. Она долго кричала, что не виновата в том, что изолировала ребенка от общества. 7. Лектор рассказал детям, что проект «Продолжение» оценивает эффективность различных образовательных программ.

Ex. 5. Retell the text in the indirect speech.

“Well – “ My optician lights up his consulting room again; takes the visor from my eyes, – “there’s no doubt that you need glasses.”

He writes on a card.

“I assume you don’t drive, Mr. Sharpe?”

“No. Er, my wife does.”

“Well you’re way below the standard required.”

He continues writing.

In my black leather chair I venture plaintive inquiry.

“This short-sightedness – is it likely to get worse?”

He looks up.

“How old are you, Mr. Sharpe?”

He consults his card.

“Forty-three. No, I doubt it very much. You see, myopia

usually begins in the teens.”