1. Report the following using an appropriate introductory verb from the list below: promise, beg, inquire, wonder, refuse, explain, advise, permit, warn, remind, deny, inform, etc.

1) The interviewer said: "A new applicant will come in two minutes."

2) My assistant said: "Please, come at once. It's urgent."

3) My partner asked: "Did you know about the transaction?"

4) The customs officer asked: "What's in the box?"

5) "I'm afraid we can't accept your terms," said out partner.

6) The teacher said to us: "A lot of English words are borrowed from other languages."

7)"You should see a doctor," my friend said.

8) The nurse said to me: "You may see her for a few minutes."

9) "Don't forget to call me tomorrow," the manager said.

10) "I didn't kill him," the man said.

11) "Please, please, give me some money!" the poor man asked.

12) "I'd like you to come to our conference," the dean said.

13) "Please, please, give me some money!" the poor man asked.

14) "I'd like you to come to our round table talk," the dean said.

15) The Finnish ambassador said: “Our country joined the European Union in 1995.”

16) The Russian ambassador said: “We expect that legislation supports consumers’ rights more accurately.”

17) The Russian spokesman said: “Russian cities are now eager to renovate waste management.”

18) The development director for the Turkish company said: “It’s important to start building up environmental management for sustainable development right from the start.”

19) Finnair’s vice president for sustainable development said: “It’s important to keep your air fleet new to save environment.”

20) The President said: “We haven’t seen much progress on this front.”

21) The Finnish President said: “Finland’s forestry industry has a good record in Russia.”

22) The historian said: “Peter the Great ordered all of his subjects to learn Dutch.”

2. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени.

1) I didn't know that you already (to read) this article.

2) She asked me whether I (to remember) the background of the story.

3) She said she (to commit) the crime.

4) The immigration officials say the number of illegal immigrants (to jump) in the 1990s.

5) The employer said that guest workers (work) twice as hard.

6) The President said that illegal immigrants (to be) a growing presence nationwide.

7) The delegates were told that the speaker just (to go) out and (to be) back in a minute or two.

8) I asked the lecturer whether he (to think) the facts (to be) true.

9) The policeman asked the man where he (to run) so late.

10) He understood that the police (to arrest) him.

11) I wonder what time we (meet).

12) The vice president of the company explained that wind (be) the most important of the renewable power sources in the EU.

13) The EU’s representative informed the mass media that Germany, Spain and Denmark (make) the biggest commitment to the economic growth at the moment.

14) The official spokesman for the International Energy Agency said that a lot of fossil energy (continue) to be produced and consumed in the nearest future.

15) Robert Cross, head of EU and regulatory affairs says that growth in developing countries (stagnate) without hydrocarbon-based fossil motor fuels.