SEQUENCES OF TENSES

exercise i. rewrite each quote in reported speech.

1. “I will remember 1^st March 2000 as a great day for the nation!”

The President announced ______________________.

2. “Publication cannot be delayed.”

The editor warned ________________________.

3. “You must lose at least 10 kilos.”

The doctor said ________________________.

4. “The discovery of penicillin is one of the most significant events of the XXth century.”

The professor declared _____________________.

5. “The Ming Dynasty lasted for almost 300 years.”

The historians explained that ______________________.

6. “The Berlin wall was destroyed in 1989 as a sign of unity.”

The lecturer reminded us _____________________.

7. “You really must do at least four hours’ training a day.”

The trainer urged ___________________.

8. “This monument was built in the honour of our Great Victory.”

The guide explained the tourists _______________________.

exercise ii. make up reported questions beginning with: My firend asked / My friend wondered .

1. When was Declaration of Independence signed?

2. What is the smallest continent in the world?

3. Who is believed to be the first emperor of Russia?

4. What joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

5. What was Queen Elisabeth known for?

6. Who made Great Britain a great sea power?

7. Why are there 13 stripes in the USA flag?

8. Who made Emancipation Proclamation?

exercise iii. what did these people say? rewrite the reported versions of some quotations by famous people in direct speech.

1. Oscar Wilde once said that he had the simplest tastes and he was always satisfied with the best.

2. President Woodrow Wilson once remarked that he would never read a book if it were possible for him to talk for half an hour with the person who wrote it.

3. Albert Einstein once claimed that anyone who had never made a mistake had never tried anything new.

4. Jean – Paul Sartre once commented that the world could get along very well without literature and it could get along even better without man.

5. Shakespeare once remarked that talkers were no doers.

6. Mark Twain once said that it was better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you were a fool than to open it and removed all doubt.

7. Napoleon Bonaparte once explained that victory belonged to the most persevering.

8. President John F. Kennedy once told the American people to ask not what their country could do for them, but to ask what they could do for their country.

exercise iv. translate the given sentences from russian into english.

1. Мы слышали, что все зрители получили большое удовольствие от этого спектакля.

2. Отец сказал, что уже просмотрел все утренние газеты.

3. В письме он написал, что принимал участие в трудной, но интересной работе.

4. Брат поинтересовался, кто написал эту музыку.

5. Он спросил, когда было сделано это важное открытие.

6. Мальчик с интересом прочитал, что когда-то это человек был талантливым полководцем

7. Мы узнали, что они не поехали за город из-за дождливой погоды.

8. Мы услышали по радио, что на следующий день мороз будет еще сильнее.

9. Друг сообщил, что ему удалось достать билеты на редкий концерт.

10. Я был уверен, что эта проблема заинтересует моих коллег.