Изменяются определения и обстоятельства Прямая речь Косвенная речь

here there

this that

these those

now then

today that day

yesterday the day before

a year ago a year before

last night the previous night

tonight that night

next week the next week, the following week

tomorrow the next day

IndirectGeneralQuestions

При изменении общего вопроса из прямой речи в косвенную нужно соблюдать закон согласования времен, помнить, что вопросы в косвенной речи имеют прямой порядок слов и использовать связующие “ли” - if или whether:

She asked: “Do you live in this city, Tom?” – She asked Tom if (whether) he lived in that city.

Pete: “Can you speak German, Mike?” – Pete asked Mike if he could speak German.

IndirectSpecialQuestions

Изменяя специальные вопросы из прямой речи в косвенную, соблюдайте следующие правила:

а) следуйте закону согласования времен;

б) сохраняйте прямой порядок слов после вопросительного слова: подлежащее + сказуемое. Вопросительные слова: where, when, what, why, how, who(m), whose, what time, which, how many(much), how long, how far;

в) не употребляйте вспомогательный глагол.

e.g. He asked: “What are you doing, Nick?” He asked Nick what he was doing.

She asked: “How have you done it?” She asked me how I had done it.

Indirect Command and Request

Глагол в повелительном наклонении заменяется инфинитивом.

She said: “Be in time, please” – She asked me to be in time.

The doctor said: “Don’t take these pills!” – The doctor told me not to take those pills.

1. Translate into Russian:

1. My friend said that he had finished his scientific research the day before. 2. The teacher asked us when Byron was born. We said that Byron was born on January 22, 1788. 3. They said that they were going to take their exam in history the next week. 4. I was asked if I knew about our meeting. I said that I should be there at 5 o’clock. 5. His sister told me that she would study medicine at the Institute. 6. The students said that the story for home reading was very interesting. They also said that they liked detective stories. 7. He said that he had worked in the Far East two years before. 8. We were told that we could go in for different sports at our University. 9. They asked when the conference would take place. 10. She said that she would speak to them if she saw them the next day. 11. He asked me when I was leaving for Astana. 12. They told us to take part in the sport competition on Saturday. 13. We didn’t know if our friend was married. 14. The students said that they would study many new subjects the next year.