15. Render the following dialogue in indirect speech:

Waiter: What will you order?

Man: Give me the menu, please.

Waiter: Here you are.

Man: Chicken soup for the first course...

Waiter: For the second course I recommend you to take fried fish. It is very good.

Man: All right, bring me fried fish.

Waiter: Any vegetables?

Man: Yes, bring me some potatoes, and then cheese, coffee and fruit.

Waiter: Yes, sir.

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Test 1

Choose the right variant:

1. We thought that we … to see our old friends.

a) should be able

b) shall be able

c) be able

2. She said that she … the exhibition.

a) has already visited

b) had already visited

c) already visited

3. I knew that you … very tired.

a) were

b) are

c) will be

4. I thought that the meeting … place that day.

a) takes

b) has taken

c) took

5. I was sure that the lecture … going on.

a) is

b) was

c) had gone

6. He said that he … speak English.

a) can

b) could

c) will be able to

7. He asked if I … English.

a) spoke

b) speak

c) will speak

8. He asked what language I … .

a) speak

b) will speak

c) spoke

9. He told us … English.

a) to speak

b) spoke

c) will speak

10. He asked us … in class.

a) didn’t talk

b) to talk not

c) not to talk

Test 2

Choose the right variant:

1. In the early days the government offices of the USA were located first … .

a) in many cities

b) in the one city

c) in the one city, then in another

2. On a cold spring morning in 1791, …, the first president of the USA, and six other men took a horseback ride to choose the land on which the capital was to be built.

a) George Washington

b) G. Bush

c) A. Lincoln

3. In … government offices were moved into the young city.

a) 1700

b) 1800

c) 1900

4. Here are the centers of the government’s three branches: the Capitol, begun in 1793; …, home to every president except George Washington; and the Supreme Court, completed in 1935.

a) the White House

b) the Capitol

c) the Federal Bureau of Investigations

5. All are … for tours, as are a number of other public buildings including the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

a) closed

b) open

c) sometimes open

6. The Capitol, where … meets, is a very beautiful building with white marble columns.

a) the Congress

b) the Cabinet

c) the President

7. The streets were given the names of … .

a) states

b) Presidents

c) cities

8. It is said that in 1812, when … was at war with America, the British captured the city and some buildings including the Capitol and the house of the president were set with fire.

a) France

b) England

c) Spain

9. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire the brown stone walls of the president’s home were painted … and it has been the “White House” ever since.

a) black

b) white

c) red

10. Among Washington’s other treasures are Ford’s Theatre, where … was shot; and the Folger Library, with the world’s largest collection of Shakespeareana.

a) Lincoln

b) Washington

c) Jefferson