Reported Speech. Sequence of Tenses (contd)

Ex 38 Study the following chart.^*

I don't know if she will come tomorrow. Ask her when they will move to their new flat. I wondered if they would discuss this question at the meeting. He wanted to know when I would make a report on the work of the English speaking club

Ex 39 Complete the following sentences according to the above chart.

1. I was not sure if he (get to the village before dark). 2. He doesn't know when they (arrive). 3. I wonder when he (wake up). 4. Do you know when he (have a talk with her about her future work)? 5. They asked him if he (go by plane). 6. They want to know if there (be any changes in their plans).

Ex 40 Practise the following according to the model.

Model: I don't know if (when) he will come but if (when) he comes (does), I'll speak to him about it. (Give two variants if possible.)

1. I don't know if she (get the tickets for the concert) but if (phone you). 2. We don't know if the weather (change for the worse) but-if it (not go to the country). 3. She doesn't know if she (find out his address today) but if she (send him a telegram). 4. He doesn't know if the teacher (look through our course-papers this week) but if she... we (have time to make changes). 5. We don't know when the delegation (arrive) but when they (show them the places of interest). 6. I don't know if he (come) but if he... his arrival (change my plans). 7. I don't know if he (stay) for the week-end but if he (ask him to tell us about his trip to England). 8. She doesn't know when he (wake up) but when he (phone you).

Ex 41 Complete the following sentences, bearing in mind the chart and the model

above.

1. The students knew when the delegation (arrive) but they were not sure if (at the appointed time). 2. We asked the weather man when the weather (change for the better) and if (remain good till the end of the month). 3. I wasn't sure if they (get to the station in that fog in time). 4. It was not clear if the weather (change) but what we wanted to know was if the plane (be late). 5. She was not sure if anybody (meet at the

station) and she wanted to know if (find a taxi). 6. Mother did not ask me if (come late) but she wanted to know when (return). 7. The foreign tourists wondered if (have a chance to see Leningrad). 8. At the time I did not know whether (buy tickets for a fast train).

Ex 42 Study the chart, and use Reported Speech in the following sentences.

(А)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
He asked: (a) "What are you discussing?" (b) "Will you be seeing her?" 2. She said: "The children were playing in the garden when it started raining."	1. (a) He asked what we were discussing. (b) He asked if I would be seeing her. 2. She said that the children were playing in the garden when it started raining.

1. "Don't wait for me. I'll be dining out," he said. 2. "The weather is changing for the worse," the guide said. "It will be raining in a minute." 3. "Our office will be moving to a new building, won't it?" the secretary asked. 4. "All the passengers were looking out of the compartment window when the train was passing the lake," the porter said. 5. "What big cities shall we be passing?" the fellow-traveller asked me. 6. Hurry uр. The train will be starting in a minute," I shouted after him. 7. "What were they broadcasting when he turned on the radio?" she asked. 8. "The baby is waking up, quiet," Mother said to me. 9. "She was wearing a new dress at the party and looked very beautiful," he said.

(В)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
He asked: "What will you do, if you don't get the ticket for the train?" 2. She said: "I'll leave as soon as I get a telegram."	He asked what I would do if I did not get the ticket for the train. She said (that) she would leave as soon as she got a telegram.

1. "Will it be safe to stay in the mountains for the night if the weather doesn't change for the better?" we asked the guide. 2. The porter said: "I'll wake you up, when the train arrives in Smolensk." 3. My wife said to me: "While you are away, I'll do the packing." 4. "Don't leave until I phone you," he asked me. 5. "After he leaves hospital, they'll take him to the South," the doctor said. 6. "They'll wait for the fisherman to return until it gets dark," the local man explained to me. 7. "As soon as I hear from him, I'll let you know," my neighbour said to me. 8. "I'll live in town till my husband returns from the expedition and when he returns, we'll go to the sea-side together," she said.

Ex 43 Open the brackets and paraphrase the dialogue for Reported Speech.

FOOD AND TALK

Last week at a dinner party the hostess (ask) me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. She (be) a large unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She (not look) up when I (take) my seat beside her. Her eyes (be fixed) on her plate and in a short time she (be) busy eating. I (try) to make conversation.

"A new play is coming to the Globe soon," I said, "Will you be seeing it?"

"No," she answered.

"Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?" I asked.

"No," she said.

"Will you be staying in England?" I asked.

"No," she answered.

In despair I (ask) her whether she (enjoy) her dinner. "Young man," she answered, "if you eat more and talk less, we shall both enjoy our dinner."

(After "An Elementary Course" by L. G. Alexander)

Ex 44 Rewrite (or retell) in narrative form the following passage from the text. From: "As soon as the train started ..." up to: "... I am from Poland."