I. Употребите to say, to tell, to speak, to talk и to address в прошедшем времени.
a. The boy _______ me his name.
b. The head of the state _______ on the television last night. He _________ all the people.
c. She _________ it in French. She _________ good French.
d. John and I ________ on different subjects.
e. I _______ “Good-bye” to them and left.
f. Professor Sedov _______ at the congress.
g. The friend _______ about their future investigation.
h. The foreigner ________ us in Italian.
i. Bob ________ me the time.
II. Превратите высказывания в косвенную речь, используя предложенные глаголы.
a. “I’m going to Paris soon.”
She said _________________________________________________
b. “It’s time to start revising for the exam,” said the teacher.
The teacher told _________________________________________
c. “The film will be interesting.”
I thought _______________________________________________
d. “I can’t help you because I have too much to do.”
She said _______________________________________________
e. “Anne has bought the tickets.”
I was told ______________________________________________
f. “It took me three hours to get here because the roads are flooded.”
He told me _____________________________________________
g. “I think it’s a crazy idea. It won’t work.”
She said _______________________________________________
h. “Breakfast is served between 7.00 and 9.00.”
The receptionist explained _________________________________
III. Заполните пропуски соответствующими формами следующих глаголов.
say tell explain speak talk reply
I met Mr Brown in the street the other day, and we stopped and (a) _______ for a while.
He (b) ________ me that his wife had been taken into hospital. When I asked him how she was, he (c) __________ that she was getting better.
He wondered why I hadn’t been to the tennis club for a few months, so I (d) _______ that I’d been very busy lately and just hadn’t had time.
“There is something you must (e) ___________ me,” he said. “How many languages can your son (f) _________ ?”
“Four,” I (g) ________ . “Why?”
“I know your son has some very funny stories to (h) ___________ about learning languages and living abroad. We’re having a meeting of the Travellers Club next week, and I’d like him to (i) _________ at it.”
I (j) ___________ I would (k) __________ to my son about it, and promised to get back in touch.
Then we (l) _________ goodbye and went our separate ways.
IV. Превратите высказывания в косвенную речь, используя каждый глагол из предложенных один раз.
ask tell warn urge remind invite persuade advise
- “I think you should accept the pay rise,” Sir Albert Pringle said to the shipbuilder’s leader.
- “We really must stay united,” Peter Arkwright said to his members.
- “Don’t forget to come to the meeting,” Sir Albert said to his secretary.
- “Be careful of the press. They often make mistakes,” said a colleague to Peter Arkwright.
- “I think we should return to work,” said Peter. “Well, if you think it’s a good idea, we agree,” said shipbuilders.
- “Please reconsider this offer,” Sir Albert said to Mr Arkwright.
- “Stop work!” Peter Arkwright said to the builders.
- “Have lunch with me,” said Sir Albert to Peter.
