Question

Задание № 6:

Change the direct speech into reported speech.

1) The postman said, "I will deliver this tomorrow." - The postman said that
.
2) She asked, "Where are you now?" - She asked me
.
3) Не said, "I could answer this question." - He that
.
4) She said, "Where were you yesterday?" - She asked me
.
5) She said, "I had a cold a week ago." - She said that she
.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. The postman said that he would deliver that the next day

2. She asked me where I was at that moment

3. He said that he could answer that question

4. She asked me where I had been the day before

5. She said that she had had a cold a week before

Объяснение:

в косвенной речи согласуются времена, а также меняются наречия и местоимения

Согласования времен: present simple ⇒ past simple

present continuous ⇒ past continuous

present perfect, past simple, past perfect ⇒ past perfect

present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, past continuous ⇒ past perfect continuous

future ⇒ future-in-the-past (will ⇒ would)

this ⇒ that

these ⇒ those

tomorrow ⇒ the next day

yesterday ⇒ the day before

и так далее

модальные глаголы, например, can, shall, will становятся соответственно could, should, would. Но если они изначально были в прошедшем времени, то мы их никак не меняем