Question

Rewrite the sentences and questions as reported speech statements.

1 'Please, don't accept this job,’ I asked her. ________________________________________ _______________________________________ .
2 ‘Are you interested in a part-time job?’ she wanted to know. ________________________________________ _______________________________________ .
3 ‘You should get up earlier than you do,’ Emma said to me then. ________________________________________ _______________________________________ .
4 ‘I won’t be late again this week,’ Jimmy told me. ________________________________________ _______________________________________ .
5 ‘We spoke to her two days ago,’ we explained. ________________________________​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1 'Please, don't accept this job,’ I asked her.

I asked her not to accept that job.

2 ‘Are you interested in a part-time job?’ she wanted to know.

She wanted to know if I was interested in a part-time job.

3 ‘You should get up earlier than you do,’ Emma said to me then.

Emma told me then that I should get up earlier than I did.

4 ‘I won’t be late again this week,’ Jimmy told me.

Jimmy told me that he wouldn't be late again that week.

5 ‘We spoke to her two days ago,’ we explained.

We explained that we had spoken to her two days before.

Объяснение:

При преобразовании прямой речи в косвенную нужно применять правило согласования времен ("шаг назад") и использовать прямой порядок слов (не вопросительный).

Кроме того, нужно заменять некоторые обстоятельства (например, this week - that week, today - that day и т. д.)

Для передачи повелительного наклонения (приказов, просьб, инструкций) в косвенной речи используется инфинитив с частицей to.