Question

Reported speech

2 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1 “Katie has joined an environmental group,” said Danny.
Danny said .
2 “I’m writing my project on endangered species,” Fran told us.
Fran told us .
3 “Ben uses public transport to get to work,” Ian told me.
Ian told me .
4 “The government will give more money to fight poverty,” said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said .
5 “We will be moving to our new house on Saturday morning,” Tony said.
Tony said .
6 “I saw a sea turtle while I was swimming yesterday,” Kelly told me.
Kelly told me .

Answer 1

Відповідь:

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1. “Katie has joined an environmental group,” said Danny. - Danny said Katie had joined an environmental group.
2. “I’m writing my project on endangered species,” Fran told us. - Fran told us she was writing her project on endangered species.
3. “Ben uses public transport to get to work,” Ian told me. - Ian told me Ben used public transport to get to work.
4. “The government will give more money to fight poverty,” said the Prime Minister. - The Prime Minister said the government would give more money to fight poverty.
5. “We will be moving to our new house on Saturday morning,” Tony said.  - Tony said they would be moving to our new house on Saturday morning.
6. “I saw a sea turtle while I was swimming yesterday,” Kelly told me. - Kelly told me she had seen a turtle while she had been swimming the day before.

Пояснення:

Для того, чтобы перевести предложения из прямой речи в косвенную, нужно помнить несколько правил.

1. Схема предложения с прямой речью выглядит следующим образом: "Слова автора, “прямая речь.”" ибо "“Прямая речь”, слова автора.". Схема предложения с косвенной речью выглядит по-другому: Слова автора —  вводное слово — косвенная речь. Поэтому мы всегда начинаем его с имени или местоимения автора (he/she/Mary/Mr.Smith и тд) и со слова said.

2. Нужно помнить о согласовании времен. Например, Present Simple будет меняться на Past Simple, Past Simple на Past Perfect и тд.

3. Меняются так же и "маркеры" времен, например yesterday (маркер для Past Simple) или now (маркер для Present Contunuous). В данном случае yesterday будет меняться на the day before, а now - на then.

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Разберем одно предложение для примера.

“Ben uses public transport to get to work,” Ian told me. - Ian told me Ben used public transport to get to work.

• Предложение начинаем со слов автора (ставим "Ian told me" в начало).
• Скобки убираем, они нам не нужны.
• Меняем Present Simple на Past Simple: uses ⇒ used.
• Остальное оставляем так как было.