Question

. Напишите предложения в косвенной речи, изменяя глагольные формы
и местоимения, где необходимо.
1. “Life is getting so sad,” she murmured.
She murmured that life ………… so sad.
2. “This man left the hotel ten minutes ago,” the doorman answered.
The doorman answered that the man ………… the hotel ten minutes ago.
3. “Dad, I’ve broken your watch. I’m so sorry,” Jane apologized.
Jane was sorry that she ………… his watch.
4. “What issues will the President discuss at the summit next week?” he wondered.
He wondered what issues ………… at the summit the following week.

5. “He won’t like the concert because he can’t understand music,” she tried to explain.
She tried to explain that ………… the concert because ………… music.
6. “I have always been honest with you,” he insisted.
He insisted that ………… always honest ………… with me.
7. “We think of going to Spain for our honeymoon,” she said proudly.
She said that ………… of going to Spain for their honeymoon.
8. “As you know water consists of oxygen and hydrogen,” the teacher reminded.
We knew that water ………… of oxygen and hydrogen.

Answer 1

1 She murmured that life was getting so sad.
2 The doorman answered that the man had left the hotel ten minutes before.
3 Jane was sorry that she had broken his watch and added that she was sorry.
4.He wondered what issues the President would discuss at the summit the following week.
5 She tried to explain that he wouldn't like the concert because he couldn't understand music.
6 He insisted that he had always been honest with me.
7 She said that they thought of going to Spain for their honeymoon.
8 We knew that water consists of oxygen and hydrogen.