3. Report what the guests said at a wedding last Sunday. a. Miss Moore: “They’ll make a lovely couple.”...

1. a. Miss Moore said that they would make a lovely couple. b. Mr Smith mentioned that they were going to live in Brighton. c. Mrs Jones commented that the bride and the groom were very nice young people. d. Mr Roberts observed that the bride was wearing a beautiful wedding dress. e. Mr Clarke noted that the couple's parents looked happy. f. Miss Mayall reported that the bride's father had bought them a big flat.

4. a. I told her that I had something to show her. b. He said that he was going away the next day. c. Rupert said that he had been in London for a month but he hadn't had time to visit the Tower. d. She replied that she would come with me as soon as she was ready. e. They mentioned that they had a lift but very often it didn't work. f. He said that he must go to the dentist the next day. g. He said that he had found an old Roman coin in the garden the previous day and he was going to take it to the museum that afternoon.

Давайте последовательно ответим на оба вопроса.

Отчет о том, что гости говорили на свадьбе в прошлое воскресенье:

a. Miss Moore: “They’ll make a lovely couple.”

• Miss Moore said that they would make a lovely couple.

b. Mr Smith: “They’re going to live in Brighton.”

• Mr Smith mentioned that they were going to live in Brighton.

c. Mrs Jones: “The bride and the groom are very nice young people.”

• Mrs Jones remarked that the bride and the groom were very nice young people.

d. Mr Roberts: “The bride is wearing a beautiful wedding dress.”

• Mr Roberts commented that the bride was wearing a beautiful wedding dress.

e. Mr Clarke: “The couple’s parents look happy.”

• Mr Clarke observed that the couple’s parents looked happy.

f. Miss Mayall: “The bride’s father has bought them a big flat.”

• Miss Mayall noted that the bride’s father had bought them a big flat.

Преобразование утверждений в косвенную речь:

a. “I have something to show you”, I said to her.

• I told her that I had something to show her.

b. “I’m going away tomorrow”, he said.

• He said that he was going away the next day.

c. “I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had time to visit the Tower”, said Rupert.

• Rupert said that he had been in London for a month but hadn't had time to visit the Tower.

d. “I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready”, she replied.

• She replied that she would come with him as soon as she was ready.

e. “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work”, they said.

• They said that they had a lift but it very often didn't work.

f. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said.

• He said that he had to go to the dentist the next day.

g. “I found an old Roman coin in the garden yesterday and I am going to take it to the museum this afternoon”, he said.

• He said that he had found an old Roman coin in the garden the day before and was going to take it to the museum that afternoon.