Question

ПОМОГИТЕ ПОЖАЛУЙСТА! Exercise 3. Turn the sentences into reported speech. In which of the following sentences do the tenses not change? In which do they not have to be changed? 1. The article says, “The artist only uses oil paints.” The article says (that) the artist only uses oil paints. The tenses do not change because the introductory verb is in the present simple. 2. “They are working hard today,” he said. 3. “I’ve done the things you asked me to do,” Mary said. 4. “The sun rises in the east,” she said. 5. “He broke the window,” they said. 6. “We’ve never been on holiday abroad,” they said. 7. Mum says, “Dinner is ready.” 8. “I’ll start cooking at six o’clock,” she said. 9. “We went to the supermarket yesterday,” he said. 10. Mrs. Jones says, “My daughter is going to have a baby.” 11. “You’re never going to get a job,” Dad always says. 12. “Fish live in water,” he said. 13. “We went to the beach last weekend,” they said. 14. “He showed me his photographs,” she said. 15. “I’m working on my project now,” Billy said.

Answer 1

Ответ:

2. He said they were working hard today.

3. Mary said she had done the things i asked her to do.

4. She said the sun rises in the east.

5. They said he had broken the window.

6. They said they had never been on holiday abroad.

7. Mum says dinner is ready.

8. She said she would cooking at six o’clock.

9. He said they had gone to the supermarket yesterday.

10. Mrs. Jones says his daughter is going to have a baby.

11. Dad always says i am never going to get a job.

12. He said fish lives in water.

13. They said they had gone to the beach last weekend.

14. She said he had showered her photographes.

15. Billy said he was working on his project now.

Объяснение:

Если в главной части предложения употреблено says, asks и тд, то время не меняется. Если в предложении речь идет об общеизвестных фактах (как в 4), то время также не меняется. В других случаях время как идет делает "шаг назад". Советую найти в интернете табличку про переход речи из прямой в косвенную (там со всеми временами), чтобы проще было запомнить.

Answer 2

Here are the reported speech versions of the given sentences:

2. He said (that) they were working hard that day.
3. Mary said (that) she had done the things he asked her to do.
4. She said (that) the sun rose in the east.
5. They said (that) he had broken the window.
6. They said (that) they had never been on holiday abroad.
7. Mum says (that) dinner is ready.
8. She said (that) she would start cooking at six o'clock.
9. He said (that) they had gone to the supermarket the day before.
10. Mrs. Jones says (that) her daughter is going to have a baby.
11. Dad always says (that) you're never going to get a job.
12. He said (that) fish live in water.
13. They said (that) they had gone to the beach the previous weekend.
14. She said (that) he had shown her his photographs.
15. Billy said (that) he was working on his project at that moment.

In sentences 1, 7, and 10, the tenses do not change because the introductory verbs (says) are in the present simple. In sentences 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15, the tenses have to be changed when converting to reported speech.