Question

II. Превратите следующие предложения в косвенную речь. 1. The mother inquired, “Have you already sent the postcard to our relatives for Christmas?” 2. I asked my mother, “When shall we go to the Post-Office to buy stamps and envelopes?” 3. The post-office man said, “Stick a stamp on your envelope yourself, please.” 4. He said, “I am writing my address on the envelope now.” 5. She asked, “What is the order of writing an address in your country?”5 6. My mother said to me, “The nearest Post-Office clothes at five today. I have to send a parcel as soon as possible.” 7. That woman asked me, “What is it necessary to do before dropping a letter into a pillar-box?” 8. She said, “I had finished my letter by 5 o’clock.”

Answer 1

1. The mother inquired if I had already sent the postcard to our relatives for Christmas.
2. I asked my mother when we should go to the post office to buy stamps and envelopes.
3. The post office man asked to stick a stamp on our envelope ourselves.
4. He said that he was writing his address on the envelope then.
5. She asked what was the order of writing an address in my country.
6. My mother told me that the nearest post office closed at five that day and that she had to send a parcel as soon as possible.
7. That woman asked me what it was necessary to do before dropping a letter into a pillar-box.
8. She said that she had finished her letter by five o'clock.

Answer 2

1. The mother inquired if I had already sent the postcard to our relatives for Christmas.
2. I asked my mother when we would go to the Post-Office to buy stamps and envelopes.
3. The post-office man requested that I stick a stamp on my envelope myself.
4. He mentioned that he was writing his address on the envelope at that moment.
5. She inquired about the order of writing an address in my country.
6. My mother told me that the nearest Post-Office closed at five that day and that she had to send a parcel as soon as possible.
7. That woman asked me what was necessary to do before dropping a letter into a pillar-box.
8. She said that she had finished her letter by 5 o'clock.