Question

Помогите с Английским Rewrite these sentences, changing the reported speech to direct speech 1. She said that her corporation had become bankrupt and its stock was of no value anymore. 2. I asked her if she’d like to take my pen but she thanked me. 3. He wanted to know if I was going to calculate the indirect costs. 4. My employer hoped I would not be offended if he told me that I would do better in some other kind of job. 5. He asked me how long it had taken me to complete the job. 6. I wondered whether he had bought a guidebook to London. 7. He asked what we were discussing. 8. I wondered if they would solve that problem at the meeting. 9. He asked the manager to accept his resignation. 10. She asked me when I would be in Kyiv. 11. The court ordered the company to pay all their debts before 1 September. 12. He wanted to know when the new training program would be presented. 13. She wondered where we had held the conference the previous year. 14. Helen asked Tom if he had got a car. 15. He promised her that if she attended the conference the following week, she would hear his new theory about classification of the costs. 16. He couldn’t understand how I managed on my salary.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. "My corporation became bankrupt and its stock is no value anymore", she said.

2. "Would you like to take my pen?" I asked her. "No, thanx", she said.

3. "Are you going to calculate the indirect costs?" he asked.

4. "I hope, you won't be offended if I tell you will do better in some other kind of job", said my employer.

5. "How long did it take you to complete the job?" he asked.

6. "Did you buy a guidebook to London?" I asked.

7. "What are you discussing?" he asked.

8."Will you solve that problem at the meeting?", I wondered.

9. "Please, accept my resignation", he asked the manager.

10. "When will you be in Kyiv?" she asked.

11. "The company must pay all its debts before 1 September!" ordered the court.

12. "When the new training program will be presented?" he asked.

13."Where did you hold the conference last year?" she asked.

14. "Have you got a car?" Helen asked Tom.

15. "If you attend the conference next week, you will hear my new theory about classification of the costs", he promised her.

16. " I don't understand how you manage on your salary?" he asked.

Answer 2

Sure, I'll help you rewrite the sentences by changing reported speech to direct speech:

1. She said, "My corporation has become bankrupt, and its stock is of no value anymore."

2. I asked her, "Would you like to take my pen?" but she thanked me.

3. He asked, "Are you going to calculate the indirect costs?"

4. My employer hoped, "I hope you won't be offended if I tell you that you would do better in some other kind of job."

5. He asked me, "How long did it take you to complete the job?"

6. I wondered, "Have you bought a guidebook to London?"

7. He asked, "What are you discussing?"

8. I wondered, "Will they solve that problem at the meeting?"

9. He asked the manager, "Please accept my resignation."

10. She asked me, "When will you be in Kyiv?"

11. The court ordered, "The company must pay all their debts before 1 September."

12. He wanted to know, "When will the new training program be presented?"

13. She wondered, "Where did we hold the conference the previous year?"

14. Helen asked Tom, "Have you got a car?"

15. He promised her, "If you attend the conference next week, you will hear my new theory about classification of the costs."

16. He couldn’t understand, "How do you manage on your salary?"

Remember that in direct speech, we use quotation marks to indicate the exact words spoken by the speaker. Also, verb tenses and pronouns may change when converting from reported speech to direct speech.