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Exercise 2. Summarize your knowledge on the Sequence of Tenses and the Reported Speech, and put the verbs in brackets into correct forms. 1. The librarian says that she (to work) at a primary school in Seattle. 2. The teacher said that her pupil (to be) a very smart boy. 3. We know that experts (to elaborate) new computing technologies now. 4. Only few people knew that Babbage (to work out) a brand new device. 5. The Corporation sells its computers on the terms it previously (to insist on). Exercise 3. Convert the sentences into the Reported Speech. 1. - Are you ill - mother asked. - No, I'm just tired, - I answered. 2. The teacher said: "The pupil will come tomorrow". 3. My friend said: "I'm working at the State Library now". 4. The boy said: "I did this work yesterday". 5. The freshman asked: "Can I work in your library" 6. The young scientist said: "I've worked in this laboratory for two years".

Answer 1

1. The librarian says that she works at a primary school in Seattle.

2. The teacher said that her pupil would be a very smart boy.

3. We know that experts are elaborating new computing technologies now.

4. Only few people knew that Babbage had worked out a brand new device.

5. The Corporation sells its computers on the terms it previously insisted on.

1. My mother asked me, if I was ill. I answered her that I was just tired.

2. The teacher said that the pupil would come tomorrow.

3. My friend said that he was working at the State Library then.

4. The boy said that he had done this work yesterday.

5. The freshman asked if he could work in your library.

6. The young scientist said that he had worked in that laboratory for two years.

Answer 2

Exercise 2: Sequence of Tenses and Reported Speech

Sequence of Tenses:

1. The librarian says that she works at a primary school in Seattle.
2. The teacher said that her pupil was a very smart boy.
3. We know that experts are elaborating new computing technologies now.
4. Only few people knew that Babbage had worked out a brand new device.
5. The Corporation sells its computers on the terms it previously insisted on.

Reported Speech:

1. Mother asked if I was ill. I answered, "No, I'm just tired."
2. The teacher said that the pupil would come tomorrow.
3. My friend said that she was working at the State Library now.
4. The boy said that he had done that work the previous day.
5. The freshman asked if he could work in my library.
6. The young scientist said that he had worked in the laboratory for two years.