Question

Применить согласование времен. 1."I don't think so," said Malcolm. 2. "That picture of Velema Valento is really mine and I'd like to keep it," I said. 3."I've come to ask you about a five-pound note which you paid into your bank yesterday," he said. 4.She said, "It looks like lizard skin, but it seems to be from a warm-blooded animal, perhaps a bird. We don't understand what it is." 5." No hurry at all," I said," but there's nothing more I can do." Буду благодарен за любую помощь.

Answer 1

1.Malcolm said that he didn't thought so. 

2.I said that those picture of Velema Valento was really mine and I'd like to keep it. 

3.He said that he had came to ask me about a five-pound note which I had paid into my bank the day before. 

4.She said that it looked like lizard skin, but it seemed to be from a warm-blooded animal, perhaps a bird. We didn't understand what it was. 

5.I said that there was no hurry, but there was nothing more I could do. 

Answer 2

1. Malcolm said that he didn't think so.

2. I said that picture of Velema Valento was really mine and I would like to keep it. 

3. He said that he had come to ask me about a five-pound note which I had paid into my bank the day before yesterday.

4. She said that it looked like lizard skin, but it seemed to be from a warm-blooded animal, perhaps a bird. And she added that they didn't understand what it was.

5. I said that there was no hurry at all but there was nothing more I could do.

Answer 3

1. "I don't think so," said Malcolm.

In this sentence, the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, indicating that the action of speaking occurred in the past. Therefore, the verb in the reported speech should also be in the past tense. The correct sentence with verb tense agreement would be:

- Malcolm said, "I didn't think so."

2. "That picture of Velema Valento is really mine and I'd like to keep it," I said.

In this sentence, the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, indicating that the action of speaking occurred in the past. Therefore, the verb in the reported speech should also be in the past tense. The correct sentence with verb tense agreement would be:

- I said, "That picture of Velema Valento was really mine and I'd like to keep it."

3. "I've come to ask you about a five-pound note which you paid into your bank yesterday," he said.

In this sentence, the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, indicating that the action of speaking occurred in the past. Therefore, the verb in the reported speech should also be in the past tense. The correct sentence with verb tense agreement would be:

- He said, "I had come to ask you about a five-pound note which you had paid into your bank the previous day."

4. She said, "It looks like lizard skin, but it seems to be from a warm-blooded animal, perhaps a bird. We don't understand what it is."

In this sentence, the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, indicating that the action of speaking occurred in the past. Therefore, the verb in the reported speech should also be in the past tense. The correct sentences with verb tense agreement would be:

- She said, "It looked like lizard skin, but it seemed to be from a warm-blooded animal, perhaps a bird. We didn't understand what it was."

5. "No hurry at all," I said, "but there's nothing more I can do."

In this sentence, there are two separate reported speech statements. The first statement is in the past tense, indicated by the reporting verb "said" being in the past tense. The second statement is a reported statement within the first statement. Therefore, the verb tense agreement should be as follows:

- I said, "There was no hurry at all, but there was nothing more I could do."