Question

Упр. 14. Выразите повествовательные предложения кос­венной речью. 1. “Му son is a student” , said Henry. 2. “She is working at the library” , said her mother. 3. My friend said to me:” I have not seen you for ages!” 4. “ I shall solve the clues tomorrow,” said All. 5. He said: “ There is nobody here to stop them” . 6. The soldier said: “ We will find a place to lie up. I am afraid they will kill us” . 7. My friend said to me: “We have been waiting for you for ten minutes” . 8. Jane said: “I am all right. Nothing worries me” . 9. “I am busy now. 1 am doing my lessons” , said Tom. 10. “She is not here. She has just left the office” , the secretary said to us. 11. He said to me: “This man is the doctor for the hospital” . 12. “There is no one by that name here” , they answered. 13. “ I am ill. I have a high temperature” , he said to us. 14. “We have tried to telephone to Odessa for him” , they said. 15. “I don’t think I will have done this work by the evening” , she said.

Answer 1

1. Henry said that his son was a student.
2. Her mother said that she was working at the library.
3. My friend said to me that he had not seen me for ages.
4. All said that he should solve the clues the following day.
5. He said that there was nobody there to stop them.
6. The soldier said that they would find a place to lie up and that he was
afraid they would kill them.
7. My friend said to me that they had been waiting for me
for ten minutes. 
8. Jane said that she was all right and nothing worried her.
9. Tom said that he was busy then and that he was doing his lessons.
10. The secretary said to us that she was not there and she had just left the office.
11. He said to me that that man was the doctor for the hospital.
12. They answered that there was no one by that name there.
13. He said to us that he was ill and that he had a high temperature.
14. They said that they had tried to telephone to Odessa for him.
15. She said that sgt didn`t think she would have done that work by the evening.

Answer 2

Converting Direct Speech to Indirect Speech

1. Henry said that his son is a student. 2. Her mother said that she is working at the library. 3. My friend said to me that he had not seen me for ages. 4. Al said that he would solve the clues the next day. 5. He said that there was nobody there to stop them. 6. The soldier said that they would find a place to lie up and that he was afraid they would kill them. 7. My friend said to me that they had been waiting for me for ten minutes. 8. Jane said that she was all right and that nothing worried her. 9. Tom said that he was busy then and was doing his lessons. 10. The secretary said to us that she was not there and had just left the office. 11. He said to me that the man was the doctor for the hospital. 12. They answered that there was no one by that name there. 13. He said to us that he was ill and had a high temperature. 14. They said that they had tried to telephone to Odessa for him. 15. She said that she didn't think she would have done that work by the evening.

Answer 3

Converting Direct Speech to Indirect Speech

To convert the given direct speech sentences into indirect speech, we need to make some changes to the verb forms, pronouns, and time expressions. Here are the converted sentences:

1. Henry said that his son was a student. 2. Her mother said that she was working at the library. 3. My friend told me that she hadn't seen me for ages. 4. All said that he would solve the clues the next day. 5. He said that there was nobody there to stop them. 6. The soldier said that they would find a place to lie up and that he was afraid they would kill them. 7. My friend told me that they had been waiting for me for ten minutes. 8. Jane said that she was all right and that nothing worried her. 9. Tom said that he was busy and that