Question

Change the sentences into reported speech. 1 'I want to leave this horrible job,' said Sally. 2 'The employment agency called,' said Mark. 3 'Has the file arrived yet, Joe?' asked Betty. 4 'I will be retiring next June,' said Mr Pollock. 5 'We met after work yesterday,' said Mike to Mandy.

Answer 1

Ответ:

Sally said she wanted to leave that horrible job.

Mark said the employment agency had called.

Betty asked Joe if the file had arrived yet.

Mr. Pollock said he would be retiring the following June.

Mike told Mandy they had met after work the day before.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

To change the sentences into reported speech, we need to report what the speakers said using reporting verbs such as "said" or "asked" and make appropriate changes to the verb tense, pronouns, and adverbs of time. Let's go through each sentence one by one:

1. Sally said that she wanted to leave that horrible job. 2. Mark said that the employment agency had called. 3. Betty asked Joe if the file had arrived yet. 4. Mr. Pollock said that he would be retiring next June. 5. Mike told Mandy that they had met after work the previous day.

In reported speech, we typically change the present tense to the past tense, and the future tense to the conditional tense. We also change pronouns to reflect the perspective of the reporting speaker and adjust adverbs of time to reflect the time of the reported speech.