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Упражнения на тему «Прямая и косвенная речь»   I – Преобразуйте предложения в косвенную речь:   1. They said: "We have forgotten to phone our friend". 2. "I'm going to the cinema straight from work. Will you go with me?" Barry said to Ann. 3. "What will you be doing at ten o'clock on Friday?" asked Ben. "I think I will be having breakfast", said Mike. 4. The man asked us: "Is there a post office near here?" 5. "Where is my magazine, Alice?" asked mother. "I have put it on the table", said Alice. 6. "I won't do it until they give me some money", said the boy. 7. "Don't smoke in the compartment", said the passenger. 8. Rita said to me: "What has mother told you to do today?" 9. "Which of you is free now?" asked the teacher. 10. "I think she works in a bank", said Andrew. 11. Helen said to me: "I know they're your best friends". 12. "I met your sister in the street yesterday", she said to Johnny. 13. Eric said to me: "Come and have a look at my new bike". 14. He said to me: "Where was Chris going when you met him?" 15. The doctor said to his patient: "How are you feeling now?"

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1. They said that they had forgotten to phone their friend. 2. Barry asked Ann if she would go to the cinema with him straight from work. 3. Ben asked what Mike would be doing at ten o'clock on Friday, to which Mike replied that he thought he would be having breakfast. 4. The man asked us if there was a post office near there. 5. Mother asked Alice where her magazine was. Alice replied that she had put it on the table. 6. The boy said that he wouldn't do it until they gave him some money. 7. The passenger said not to smoke in the compartment. 8. Rita asked me what mother had told me to do that day. 9. The teacher asked which of us was free then. 10. Andrew said that he thought she worked in a bank. 11. Helen told me that she knew they were my best friends. 12. She told Johnny that she had met his sister in the street the day before. 13. Eric invited me to come and have a look at his new bike. 14. He asked me where Chris was going when I met him. 15. The doctor asked his patient how he was feeling then.