3. Rewrite these statements into Indirect Speech:

1. "I can't swim." (She told us ___ )

2. "They've been away for a long time." (He said that ___

3. "You don't eat enough!" (She told me ___ )

4. "She has got red hair." (He told us ___ )

5. "I know I won't fee able to do it." (He said that ___ )

6. "It's the worst job I've ever had." (He told the manager__ )

7. "We're going to stay in London." (They told us ' )

8. "She's hurt her ankle rather badly." (The doctor said that ___ )

9. "They aren't English." (He told us ___ )

10. "I think she'll come." (He told me ___ )

11. "I know I can do the job." (I told them ___ )

12. "She doesn't think she'll be there." (He said that ___ )

13. "They're the best secretaries I've ever had." (Arthur said that ___ )

14. "I'm afraid she's broken her leg." (The doctor said___)

15. "I've decided I'm going to stay in London after all." (He told us )

4. Put the following statements into Indirect Speech:

1. "I have something to show you," I said to her. 2. "Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun," she said. 3. "I'm going away tomorrow, mother," he said. 4. "I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit the Tower," said Rupert. 5. "It isn't so foggy today as it was yesterday," I remarked. 6. "The new underpass is being officially opened the day after tomorrow," said the BBC announcer. 7. "We have moved into our new flat. We don't like it nearly so much as our last one," said my aunt. 8. "We have a lift but very often it doesn't work," they said. 9. "From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower," said my friend. 10. "I've no idea what the time is but I'll dial 005 and find out," said his daughter. 11. He said, "My wife has just been made a judge." 12. "I'll come with you as soon as I am ready," she replied. 13. "I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet," said the small boy. 14. "If you let the iron get too hot you will scorch your clothes," I warned her. 15. "You haven't given me quite enough. The bill is for $14 and you've paid me only $13," he pointed out. 16. Ann said, "Englishmen make good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in the house." 17. Mary answered, "I like men to be useful but I don't like them to be too domesticated. I prefer them to keep out of the kitchen altogether. Men look silly in aprons anyway." 18. "Yesterday Tom and I went to look at a house that he was thinking of buying. It was rather a nice house and had a lovely garden but Tom decided against it because it was opposite a cemetery," said Celia. 19. "I don't know what to do with all my plums. I suppose I'll have to make jam. The trouble is that no one in my family eats jam," she said. 20. "We like working on Sundays because we get double pay," explained the builders. 21. He said, "I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing and mending too. " 22. "You can keep that one if you like, Joan," she said. "I've got plenty of others." 23. "I'm going fishing with mother this afternoon," said the small boy, "and we are going into the garden now to dig for worms." 24. "You've got my umbrella," said I crossly. "Yours is in your bedroom." 25. "I know exactly what they said," the private detective explained to his client, "because I put a tape-recorder under the table." 26. "I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late," said Mrs. Pitt. 27. "If you give me some wire, I'll hang that picture for you," said my cousin. 28. "I have a Turkish bath occasionally, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to my weight," she said.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Она часто говорила, что хотела бы увидеть Черное море. 2. Она сказала, что очень занята и давно не была в театре. 3. Она мне не сказала, что говорила с вами. 4. Она всегда гово­рила, что хорошо их знает. 5. Она никому не сказала, что уезжает. 6. Она часто говорила, что знакома с ними. 7. Он ска­зал, что ему надо позвать товарища. 8. Профессор сказал, что в лаборатории было сделано много опытов. 9. Он говорил, что каждый день ходит в Публичную библиотеку. 10. Он мне гово­рил, что интересуется геологией. 11. Сказала вам Ольга, что она приняла ваше предложение? 12. Она говорила, что не может понять, почему они переменили решение. 13. Она говорила, что книга ей нравится. 14. Она сказала, что любит исторические романы. 15. Она говорила, что примет участие в работе. 16. Мы сказали, что хотим пойти в оперу. 17. Она говорила, что Нина хорошо пишет стихи. 18. Мы сказали, что вернемся через час. 19. Мы им сказали, что не будем их ждать.20. Она говорила, что любит балет. 21. Я удивлен, что вы так думаете. 22. Я очень жалею, что вы это сделали. 23. Он был разочарован, что они отказались принять участие в этой работе. 24. Она была удивлена, что вы этого не знаете. 25. Я очень жалею, что это слу­чилось. 26. Мы были разочарованы, что он уехал, не зайдя к нам.

Exercise 6. Translate into English.

1. Она заявила, что не хочет идти с нами. 2. Она нас уве­ряла, что не говорила с Ниной. 3. Она отрицала, что говорилас Ниной. 4. Она напомнила мне, что я обещала позвонить Елене. 5. Она признала, что ошиблась. 6. Он нам сообщил, что достал билеты.

g. When sentences containing the Subjunctive Mood are con­verted into indirect speech the form of the verb usually remains unchanged.

However, there is a case when the rule of the sequence of ten­ses is observed: if we have the analytical subjunctive with the mood auxiliary may, may is changed into might if the verb in the principal clause stands in a past tense.

DIRECT SPEECH I should be discharged if I were seen speaking to you. It is true I drink, but I shouldn't have taken to that if things had gone differently I think cheerfulness is a fortune in itself. I wish I had it. Oh, how I wish I had never seen him! (Hardy) The boys will think none the worse of you whatever you may have done. (Conan Doyle)

INDIRECT SPEECH She said that she would be discharged if she were seen speak­ing to him. He admitted that he drank, but he said he would not have taken to that if things had gone differently. She thought cheerfulness was a fortune in itself She wished she had it. She said she wished she had never seen him. He said that the boys would think none the worth of him whatever he might have done.

h. The verb introducing direct speech is replaced by another verb which shows whether the indirect speech is a statement, a question, an order (request) or an exclamation.

She said, "I've never seen the like of it." She said to him, "Do you know them?” She said to him, "Come here at once!" She said, "Why, I never expected he would do such a thing."

She declared she had never seen the like of it. She asked him if he knew them, them? She told him to come at once. She exclaimed she had never expected he would do such a thing.

i. .It should be borne in mind that there is a great difference between the style of direct and that of indirect speech.

Direct speech is characterized by a certain looseness of structure and is more emotional than indirect speech.

Indirect speech, on the contrary, is characterized by rigid logic of structure and terseness.

Accordingly, if, for instance, no conjunctions expressing causal relations are to be found in direct speech, they must be introduced into indirect speech.

She said, "I am so tired! I've been writing for five hours."

She said she was very tired as she had been writing for five hours.