Reported speech. Sequense of tenses

1. Study the information:

1. Now then

Yesterday the day before

Today that day

Tomorrow the next day

Ago before

Here there

This that

These those

b)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Jane said:	Jane told Nick that
I am a student	She was a student
I live in York	She lived in York
I’ll be a scientist	She would be a scientist
I entered the university	She had entered the university
I’ve passed three exams already	She had passed three exams already

He asked me, ”Have you been abroad?”	He asked me whether (if) I had been abroad.
He asked me, “When will they be through with this experiment?”	He asked me when they would be through with that experiment.

The professor said, “Continue your work. Don’t stop it.”

The professor said to continue our work. Not to stop it

2. Change the tense of the predicate in the main clause into Past Simple and make all necessary changes in the subordinate clause

1. He says he is a part-time post-graduate student.

2. He says he passed his candidate exams with good marks.

3. The student says he will enter the post-graduate courses.

4. My sister thinks she will have finished her thesis by the end of September.

5. My supervisor asks what article I am writing.

6. I think you are cleverer.

7. Everybody knows the candidate exam will be taken in May.

8. Who knows what was said at the meeting?

9. It seems everything is clear.

10. I know what you are thinking about.

3. Transform the sentences from direct into reported speech

1. My supervisor said, “When will you take your candidate exams?”

2. I answered, “I have already passed them with excellent marks.”

3. The rector said, “All post-graduate students have to take part in the scientific conferences.”

4. My friend said,” Do you know the material well?”

5. Professor N asked a part-time post-graduate student, “Who is your supervisor?”

6. The teacher said,” Translate the text with the help of the dictionary”.

7. I said to my colleague,” Do you know that my textbook will be published next month?”

8. My supervisor said,” Write your thesis as soon as possible.”

9. The post-graduate student said,” I have been working at the problem

for two years.”

10. Professor N said,” What report did you deliver at the last conference?”

4. Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind Sequence of tenses

1. Physiologist Susan Goldin videotapes 8 deaf children as they played with their hearing mothers. 2. She took that commonality as strong evidence that the children were producing their own language intuitively, with no direct model outside. 3. Several teachers thought this would come through some simple child-development studies which could be considered. 4. Closely linked to this argument there was a larger group of reasons which emphasized the opportunities for personal guidance which might come through these lessons. 5. Philosophers such as John Locke argued that there was no thought or action that did not have its origin in experience. 6. Freud became interested in illness that had no apparent neurological or physiological basis. 7. Esposito found that boys interrupted girls two to one. 8. The question of Russia and her role in the world was the theme of Gogol’s last great work, Dead Souls, which gave a very negative picture of Russian reality. 9. It led him to endorse “society” and “nationality”, but only as concepts which at the same time recognized the existence and the worth of their most insignificant constituent members. 10. It was simply that this or that particular topic might need revision or reassessment.