Sequence of Tenses

Exercise 39 p. 42 Study the following chart

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
1. They said: "We are late. We are sorry."	1. They said that they were late and they were sorry.
2. He asked: "Do you always take a walk in the afternoon?"	2. He asked me (wondered, wanted to know) if (whether) I always took a walk in the afternoon.
^33. She said: "I'll answer the phone."	3. She said that she would answer the phone.
4. I asked "When will the taxi be here?"	4. I asked when the taxi would be there.

Exercise 40 p. 42 Use Reported Speech.

1. She said: "I like oranges better than bananas." 2. The music teacher said (to me): "You play the piece very well." 3. "Are you busy now?" he asked. 4. The dean said: "I want to have a word with you." 5. "Do you always have ice-cream for dessert?" she asked. 6. "We'll have enough time to finish the work," the workers said. 7. The teacher asked: "How long will it take you to prepare your talk?" 8. My mother asked: "Why are you so sad?" 9. "Shall I open the window?" the student asked. 10. The boy said: "I'll never smoke again." 11. The librarian said: "There are a lot of English books in our library." 12. "Do you know why he is absent?" the teacher asked.

Ехercise 38 p. 66 Study the following chart. ⁴

1. I don't know if she will come tomorrow.

2. Ask her when they will move to their new flat.

3. I wondered if they would discuss this question at the meeting.

4. He wanted to know when I would make a report on the work of the English speaking club.

Exercise 39 p. 66 Complete the following sentences according to the above chart.

1. I was not sure if he (get to the village before dark). 2. He doesn't know when they (arrive). 3. I wonder when he (wake up). 4. Do you know when he (have a talk with her about her future work)? 5. They asked him if he (go by plane). 6. They want to know if there (be any changes in their plans).

Ex 40 Practise the following according to the model.

Model: I don't know if (when) he will come but if (when) he comes (does), I'll speak to him about it. (Give two variants if possible.)

1. I don't know if she (get the tickets for the concert) but if (phone you). 2. We don't know if the weather (change for the worse) but if it (not go to the country). 3. She doesn't know if she (find out his address today) but if she (send him a telegram). 4. He doesn't know if the teacher (look through our course-papers this week) but if she... we (have time to make changes). 5. We don't know when the delegation (arrive) but when they (show them the places of interest). 6. I don't know if he (come) but if he... his arrival (change my plans). 7. I don't know if he (stay) for the week-end but if he (ask him to tell us about his trip to England). 8. She doesn't know when he (wake up) but when he (phone you).

Exercise 41 p. 66 Complete the following sentences, bearing in mind the chart and the model above.

1. The students knew when the delegation (arrive) but they were not sure if (at the appointed time). 2. We asked the weather man when the weather (change for the better) and if (remain good till the end of the month). 3. I wasn't sure if they (get to the station in that fog in time). 4. It was not clear if the weather (change) but what we wanted to know was if the plane (be late). 5. She was not sure if anybody (meet at the station) and she wanted to know if (find a taxi). 6. Mother did not ask me if (come late) but she wanted to know when (return). 7. The foreign tourists wondered if (have a chance to see Leningrad). 8. At the time I did not know whether (buy tickets for a fast train).

Exercise 42 p. 67 Study the chart, and use Reported Speech in the following sentences.

(A)

Direct Speech		Reported Speech
1. He asked:	(a) "What are you discussing?" (b) "Will you be seeing her?"	1. (a) He asked what we were discussing. (b) He asked if I would be seeing her.
2. She said: "The children were playing in the garden when it started raining."		2. She said that the children were playing in the garden when it started raining

1. "Don't wait for me. I'll be dining out," he said. 2. "The weather is changing for the worse," the guide said. "It will be raining in a minute." 3. "Our office will be moving to a new building, won't it?" the secretary asked. 4. "All the passengers were looking out of the compartment window when the train was passing the lake," the porter said. 5. "What big cities shall we be passing?" the fellow-traveller asked me. 6. "Hurry up. The train will be starting in a minute," I shouted after him. 7. "What were they broadcasting when he turned on the radio?" she asked. 8. "The baby is waking up, quiet," Mother said to me. 9. "She was wearing a new dress at the party and looked very beautiful," he said.

(B)

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
He asked: "What will you do, if you don't get the ticket for the train?" She said: "I'll leave as soon as I get a telegram."	He asked what I would do if I did not get the ticket for the train. She said (that) she would leave as soon as she got a telegram

1. "Will it be safe to stay in the mountains for the night if the weather doesn't change for the better?" we asked the guide. 2. The porter said: "I'll wake you up, when the train arrives in Smolensk." 3. My wife said to me: "While you are away, I'll do the packing." 4. "Don't leave until I phone you," he asked me. 5. "After he leaves hospital, they'll take him to the South," the doctor said. 6. "They'll wait for the fisherman to return until it gets dark," the local man explained to me. 7. "As soon as I hear from him, I'll let you know," my neighbour said to me. 8. "I'll live in town till my husband returns from the expedition and when he returns, we'll go to the sea-side together," she said.

Exercise 40 p. 94 Study the following chart, compare the use of the tense forms in direct and reported speech.⁵

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
^6Mary said: "I've caught a cold." "Have you seen him since he moved to Kiev?" Mary asked. "Peter saw the film yesterday," Mary said to me. "He lived in St. Petersburg from 1960 till 1965," she said. The dean asked them: "Will you have returned by the beginning of term?"	Mary said that she had caught a cold. Mary asked if I had seen him since he moved to Kiev. Mary told me that Peter had seen the film the day before. She said that he lived in St. Petersburg from 1960 till 1965. The dean asked them if they would have returned by the beginning of term

Exercise 41 p. 95 Use Reported Speech.

1. "Have you travelled abroad much?" he asked. 2. "Who has written this note?" he asked the secretary. 3. "I've just received a post-card from Mother," my brother said to me. 4. "The students also took part in arranging the conference," the chairman said. 5. "Have you been here long?" the stranger asked me. 6. "Did you really see this happen with your own eyes?" the militiaman asked the boy. 7. "I hope they will have taken a decision by the end of the meeting," she remarked. 8. "Did you watch the detective film on TV yesterday?" he asked her. 9. "This story happened long ago," he said, "and few people remember anything about it." 10. "I haven't read so interesting a book since I don't remember when," she said.