2.4.
Write the following questions in reported speech.
1. I said to Boris, "Does your friend live in Lon¬don?" 2. I said to the man, "Are you living in a ho¬tel?" 3. Nick said to his friend, "Will you stay at the Hilton?" 4. He said to me, "Do you often go to see your friends?" 5. She said to me, "Have you sent them a telegram?" 6. She said to me, "Did you send them a telegram yesterday?" 7. I said to her, "Can you give me their address?" 8. I said to my mother, "Did anybody come to see me?" 9. Oleg said to me, "Will you come here tomorrow?" 10. He said to us, "Did you go to the museum this morning?"
2.5.
Write the following questions in reported speech.
1. I said to Nick, "Where are you going?" 2. I said to him, "How long will it take you to get there?" 3. He said to her, "Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?" 4. Ann said to Mike, "When did you leave London?" 5. Boris said to them, "How can I get to the railway station?" 6. Mary asked Tom, "What time will you come here tomor¬row?" 7. She asked me, "Why didn't you come here yesterday?" 8. They said to him, "What time does the train start?" 9. Mother said to me, "Who has brought this par¬cel?" 10. I said to Becky, "What kind of book has your friend brought you?"
2.6.
Write the sentences in reported speech.
1. She asked me: “Don’t close the window.” 2. They said to us: “Come at five o’clock tomorrow.” 3. The doctor advised to him: “You must spend your holidays in the south.” 4. My friend suggested to me: “I can bring you this book.” 5. Andy said: “I prefer CD books.” 6. Julia told: “We met Pete in the library yesterday.” 7. Jane wondered: “Who are you waiting here?” 8. Kate wanted to know: “Have you ever traveled abroad?” 9. Father said to us: “I’ll arrange everything for the trip next week.” 10. The boy told his mother: “I have been learning this poem for half an hour.”
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2.4.1. I asked Boris if his friend lived in London.
2 I asked the man if he was living in a hotel.
3. Nick asked his friend if he would stay at the Hilton.
4. He asked me if I often went to see my friends.
5. She asked me if I had sent them a telegram.
6. She asked me if I had sent them a telegram the day before.
7. I asked her if she could give me their address.
8. I asked my mother if anybody had come to see me.
9. Oleg asked me If I would come there the following day.
10. He asked us if we had gone to the museum that morning.
2.5.
1. I asked Nick where he was going.
2. I asked him how long it would take him to get there.
3. He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.
4. Ann asked Mike when he had left London.
5. Boris asked them how he could get to the railway station.
6 Mary asked Tom what time he would come there the following day.
7. She asked me why I hadn`t come there the day before.
8. They asked him what time the train started.
9. Mother asked me who had brought that parcel.
10. I asked Becky what kind of book my friend had brought me.
2.6.
1. She asked me not to close the window.
2. They told us to come at five o’clock the following day.
3. The doctor advised to him that he had to spend his holidays in the south.(The doctor advised to him to spend his holidays in the south)
4. My friend suggested to me that he could bring me that book.
5. Andy said that he prefered CD books.
6. Julia said that they had met Pete in the library the day before.
7. Jane wondered who I was waiting there(for).
8. Kate wanted to know if I had ever travelled abroad.
9. Father told us that he would arrange everything for the trip the next week.
10. The boy told his mother that he had been learning that poem for half an hour.