Turn the following into reported speech.
1. ‘Can you come at four instead of five tomorrow afternoon?’ Rick asked me.
2. 'I have never seen that woman before,’ the man said to the policemen.
3. ‘I’ll buy you a new toy train for your birthday,’ Grandpa said to Alex.
4. 'What time is Paul coming?’ I asked.
5. 'Call me as soon as you hear about the results,’ the boss said to me.
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Ответ:
1. ‘Can you come at four instead of five tomorrow afternoon?’ Rick asked me.
Rick asked me if I could come at four instead of five the following afternoon.
2. 'I have never seen that woman before,’ the man said to the policemen.
The man told the policemen that he had never seen that woman before.
3. ‘I’ll buy you a new toy train for your birthday,’ Grandpa said to Alex.
Grandpa promised Alex to buy him a new toy train for his birthday.
4. 'What time is Paul coming?’ I asked.
I asked what time Paul was coming.
5. 'Call me as soon as you hear about the results,’ the boss said to me.
The boss told me to call him as soon as I heard about the results.
Объяснение:
*Чтобы перевести прямую речь в косвенную, нужно:
1) убрать кавычки и дописать слово that;
2) поменять действующее лицо (заменить местоимения);
3) согласовать времена глаголов (см. вложение 1);
4) при необходимости поменять обстоятельства времени и места (см. вложение 2).
*Если в прямой речи используется повелительное наклонение (то есть просьба, приказ или инструкция), то нужно:
1) убрать кавычки и и поменять слово say на tell, после которого нужно написать, кому это говорится (told her / told us);
2) добавить требуемое действие из прямой речи (частицу to и глагол в начальной форме), например to go, to open the door...;
3) при необходимости поменять обстоятельства времени и места (см. вложение 2).