Упражнение 418.

Замените прямую речь косвенной:
1. Не has just said, "I want to speak to you." 2. He has just said, "We have finished our
work." 3. He will say, "I will do it at once." 4. He said, 'This exercise is very easy." 5. He said
to her, "I met him last year." 6. He said, "He is going to Leningrad to-morrow." 7. He said to
me, "I have never been here before." 8. I said, "I was ill yesterday." 9. He said to them, "She
will be here in half an hour." 10. I said to him, "I have been waiting for you since two o'clock."
11. He said, "I was working hard all the time." 12. He said to me, Til come as soon as I can."
13. He said, "I sent them a telegram two days ago." 14. He said, "I'm afraid I can't go there
now but I shall probably be able to go there to-morrow." 15. She said, "I have been very ill, but
I am feeling much better." 16. He said, "I met him in 1950." 17. He said, "The price does not
include the cost of packing." 18. The director said to him, "You must charter a steamer of 8,000
tons." 19. He said, "The buyers agree to accept the cargo on condition that it is not shipped before
the 12th December." 20. He said, "I was writing a letter when he entered the room."
21. He said, "We must ship the goods at the end of August." 22. He said to me, "You ought to
send him a cable." 23. He said, "I must sign the letters before I go." 24. He said to me, "You
should wait until the weather changes." 25. He said to me, "You must eat more fruit."

Ответы.

1. He has just said that** he wants to speak to me. 2. He has just said that they
have finished their work. 3. He will say that he will do it at once. 4. He said that this
(or: that) exercise was very easy. 5. He told her that he met him last year (or: that
he had met him the year before). 6. He said that he was going to Leningrad tomorrow
(or: the next day). 7. He told me that he had never been there (or: here) before.
8. I said that I was ill yesterday (or: that I had been ill the day before). 9. He
told them that she would be there (or: here) in half an hour. 10. I told him that I had
been waiting for him since two o'clock. 11. He said that he had been working hard all
the time. 12. He told me that he would come as soon as he could. 13. He said that
he sent them a telegram two days ago (or: that he had sent them a telegram two
days before). 14. He said that he was afraid that he couldn't go there then (or: now),
but that he would probably be able to go there the next day (or: to-morrow). 15. She
said that she had been very ill, but she was feeling much better. 16. He said that he
met (or: had met) him in 1950. 17. He said that the price did not include the cost of
packing. 18. The director told him that he must charter a steamer of 8,000 tons.
19. He said that the buyers agreed to accept the cargo on condition that it was not
shipped before the 12th December. 20. He said that he was writing (or: had been
writing) a letter when he entered the room. 21. He said that they must ship the
goods at the end of August. 22. He told me that I ought to send him a cable. 23. He
said that he must sign the letters before he went. 24. He told me that I should wait
until the weather changed. 25. He told me that I must eat more fruit.

* Напоминаем, что указательные местоимения и наречия времени и места заменяются в косвенной
речи другими словами только в тех случаях, когда этого требуют обстоятельства, при которых
передается косвенная речь.
** Напоминаем, что в этом упражнении во всех предложениях союз that может быть опущен.


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