Чтобы разнообразить свою речь, глаголы say и tell можно заменить на другие, более выразительные:
accuse (обвинять)
admit (признавать)
advise (советовать)
agree (соглашаться)
apologise (извиняться)
ask (спрашивать)
beg (умолять)
boast (хвастаться)
complain (жаловаться)
deny (отрицать)
explain (объяснять)
insist (настаивать)
invite (приглашать)
offer (предлагать)
order (приказывать)
promise (обещать)
refuse (отказываться)
remind (напоминать)
suggest (предлагать)
threaten (угрожать)
warn (предупреждать)
wonder (интересоваться)
Однако с этими глаголами важно знать и помнить, какая конструкция идет после них. Об этом подробнее поговорим в главах, посвященных Инфинитиву и Герундию.
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Мы рассмотрели достаточно большую и важную тему в английской грамматике – косвенную речь. Теперь вы можете безошибочно передавать информацию, услышанную от кого-либо или прочитанную в прессе. Главное – помнить, как и что меняется при переходе из прямой речи в косвенную.
Тест для проверки пройденного уровня A
1. Lucy: “I know three foreign languages.” – Lucy says that … three foreign languages.
a) I know
b) she knows
c) she knew
2. Jane: “My brother is a very capable young man.” – Jane says that … a very capable young man.
a) my brother is
b) her brother is
c) her brother was
3. Daniel: “You will have no problems getting to my country place.” – Daniel tells us that … .
a) you will have no problems getting to my country place
b) we will have no problems getting to our country place
c) we will have no problems getting to his country place
4. Anna to Tom: “I have never seen your car.” – Anna tells Tom that … .
a) she have never seen your car
b) she has never seen her car
c) she has never seen his car
5.Father: “I want to go to the seaside.” – Father said that … to go to the seaside.
a) he wanted
b) he wants
c) I wanted
6. Julia: “I like the novel so much that I’m reading it for the second time.” – Julia said that … it for the second time.
a) she likes the novel so much that she’s reading
b) she liked the novel so much that she’s reading
c) she liked the novel so much that she was reading
7. Mark: “I have never been to this country before.” – Mark told me that … before.
a) I have never been to this country
b) he had never been to that country
c) he has never been to this country
8. Peter: “I will call you tomorrow.” – Peter said that … .
a) he would call you tomorrow
b) he would call me the following day
c) he will call me tomorrow
9. Teacher: “I have already checked your tests.” – The teacher told the students that … .
a) she had already checked your tests
b) she already checked the tests
c) she had already checked their tests
10. Mr. Smith: “In my childhood I enjoyed skiing very much.” – Mr. Smith said that … skiing very much.
a) in his childhood he had enjoyed
b) in his childhood he enjoyed
c) in my childhood he had enjoyed
Тест для проверки пройденного уровня B
1. Simon … his wife where she had been all day.
a) said
b) asks
c) asked
2. My younger daughter … she wanted to be a famous actress.
a) say
b) tell
c) told
d) said
3. Michael said that he … that woman by the window several times before.
a) met
b) has met
c) had met
d) was meeting
4. The teacher said that Everest … the highest mountain in the world.
a) is
b) was
c) has been
d) would be
5. Lizzy told us that Sam was leaving … .
a) tomorrow
b) the next day
c) the previous day
6. Tina asked what they were going to do … .
