Приказания и просьбы в косвенной речи

1. Приказания и просьбы в косвенной речи вводятся глаголами to tell - велеть, сказать, приказывать, to order - приказывать, to ask – (по) просить.

Следует помнить, что за глаголами to tell, to ask, to order всегда следует косвенное дополнение, к которому относится просьба или приказание. Если предложение, вводящее прямую речь, не содержит косвенного дополнения, то вводится личное местоимение, обусловленное контекстом.

She said, "Don't book tickets for the theatre for next Friday." She asked me not to book tickets for the theatre for the following Friday.

Note: Глагол to order употребляется сравнительно редко, так как он очень категоричен.

2. Глагол в повелительном наклонении заменяется инфинитивом. Отрицательная форма инфинитива образуется путем прибавления отрицания not (to go - not to go).

3. Указательные местоимения, наречия времени и места заменяются в соответствии с правилами согласования времен.

Ex.5 Translate into English.

помочь ему.

остаться в городе на несколько дней.

разбудить его в 7.30.

не уходить из дома завтра.

Он попросил купить овощи и фрукты.

меня никому не говорить об этом.

договориться о встрече с г-ном Смитом.

отвезти его завтра в Абрамцево.

сказать ему, как это сделать.

не прерывать его.

Ex.6 Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech. Decide whether to use 'told' or 'asked', or whether either of these two verbs is suitable.

1. I said to Jack, "Please give me your dictionary." 2. The bus-conductor said to the passengers, "Don't get off the bus while it is going." 3. Mary said to her brother, "Take the letter to the Post Office, please." 4. The teacher said to Tom, "Collect the exercise-books and put them on my table." 5. The old man said to the little girl, "Don't run across the street." 6. The teacher said to the pupils, "Learn the poem by heart." 7. I said to my friend, "Meet me outside the cinema at six o'clock." 8. Mary's mother said to her, "Don't go out without your coat." 9. The teacher said to the students, "Open your books at page 60." 10. The doctor said to the sick man, "Don't go back to work for a fortnight." 11. Jack said to the policeman, "Tell me the time, please." 12. The teacher said to the student, "Clean the blackboard, please."

Ex.7 Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. I asked my friend, "How do you feel after your holiday?" 2. Margaret asked Richard, "Where are you going for your holidays?" 3. Ann asked Mary, "What do you usually have for breakfast?" 4. Jack's father asked him, "Who are you writing a letter to?" 5. The teacher asked Bob, "When did you learn to swim?" 6. I saw a cloud of smoke and asked, "What is burning?" 7. Mary's mother asked her, "Where have you put your shoes?" 8. I asked her, "Who gave you that watch?" 9. Peter asked me, "When are you going to have dinner?" 10. Mr. Smith asked his wife, "How much do you spend on food every week?" 11. The policeman asked me, "Where did you lose your wallet?" 12. The teacher came into the classroom and asked the pupils, "What are you doing?" 13. Henry asked Tom, "Who did you visit in the hospital?" 14. I asked Bob, "Why didn't you answer my letter?" 15. There was a crowd in the street. I asked a man in the crowd, "What is the matter?" 16. The teacher wrote the answers on the blackboard and then asked, "Who has got all the answers right?" 17. The little boy asked his father, "Why does a policeman wear a uniform?" 18. 1 asked him, "Who are you looking at?" 19. A man asked his friend, "When did you buy your car?" 20. Tom asked the teacher, "What does the word mean?"

Ex.8 Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. 1 asked the old gentleman, "Are you feeling tired?" 2. The hotel manager asked the visitors, "Did you sleep well?" 3. He asked his wife, "Is the baby asleep or awake?" 4. The teacher asked Tom, "Do you come to school by bus or on foot?" 5. A man stopped me in the street and asked, "Have you got a match?" 6. The teacher asked us, "Do you understand the question or not?" 7. Henry's father asked his son, "Do you want to be an engineer or a doctor?" 8. I asked Peter, "Are you going to play football on Friday or on Saturday?" 9. The teacher asked me, "Do you spell 'swimming' with one 'm' or a double 'm'?" 10. He asked his secretary, "Has the postman been yet?"

Ex.9 Put the following into Indirect Speech.

1. "We have a lift but very often it doesn't work," they said. 2. "We have moved into our new flat. We don't like it nearly so much as our last one," said my aunt.

3. "Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun," she said. 4. "I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit the Tower," he said. 5. He said, "My wife has just been made a judge." 6. "Who put salt in my coffee?", he asked. 7. "Why did you travel first class?", I asked him. 8. "What else did you see?", I asked the boy. 9. "What is your new house like?", I asked them. 10. "Did they understand what you said to them?", he inquired. 11. "Haven't you got a television set?", he asked. 12. "When you don't like a film do you stay to the end or walk out in the middle?", she asked. 13. "Don't argue with your father," I said. 14. "Wait for me at the bridge," said the young man. 15. "Don't make a sound," he said in a whisper.

16. "Don't go near the water, children," she said. 17. "Don't forget your sandwiches," said his mother. 18. "Please don't say anything to make her angry," said my father. 19. "Please don't leave the gate open," the farmer said to visitors. 20. "Don't climb that tree in your new trousers, Richard," his father said.

Ex.10 Read and translate the text.