Переведет

Он сказал, что пишет ей письма He said (that) he wrote to her daily.

каждый день.

Он сказал, что он сейчас ей пишет He said (that) he was writing a letter

письмо. to her.

Он сказал, что он написал ей He said (that) he had written to

об этом. her about it.

The rules of Sequence of Tenses are especially active in Reported Speech when speakers need to introduce grammatical changes to show the differences between their current situation and the situation they are reporting.

Besides the change of the tense forms there are some other special strategies in indirect speech: changing time and place references, personal pronouns and reporting verbs. The basic rules for forming indirect, or Reported Speech are presented below.

E x e r c i s e s

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1) I knew they (to wait) for me at the metro station and I decided to hurry.

2) I didn’t know that you already (to wind) up the clock.

3) I was afraid that the little girl (not be able) to unlock the front door and (to go) upstairs to help her.

4) Mark understood why Tom (not to come) the previous evening.

5) He stopped and listened: the clock (to strike) six.

6) They realized that they (to lose) their way in the dark.

7) When the bus (to stop) I (to look) out of the window but (not to see) my brother there. I (to send) him a telegram and I (to think) that he (to meet) me.

8) I found out that he (not to know) German at all.

9) I learnt that my cousin (to receive) a very interesting offer from his firm.

10) My niece wrote in her letter that she (to come) to stay with us.

11) I think the weather (to be) fine next week. I hope it (not to change) for the worse.

12) She hoped that her boyfriend (to come) to see her.

13) I suppose they (to send) a dog after the burglar immediately.

14) When I came to the station I saw my cousin. I understood that he (to miss) the 6 o’clock train.

15) We didn’t know where our friends (to go) every evening.

16) Shakespeare wrote that all the world (to be) a stage.

Translate from Russian into English.

1) Простите, мы не думали, что вы ждете нас.

2) Я думаю, что вы опоздаете в кино.

3) Мы решили на прошлой неделе, что будущим летом мы все поедем на Канарские острова.

4) Я был уверен, что вы не подведете меня.

5) Я не знал, что ты уже вернулся в Манчестер.

6) Он боялся, что ему будет трудно сделать доклад.

7) Секретарь не заметил, что директор с кем-то разговаривает.

8) Когда я увидел Марту, я понял, что она чем-то расстроена. Она сказала, что заболела ее мать.

9) Я была удивлена, когда узнала, что Марк не сдал экзамен. Он говорил, что долго к нему готовился.

10) В больнице я узнал, что у меня вторая группа крови.