Sequence of Tenses - Indirect Speech. Model 1.

Дата публикации: Oct 31, 2014 4:24:23 PM

Model 1

She said, “You are very smart!”

She said I was very smart.

1. "I have something to tell you," I said to her.

I said to her I had something to tell her.

2 ."We have a lift but very often it doesn't work," they said.

They said they had a lift but very often it didn't work.

3. "The president is to come to Madrid the day after tomorrow," said the BBC announcer.

The BBC announcer said the president was to come to Madrid in two days.

4. "I've been to Turkey twice, but so far I haven't had time to visit Istanbul," said Robert.

Robert said he'd been to Turkey twice, but so far he hadn't had time to visit Istanbul.

5. "You haven’t closed the window and has forgotten to turn off the light," he pointed out.

He pointed out I hadn't closed the window and had forgotten to turn off the light.

She said, “You will be late”

She said I would be late

1. "It will be very difficult to persuade her to take care of herself, doctor," I replied.

I replied to the doctor it would be very difficult to persuade her to take care of herself.

2. 'I'll come with you as soon as Fran's ready," she replied to me.

She replied to me she'd come with me as soon as Fran's ready.

3. "I've no idea who has done it but I'll find out," said Peggy.

Peggy said she had no idea who had done it but she would find out.

4. "I am going to call again tomorrow, mother," she said.

She said to her mother she was going to call again the next day.

5. "I'll have a French lesson this evening and I haven't done my homework yet," said the small boy.

The small boy said he'd have a French lesson that evening and he hadn't done his homework yet.

[??What is the difference??

She replied to me she'd come with me as soon as Fran's ready.

She replied to me she would come with me as soon as Fran's ready.

]

She said, “You were very smart!”

She said I had been very smart.

1. "I met her for the first time on a warm sunny morning last spring," he said.

He said he had met her for the first time on a warm sunny morning last spring.

2. "She had been sitting in the garden before the police came," I said to the officer.

I said to the officer she had been sitting in the garden before the police had come.

3. "We had a new flat, but we didn't like it so much as our previous one," said my cousin.

My cousin said they had had a new flat, but they hadn't liked it so much as their previous one.

4. "I was leaving a message for him when he phoned," she said.

She said she had been leaving a message for him when he had phoned.

5. He said, "My mother was successfully operated on."

He said his mother had successfully been operated on.