5.2. Reported speech: 1 Choose the correct words.
1 He decided that he will apply / would apply for the job, so he filled in the application form.
2 They asked her if she had heard / had she heard about the company.
3 They told me if I mustn’t / I mustn’t be late.
4 My brother says he looked / looks at job ads every day
so maybe he’ll find something soon.
5 Joe said he would start / he had started a new job the
previous day.
6 He wanted to know if we were going / were we going to
visit Paris.
7 I asked her why was she / why she was upset.
8 Mark promised to help / that he helped us.
9 After her interview, I asked her that it went / whether it
had gone well.
10 Anna has decided that she won’t change / she wouldn’t
change jobs this year.
2 Complete the reported speech. Use the word in capitals.
1 ‘Please don’t accept the job,’ I asked her. TO
I asked her the job. 2 ‘Are you interested in a part-time job?’ she wanted to
know. WHETHER
She wanted to know in a
part-time job.
3 ‘You should get up earlier,’ Emma said to me. THAT Emma told me
earlier.
4 ‘It will be OK,’ Jimmy told me. WOULD
Jimmy told me OK. 5 ‘What are you doing here?’ Sonia asked me. I
Sonia asked me
Вы не можете позавтракать сейчас, сказал Птица.
Вы должны умыться сначала. Фермер и его семья всегда моют руки перед завтраком. Ты живешь в их доме, и ты должны делать то, что они делают. Ладно, сказал Кот. Я живу с семьей
фермера и в их доме, и я должен делать то, что они делают.
И кот открыл рот и начал умывать.
Но когда он был чистым и хотел приступить к своему
завтраку, он не нашел птицу. Умная маленькая птичка
улетела. Она была в саду на высоком дереве. Она
была счастлива и начала петь.
Теперь я понимаю, кот сказал я должен умыться, но я должен умыться после обеда. И теперь все кошки умываются после обеда.