Change the following sentences from direct into inderect speech: 1. Robinson said: «I understand lots of your people have improved their living conditions now». 2. Yuri said:«Thousands of people have moved to new apartments and a great many more houses are being built in all parts of the city». 3. Robinson said to Yuri: «Are the small old houses I saw in your street when I first visited you still there?» 4. Yuri said: «They were pulled down long ago and a number of houses for the workers of our factory, with big shops on the ground floor, have been built in their place in the last two or three years». 5. The young man said to Yuri: «Can you tell me how I can get to the Bolshoi Theatre?» 6. Yuri said to the young man: «Go straight down to the end of the street and then turn to the left». 7. The young man said to Yuri: «Can I get there by bus?» 8. Yuri said to him: «Take bus 5 and it will take you right to the Bolshoi Theatre».
1) Is she eating an apple? - Yes,she is eating an apple.
2) Do we often stay at home in the evening? - Yes, we often stay at home in the evening.
3) What do we do in the evening? - We read books and watch TV in the evenings.
4) Is your sitting-room large? - No,my sitting - room is not very large.
5) Do you translate English letters every day? - Yes, I translate English letters every day!
6) Do you finish your work at 6?- No, I don’t finish my work at 6.
7) When do you come home in the evening? - I come home at 7 o’clock in the evening.
8) When do we have lunch? - We have lunch at 1.
9) Do your children drink coffee with milk every day? - Yes, my children drink coffee with milk every day.
10) Do your engineers learn foreign languages? - Yes, our engineers learn foreign languages.
2. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the 17th century. On the 6th of September in 1620 a group of people left England for the New World. They sailed from Plymouth, on boqard the ship "Mayflower." They wnated to start a new life and have no problems with the church. They landed in the Northeast of america. There were 74 men and 28 women. They set up a colony and called that part of a country New England.The first colonies in North America were founded on the eastern coast. The English founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. The first colony was called Jamestown, situated in today’s Virginia. The colony was named after the English king, James I. The first colonists hoped to find gold in the New World and to get rich quickly. But the settlers had many problems during the first winters and hardly managed to survive.
3. Yes, there were.
4. The English King who lived in England was the king of New England and other colonies. The colonists in America didn't like that They wanted to be free from England.
5. They were farmers, they worked hard.
6. New York, San Fransisco, Boston, Los Angeles.
7. There are 100 cents in a dollar. Other american coins are: a dime, pennies, nickels, quarters. There are 5 pennies in a nickel. There 2 nickels in a dime. There are four quarters in a dollar. There are ten dimes in a dollar.
8.The name of the town is San Fransisco. Jeans were very strong
trousers made of denim.
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8. blue, red and white. 50 stars mean 50 states of the USA. 13 stripes mean first 13 colonies. People often called the american flag - the stars and stripes.
Yes, it did. The arrows mean strength. You can see an eagle on the back of a dollar bill.
9. The Independence day.
10. Yes, it is, DC stand for District Columbia. People say "Washigton DC" not to confuse this city with the name of a state Washington in the northwest f the country.