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16.12.2022 13:20 •  Английский язык

 Choose the proper form of the indirect speech. 1. 'I couldn't get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window,' he said.

A) He said he wasn't able to get into the house because he has lost his key, so he has had to break a window.

B) He said he hadn't been able to get into the house because he had lost his key, so he had had to break a window.

C) He says he hadn't been able to get into the house because he lost his key, so he had to break a window.

2. 'The mirror is there so that you can see yourself when you are dancing,' the instructress told him.

A) The instructress told him the mirror was there so that he could see himself when he was dancing.

B) The instructress told him the mirror is there so that he can see himself when he is dancing.

C) The instructress told him the mirror will be there so that he can see himself when he will be dancing.

3. 'I wrote to him the day before yesterday. I wonder why he hasn't rung up,' she said.

A) She said him she wrote to him two days before and wondered why he didn't ring up.

B) She told him she had written to him two days before and wondered why he hadn't rung up.

C) She told him she wrote to him two days before and wondered why he didn't rung up.

4. 'If the ground is dry on the day of the race, my horse might win,' said the owner.

A) The owner says if the ground is dry on the day of the race his horse may win.

B) The owner said if the ground would be dry on the day of the race his horse might win.

C) The owner said if the ground was dry on the day of the race his horse might win.

5. 'You'd better slow down. There's a speed limit here,' she said to me.

A) She advised me to slow down as there is a speed limit there.

B) She advised me to slow down as there will be a speed limit there.

C) She advised me to slow down as there was a speed limit there.​