ПЕРЕДЕЛАТЬ предложение в косвенную речь: 1 'I can't find my wallet,'Ben said.
Ben said that he couldn't find his wallet.
2 I've never been jet-skiing,' said Cathy.
3 I'll watch the documentary with you tonight,' said Liam.
4 'We can't go out because it's stormy,' said George.
5 'The volcano has erupted twice this year,' said Harriet.
6 I'll probably study maths at college,' said Chris.
7 'We can visit the aquarium today,' said Joe.
8 'A new florist's has opened in town,' said Mandy.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Ben says "I can't find my wallet." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "I" to "he" and the verb "can't" to "couldn't" to match the past tense.
2. Cathy said that she had never been jet-skiing.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Cathy says "I've never been jet-skiing." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "I" to "she" and the verb "have" to "had" to match the past tense.
3. Liam said that he would watch the documentary with me tonight.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Liam says "I'll watch the documentary with you tonight." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "I" to "he" and the modal verb "will" to "would" to express willingness in the past.
4. George said that they couldn't go out because it was stormy.
Explanation: In the direct speech, George says "We can't go out because it's stormy." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and keep the pronoun "we" and the verb "can't" as "couldn't" to match the past tense. We also change the pronoun "it" to "was" to match the past tense.
5. Harriet said that the volcano had erupted twice that year.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Harriet says "The volcano has erupted twice this year." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "the" to "the" and the verb "has erupted" to "had erupted" to match the past tense.
6. Chris said that he would probably study maths at college.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Chris says "I'll probably study maths at college." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "I" to "he" and the modal verb "will" to "would" to express willingness in the past.
7. Joe said that they could visit the aquarium that day.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Joe says "We can visit the aquarium today." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and keep the pronoun "we" and the verb "can" as "could" to match the past tense.
8. Mandy said that a new florist's had opened in town.
Explanation: In the direct speech, Mandy says "A new florist's has opened in town." To change it into indirect speech, we need to use the reporting verb "said" in the past tense and change the pronoun "a" to "a" and the verb "has opened" to "had opened" to match the past tense.