Writing . Rewrite the direct questions as reported/indirect questions 1 «What time does the train leave?»
He asked
2 «Are you watching the news?»
Dad asked me
3 Mum asked, «Have you seen the newspapers?»
Mum asked us
4 «When will they get home?»
She asked
5 «Did you finish your homework?»
The teacher asked me

Learning a foreign language isn't an easy thing. Nowadays it's especially important to know foreign languages.Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider.I study English. It's a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Over 300 million people speak it is as a mother tongue.The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations.English language is a wonderful language. It's the language of the great literature. It's the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others. Half of the world's scientific literature is in English. It's the language of computers technology.The great German poet Goethe once said, «He, who knows no foreign language, doesn't know his own one ». That's why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages.I think, that to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.

 It (happened) two years ago. Martha (my sister) and I (decided) to make a trip to Canada. We (packed) our suitcases rather quickly. Martha (wasn't fond of) ironing very much that time so, she (was) very surprised that I (had ironed) all her clothes beforehand. When we arrived in Toronto we suddenly (understood) that we (had left) the address of our hotel on the table at home. Martha (was) in panic of course I (tried) to pull myself together. We (started) searching for our hotel. It (turned) out that they have six hotels with the same name located in different parts of the city. We (took) a taxi and (went) around the city. As I (knew) the city well we (found) our hotel soon. Surprisingly, the driver who (had given) us a drive round the city (offered) me to work as a tour guide for those who (came) from Paris. I (agreed), moreover, I (had had) an experience in Morocco. I (had been) in charge of different tours around the city and fortunately I (had never dealt) with complaints. Our trip (was) fascinating and we (were) glad that we (had forgotten) our hotel’s address at home.  

1) It (was raining) heavily so, we (decided) not to go hiking but to invite friends to our house and cook dinner together.
2) I (to refer) to John when I told the meeting about our current problem. (НЕ ЗНАЮ)
3) No, I (didn't go) to Italy two years ago.
4) When I last went to Italy, a team of scientists (were examining) the falling tower of Pisa.
5) What (were you doing) when I phoned yesterday?
6) By the time we got to the cinema the film (had started), so we missed the first five minutes. 7) I spent a week in Miami recently. I (hadn't been) there before.
8) She told me she (had attended) a lot of meetings in Prague.
9) When I (got back), nobody (had done) the washing up. I was furious