REPORTED SPEECH and SEQUENCE of TENSES He said

REPORTED SPEECH and SEQUENCE of TENSES He said (that) He told me to He asked me He wondered

He: I live in London now. He said (that) he lived in London then. She: I have been to London. I went there last year. She said she had been to London. She had gone there the previous year. We: We will go to London next year. We said we would go to London the next year. Present › Past Verb I › Verb II Am, is, are › was, were Verb II › Had V III (ed) Will › Would

Reported Questions Special questions: He: “Where do you live?” He was interested where I lived. General Questions: She: “Do you speak English?” She wondered if I spoke English. Who questions: The teacher: “Who is absent?” The teacher asked who was absent.

Reported Orders He: “Come in, please.” He asked me to come in. She: “Do not go out.” She told me not to go out.

I. Report the following sentences: 1) He: “Air Pollution is becoming serious nowadays” 2) She: ”I was in a greenhouse yesterday” 3) Mary: “I do not like to test my blood pressure” 4) Peter: “Where will you go tomorrow?” 5) Tom: “Have you ever solved these ecological problems?” 6) Frank: “Do not pollute the countryside here” Alice: “Take all this waste to the city dump” II. Choose the correct variant: 1) He said he (was, had been) in the park three days before. 2) She asked me (to open, opened) the window. 3) He asked where she (will, would) go three days later. 4) She wondered if he (can, could) swim very well. 5) He advised (to smoke, not to smoke) if we wanted to be healthy.