Задания для проверочной работы по теме "Косвенная речь в английском языке"

Test “Reported Speech” (1^st Variant)

Задание 1. Преобразуйте предложения с прямой речью в предложения с косвенной речью.

1.      Mother said: “Don’t touch the oven. It’s hot.”

2.      “I’m the fastest runner on the team,” he said.

3.      “I’ll call you next week,” she said to him.

4.      “Will you be able to find their house without me?” asked John.

5.      “Have you got a Russian-English dictionary?” he asked me.

6.      “Read the instructions before you switch on the machine,” he said to me.

7.      “What have you prepared for today, children?” said the teacher.

8.      Johnny said to her, “Will you show me the books you have bought?”

9.      All my friends ask me, “Where have you been so late?”

10.  She said to me: “Now I can read your translation.”

Задание 2. Восстановите прямую речь в следующих предложениях.

1.      Mike said he liked Dickens’ novels very much.

2.      Mother told me not to be late for dinner.

3.      I asked Mike if he had “Gulliver’s Travels”.

4.      Jack said that he often went to see Bob.

5.      Nick asked Pete what he had seen at the museum.

Задание 3. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.      The doctor asked, “How do you feel?”

A.    The doctor asked how did I feel.

B.     The doctor asked how I felt.

C.     The doctor asked how I had felt.

2.      “Will you be free tomorrow?”  Colin asked Richard.

A.    Richard asked would Colin be free the next day.

B.     Colin asked Richard if he would be free the following day.

C.     Colin asked if Richard will be free tomorrow.

3.      The students said, “We wish our exams were over.”

A.    The students said they wished their exams had been over.

B.     The students said they wished their exams have been over.

C.     The students said they wished their exams were over.

Test “Reported Speech” (2^nd Variant)

Задание 1. Преобразуйте предложения с прямой речью в предложения с косвенной речью.

1.      “Let’s have a party,” Simon said.

2.      “I’ll punish you if you behave badly,” Mum told the twins.

3.      “Throw down your weapons!” the policeman said to the robbers.

4.      “You must wash your hands before eating dinner,” she told the children.

5.      Dad said to them: “Don’t go near the edge of the cliff!”

6.      “I shall go to see my friend tomorrow,” said Kate. “Will you come with me?”

7.      “I want to know how your cousin likes working at this hospital,” said Vera to Helen.

8.      “Do you know where the Browns live?” we ask a passer-by.

9.      “There are a lot of trains to my station on Sunday,” said Andrew to us.

10.  “You should spend more time studying,” said the teacher.

Задание 2. Восстановите прямую речь в следующих предложениях.

1.      He told me he had read “Dombey and Son” the year before.

2.      The teacher said that the pupils would read the text the next day.

3.      She asked me to buy some bread on my way home.

4.      I asked John if he would be at home at three o’clock.

5.      Lydia said she had not seen it yet.

Задание 3. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.      “Ann’s sister did nothing except complain,” said Tim to us.

A.    Tim said that Ann’s sister had done nothing except complain.

B.     Tim said that Ann’s sister did nothing except complain.

C.     Tim said to us that Ann’s sister had done nothing except complain.

2.      “Could you show me these jeans, please?” said the boy.

A.    The boy said to show him those jeans.

B.     The boy asked to show him those jeans.

C.     The boy asked if the salesgirl could show him these jeans.

3.       “Why hasn’t he locked the car door?” the police man said.

A.    The policeman asked why he hadn’t locked the car door.

B.     The policeman asked why hadn’t he locked the car door.

C.     The policeman asked why he didn’t lock the car door.

Test “Reported Speech” (3^d Variant)

Задание 1. Преобразуйте предложения с прямой речью в предложения с косвенной речью.

1.      “Don’t leave the door unlocked,” they warn us.

2.      “You should go to the doctor,” she told him.

3.      She said, “The train is to arrive at 10 a.m.”

4.      “We shall go to the zoo tomorrow,” said our grandmother.

5.      “Does your friend often come here, boys?” said Fred. “I want to speak to him.”

6.      Mother said to Pete: “Don’t forget to wash your hands!”

7.      She said to me: “Where were you a few weeks ago?”

8.      “Could you bring me another cup of tea, please,” I said to hostess.

9.      Helen said to Pete: “Did you play chess with your father yesterday?”

10.  Tara said to Diana: “I promise I won’t tell you anyone your secret.”

Задание 2. Восстановите прямую речь в следующих предложениях.

1.      Mike asked me if I had read “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.

2.      The teacher asked who was ill.

3.      Annie said that she had seen the film several months before.

4.      Boris told me that he wanted to make a radio-set.

5.      She said she had seen Mary that day.

Задание 3. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.      Tom said, “Jerry has been my best friend since our early childhood.”

A.    Tom told Jerry that he had been his best friend since their early childhood.

B.     Tom said that Jerry has been my best friend since our early childhood.

C.     Tom said Jerry had been his best friend since their early childhood.

2.      “Where is the nearest bus stop?” the old man addressed a policeman.

A.    The old man asked where was the nearest bus stop.

B.     The old man asked a policeman where the nearest bus stop was.

C.     The old man told the policeman where the nearest bus stop was.

3.      “Don’t swim too far, dear,” asked Dad.

A.    Dad asked her not to swim too far.

B.     Dad asked her don’t swim too far.

C.     Dad asked her if she wouldn’t swim too far.