3 Grammar. Reported speech: statements. a) Liz and her family live in a solar energy house in the country. Read what she says: 1 We came here because my parents didn’t like the pollution in the city. 2 We lived in London before. 3 We want to start a new life here. 4 The people in the village are very friendly. We have met them all. 5 They showed us how to grow vegetables. 6 I hope we can learn to grow all our own food. Perhaps we’ll be able to sell some of it too. b) After you return home, you tell a friend what Liz told you. Use reporting verbs in the past simple form, like told me, said, explained, …

Перевод задания: Грамматика. Косвенная речь: утверждения. Прочитайте высказывания Лиз, а затем перескажите другу, что она рассказала, используя глаголы сообщения в форме Past Simple.

При переходе в косвенную речь используются: came → had come, didn’t like → hadn’t liked, lived → had lived, want → wanted, are → were, have met → had met, showed → had shown, hope → hoped, can → could, will → would.

1. Liz explained that they had come there because her parents hadn’t liked the pollution in the city.
   (Лиз объяснила, что они приехали туда, потому что её родителям не нравилось загрязнение в городе.)
2. She said that they had lived in London before.
   (Она сказала, что раньше они жили в Лондоне.)
3. She told me that they wanted to start a new life there.
   (Она сказала мне, что они хотели начать там новую жизнь.)
4. Liz said that the people in the village were very friendly and that they had met them all.
   (Лиз сказала, что жители деревни были очень дружелюбными и что они познакомились со всеми.)
5. She explained that the people in the village had shown them how to grow vegetables.
   (Она объяснила, что жители деревни показали им, как выращивать овощи.)
6. Liz said that she hoped they could learn to grow all their own food and that perhaps they would be able to sell some of it too.
   (Лиз сказала, что надеялась, что они смогут научиться выращивать всю еду самостоятельно и, возможно, смогут продавать часть этой еды.)