Краткое пояснение: Косвенная речь передает слова другого человека, но без прямой цитаты. В таких предложениях меняются местоимения, глагольные времена и наречия времени/места.
Пошаговое преобразование:
- 1. "My friend lives in Moscow", said Alec.
Alec said that his friend lived in Moscow. (Present Simple меняется на Past Simple).
- 2. The poor man said: "My horse is wild. It can kill your horse".
The poor man said that his horse was wild and that it could kill his horse. (Present Simple меняется на Past Simple, модальный глагол 'can' меняется на 'could').
- 3. "You have not done your work well", said the teacher to me.
The teacher told me that I had not done my work well. (Present Perfect меняется на Past Perfect).
- 4. "I can't explain this rule to you" said my classmate to me.
My classmate told me that he couldn't explain that rule to me. (Present Simple меняется на Past Simple, 'can' на 'could', 'this' на 'that').
- 5. He said:" I have just received a letter from my uncle"
He said that he had just received a letter from his uncle. (Present Perfect меняется на Past Perfect).
- 6. I said:"I can give you my address".
I said that I could give him my address. ('can' меняется на 'could', 'you' на 'him').
Ответ:
- Alec said that his friend lived in Moscow.
- The poor man said that his horse was wild and that it could kill his horse.
- The teacher told me that I had not done my work well.
- My classmate told me that he couldn't explain that rule to me.
- He said that he had just received a letter from his uncle.
- I said that I could give him my address.