Краткое пояснение: При переводе специальных вопросов в косвенную речь, вопросительное слово остается на месте, глагол ставится после него, а время глагола меняется по правилам.
Преобразование в косвенную речь:
- 1. They said: "What time does the train start?"
They asked what time the train started. (Present Simple меняется на Past Simple).
- 2. She asked me: "What will you do tomorrow?"
She asked me what I would do the next day. ('will' меняется на 'would', 'tomorrow' на 'the next day').
- 3. I asked me uncle: "How long did you stay in Moscow?"
I asked my uncle how long he had stayed in Moscow. (Past Simple меняется на Past Perfect).
- 4. He wondered: "Where did you buy this hat?"
He wondered where I had bought that hat. (Past Simple меняется на Past Perfect, 'this' на 'that').
- 5. He said to her: "Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?"
He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays. (Present Simple меняется на Past Simple).
- 6. She asked me: "Why did you come here yesterday?"
She asked me why I had come here the day before. (Past Simple меняется на Past Perfect, 'yesterday' на 'the day before').
Ответ:
- They asked what time the train started.
- She asked me what I would do the next day.
- I asked my uncle how long he had stayed in Moscow.
- He wondered where I had bought that hat.
- He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.
- She asked me why I had come here the day before.