Exercise 1. Make into Reported Speech. 1. Do you know where the Browns live?» we asked a passerby.
2.There are a lot of trains to my station on Sunday,» said Andrew to us. «You will have no problems
getting to my country place.»
3. «Do you often meet my sister at the library?» he asked me.
4. «Will the teacher return our exercise books today?» asked Nick.
5. «My nephew is a very capable young man,» said the woman. «He has just graduated from college,
but he is already a very skilful specialist.»
6. «Don't forget to bring your exercise books tomorrow,» said the teacher to us. «You are going to write
a very important paper.»
7. «How can I get to the circus?» asked the girl. «Take tram number five,» said the man.
8. «I am very sorry, Kate,» said Mike, «I have forgotten to bring your dictionary.»
9. «When does your mother go shopping? » asked the neighbour.
2. My dad said that he wants to retire when he is sixty.
3. We interview everyone who applies for a job before making our decision.
4. The government taxes everyone who works and then spends the money on roads, hospitals and thinks like that.
5. Wendy works hard for the company and I think she deserves a more challenging job.
6. I read recently that women still earn less that men for the same job and I don't think it is fair.
2) Americans celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December.
3) The 1st of January is not so widely celebrated in the United States as we do it
in Russia.
4) The most important holiday in America is the 4th of July,
The Independence Day.
5) The 4th of July is the day-off and people don't go to work. Other holidays
when people don't go to work are: Martin Luther King's day on the 20th of January, Labour Day on the 7th of September and Thanksgiving on the last Friday of November.
6) It is a big white stone on the shore in Plymouth in Massachusetts, that the pilgrims landed on. It is called «The Plymouth Rock».
7) Halloween is children's most favourite holiday.