Read each sentence. Give possible results. Use can’t or couldn’t in your answers. Example: My leg hurts. - I can’t dance. I can’t take a long walk.
1. My car didn’t work last night.
2. He has a terrible headache.
3. They got lost.
4. They lost their jobs.
5. I was ill last week.
I.
1. "I was very tired," she said.
→ She said she had been very tired.
2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
→ She told Ben to be careful.
3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
→ She says she will get herself a drink.
4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
→ He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.
5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
→ He said he couldn't drive them home.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
→ She asked me where I had spent my holidays the previous year.
8. He said, "Don't go too far."
→ He advised her not to go too far.
9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
→ He wanted to know if we had been shopping.
10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
→ He asks us not to make so much noise.
II.
1. He said, "I like this song."
→ He said he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
→ She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
→ She said she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
→ They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
→ He said the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
→ She asks Peter whether he prefers tea or coffee.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
→ She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
→ He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.
I went to Moscow with her parents during the summer holidays. Capital left me with the impression of a huge, great and rich city. I would like to visit it more than once.
Walking through the center, I saw the Kremlin, Red Square and saw the famous Astronomical Clock on the Kremlin tower, which sounds the battle on TV every New Year. But most of all I liked the St. Basil's Cathedral. His brightly colored domes andturrets, he recalled on a magical palace.
In Moscow, a lot of beautiful flower beds and fountains.