Task 3.Write the sentences in reported speech. 1. He said, «Open the window, Ann.»
2. He asked his friend: «Bring me, please, that book!"
3. He said, “I've finished the test."
4. “Please, forgive me,” he said to Clara. He asked Clara to forgive him.
5. “When are you going to the USA?”
6. He told me, “You will never get promoted."
Open the brackets using the correct form of the Participle.
В: 1. a) Scientists (dealing) with the problems of pollution insist on its being exactly assessed. b) The problem of pollution in industrial areas (dealt) with in this paper is one of the most important for modem science.
2. a) People (using) force when it is not necessary cannot be justified. b) Electronic computers (used) in the research saved the scientists a lot of time.
3. a) Drought (followed) by famine had a disastrous effect on the economy of the country. b) The discovery of the synthetic penicillins (following) the original discovery by A. Flemming, was also made in Britain.
4. a) (Carrying out) numerous experiments and tests, the scientists tried to prove the original hypothesis. b) The experiments (carried out) by a team of your scientists led to sensational results.
5. a) The architect didn't like this design (involving) him in a lot of extra work. b) He enjoyed the travelling (involved) in his new job.
1. The weather in England is very _d) changeable__.
a) hot; b) cold; c) pleasant; d) changeable
2. It is natural for the English to use the comparison "as changeable as the weather" of a person who often changes his __a) mood__ or opinion about something.
a) mood; b) look; c) understanding; d) clothes.
3. The weather is the favorite _b) conversational___topic in England.
a) interesting; b) conversational; c) good; d) boring.
4. When they go _a) abroad___the English often surprise people of other nationalities by this tendency to talk about the weather.
a) abroad b) to the theatre; c) to the museum; d) home
5. The two _b) worst__ months in Britain are January and February.
a) best; b) worst; c) better; d) the nicest.