Вкосвенную речь1. “there’s been an accident, and the road is blocked”, said the policeman.2. “matters relating to, say, divorce are, of course, dealt with in a civil court rather than a criminal court”, said the lawyer.3. “did you hear? somebody broke into that jewelry shop in the town centre last night and stole $50,000 worth of stuff”, said peter.4. aunt sally put the newspaper aside: “three prisoners have broken out of hallton jail. we’d better lock all our doors tonight! ”5. mary looked at me and said: “i suspect that young neighbour of ours has got mixed up in something illegal.”6. the people’s party representative said to the interviewer: “members of our party believe that the monarchy should be abolished.”7. “the two children were knocked down by a drunken driver. both children were seriously injured and police have arrested the driver”, said the constable.8. “a security guard at the bank was attacked and badly injured by thieves last night”, said the reporter.9. “the number of accidents caused by cars driving too fast has increased very quickly in the last two years”, said the head of the department.

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Exercise 1.
Open the brackets using Present Simple or Present Continuous.
I'm not drinking coffee now. I'm writing an English exercise.
I don't drink coffee in the evening. I drink coffee in the morning.
Your friend is doing his homework now?
Your friend is going to school in the morning?
Look! The baby is sleeping. The baby always sleeps after dinner.
My grandmother don't work. She is on pension.
Where is your cousin work? - He works at a hospital.

Exercise 2.
Choose the correct answer.
Story about a person's life written by someone else
d) biography
Facts and statistics about people, places and things
b) encyclopedia
Long story, usually in chapters
b) novel
Has rhythm, may rhyme, may have stanzas (sections)
a) poetry

Exercise 3.
Open the brackets using the first verb with used to, and the second one in Past Simple.
e.g.: He (live) in New York before he (enter) Oxford University. – He used to live in New York before he entered Oxford University.
I used to earn enough money, but then I lost my job.
Bob not used to like football, but then he changed his mind.
My mum used to drive a lot before she had that accident.
This telephone used to work well before my son dropped it.
Mary used to work in a hotel, but then she got married.
He used to play basketball before he broke his leg.

Exercise 4.
Choose the correct answer.
He was cooking his wife came into the room.
c) when

She stayed at school the lessons were over.
b) until

He was reading the book his children were doing homework.
c) while
Call me you remember some new information.
a) as soon as

1. clean cleaner the cleanest

2. easy easier the easiest

3. good  bettr the best

4. dirty dirtier the dirtiest

5. fat fatter the fattest

6. beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

7. sad sadder the saddest

8. flat flatter the flattest

9. active more active the most active

10. comfortable more comfortable the most comfortable

11. hot hotter the hottest

12. happy happier the happiest

13. wet wetter the wettest

14. narrow narrower the narrowest

15. big bigger the biggest

16. busy busier the busiest

17. noisy nosier the nosiest

18. dirty dirtier the dirtiest

19. thin thinner the thinnest

20. little less the least

21. bad worse the worst

22. few  fewer fewest

23. much  more the most

24. many  more the most

25. rich richer the richest

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