Question

Report the sentences Below;
a) John said,, The wedding has taken place this weekend,,.
b) Tim said,,I haven't received a letter from my friend yet.,,
c) My sister said ,, Mum is cooking cherry pies now.,,
d) Ann said," When I entered the room, Granny was laying the table,,.
e) My friend said, " Tomorrow from 4 p.m till 6 p.m. I will be doing my homework."
f) Mum said, " Ann don't forget to wash your hands before dinner."
g) Denis said to his friend," Unfortunately, my grandparents' jubilee had taken place before I arrived."
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Answer 1

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Report the sentences below

Treceți la vorbirea indirectă enunțurile de mai jos

a) John said, ”The wedding has taken place this weekend”.

John said that the wedding had taken place that weekend.

b) Tim said ”I haven't received a letter from my friend yet.”

Tim said that he hadn't received a letter from his firend yet.

c) My sister said "Mum is cooking cherry pies now."

My sister said that mum was cooking pies at that time.

d) Ann said, "When I entered the room, Granny was laying the table."

Ann said that when she had entered the room, Granny had been laying the table.

e) My friend said, "Tomorrow from 4 p.m till 6 p.m. I will be doing my homework."

My friend said that the next day from 4 pm till 6 pm he would be doing his homework.

f) Mum said, " Ann don't forget to wash your hands before dinner."

Mum said to Ann that she shouldn't forget to wash her hands before dinner.

g) Denis said to his friend, "Unfortunately, my grandparents' jubilee had taken place before I arrived."

Dennis said to his friend that unfortunately his grandparents' jubilee had taken place before he had arrived.

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Observații:

• Câteva reguli de concordanță a timpurilor când avem astfel de exerciții de trecere de la vorbirea directă la vorbirea indirectă sunt precizate mai jos

- Atunci când verbul din propoziţia principală (She said, he asked etc.) este la un timp trecut, atunci se schimbă şi timpurile verbale din propoziţia sau propoziţiile secundare, ordonându-se cronologic.

1. Present Tense devine Past Tense:

She said: "I am sure you are ok." >> She said that she was sure I was ok.

2. Past Tense devine Past Perfect:

She said: "I was sure you were ok." >> She said that she had been sure I had been ok.

3. Future devine Conditional Present:

She said: "I will look for you" >> She said that she would look for me.