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Turn the following sentences into Reported Speech:
1. "I am writing the last page of the report right now and I will send it to you on the spot", said Anne.
2. "We visited the Versailles Museum last summer and we were impressed", Mary and Ronny told me.
3. "I have had too much to work lately", complained one of my colleagues.
4. "I was most interested in the announcement", said Sarah.
5. "The interest will hike by 0.5% this quarter", announced the bank officials.
6. "This year, the company's sales have increased over expectations", announced the general manager of the retailer.
7. "I presented my resignation several days ago, so I will leave the company very soon", my boyfriend announced me.
8. "I would like to stay with you more, but I really have to go", apologised Christine.
9. "We leave as soon as I finish my work", said my girlfriend.
10. "I will leave this company as soon as I find something better paid and more interesting", said my aunt yesterday.

Answer 1

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Turn the following sentences into Reported Speech

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Răspuns:

1.  "I am writing the last page of the report right now and I will send it to you on the spot", said Anne.

Anne said that she was writing the last page of the report that very moment, and she would send it to him soon.

2. "We visited the Versailles Museum last summer and we were impressed", Mary and Ronny told me.

Mary and Ronny told me that they had visited the Versailles Museum the summer before, and they were impressed.

3. "I have had too much to work lately", complained one of my colleagues.

One of my colleagues complained that he had had too much to work in the last time.

4. "I was most interested in the announcement", said Sarah.

Sarah said that she had been most interested in the announcement.

5. "The interest will hike by 0.5% this quarter", announced the bank officials.

The bank officials announced that the interest would hike by 0.5% that quarter.

6. "This year, the company's sales have increased over expectations", announced the general manager of the retailer.

The general manager of the retailer announced that that year the company's sales had had increased over expectations.

7. "I presented my resignation several days ago, so I will leave the company very soon", my boyfriend announced me.

My boyfriend announced me that he had presented his resignation several days before.

8. "I would like to stay with you more, but I really have to go", apologised Christine.

Christine apologized that she would like to stay with me more, but she really had to go.

9. "We leave as soon as I finish my work", said my girlfriend.

My girlfriend said that they would leave as soon as she finished her work.

10. "I will leave this company as soon as I find something better paid and more interesting", said my aunt yesterday.

My aunt said the day before that she would leave that company as soon as she found something better paid and more interesting.

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Observații:

Vorbirea indirectă (reported/indirect speech) se foloseşte pentru a vorbi despre trecut, de aceea vom schimba timpurile verbelor folosite în vorbirea directă de către interlocutor.

• În vorbirea indirectă, folosim verbe precum "a spune", "a zice", "a relata", "a întreba".

• În vorbirea indirectă nu mai folosim ghilimelele.

Exemple - atenție la timpul verbelor:

He said "I know the truth". (direct speech)

He said (that) he knew the truth. (indirect speech)

He said "I knew the truth". (direct speech)

He said (that) he had known the truth. (indirect speech)

He said "I will know the truth". (direct speech)

He said (that) he would known the truth. (indirect speech)

- idem pentru formele de ”continuous/progressive” ale timpurilor verbale

Adverbele de timp suferă modificări, de asemenea:

tomorrow ⇒ the next day

yesterday ⇒  the day before

now ⇒  at that moment

3 days ago ⇒  3 days before

Adjectivele demonstrative:

this ⇒ that

these ⇒ those