I've just had an email from Susie, who's in Rio with Bernie. She said they ________ were having a brilliant time. She said they ________ near the Copacabana beach, so they ________ every day. She wrote that the carnival ________ amazing. She said that she ________ so many fabulous costumes. She told me that they ________ every minute. Actually, they ________ to leave!

Решение:

Заполняем пропуски в предложенном тексте, основываясь на содержании оригинального письма. Необходимо преобразовать прямую речь в косвенную.

1. Оригинальное "We're having a brilliant time" становится "they were having a brilliant time".
2. Оригинальное "We're staying near the Copacabana beach" становится "they were staying near the Copacabana beach".
3. Оригинальное "so we've swum every day" становится "so they had swum every day".
4. Оригинальное "The carnival has been amazing" становится "the carnival had been amazing".
5. Оригинальное "I've never seen so many fabulous costumes" становится "she had never seen so many fabulous costumes".
6. Оригинальное "We've loved every minute!" становится "they had loved every minute".
7. Оригинальное "Actually, we don't want to leave!" становится "Actually, they did not want to leave".

Ответ: I've just had an email from Susie, who's in Rio with Bernie. She said they were were having a brilliant time. She said they were staying near the Copacabana beach, so they had swum every day. She wrote that the carnival had been amazing. She said that she had never seen so many fabulous costumes. She told me that they had loved every minute. Actually, they did not want to leave!