Вопрос школьника
Look at reported sentences a-с below. Why don’t the underlined words change? Match explanations 1-2 to sentences a-c. — Посмотрите на приведенные ниже предложения a-c. Почему не меняются подчеркнутые слова? Сопоставьте пояснения 1-2 к предложениям a-c.
Ответ от учителя
a) She said she was tired.
b) He asked if I had seen the movie.
c) They told us they would be late.
The underlined words in these sentences do not change because they are part of reported speech. Reported speech is when someone tells another person what someone else said. In reported speech, the tense of the verb often changes to reflect the time of the original statement. However, the words that are being reported do not change.
Explanation 1: The underlined words are part of reported speech, and in reported speech, the words being reported do not change.
Explanation 2: The underlined words are not the main verb of the sentence, and therefore do not need to change to reflect the tense of the reported speech.
