Reported Speech, and put the verbs in brackets into correct forms.

1. The librarian says that she (to work) at a primary school in Seattle.

2. The teacher said that her pupil (to be) a very smart boy.

3. We know that experts (to elaborate) new computing technologies now.

4. Only few people knew that Babbage (to work out) a brand new device.

5. The Corporation sells its computers on the terms it previously (to insist on).

Exercise 3. Convert the sentences into the Reported Speech.

1. - Are you ill? - mother asked.

- No, I'm just tired, - I answered.

2. The teacher said: "The pupil will come tomorrow".

3. My friend said: "I'm working at the State Library now".

4. The boy said: "I did this work yesterday".

5. The freshman asked: "Can I work in your library?"

6. The young scientist said: "I've worked in this laboratory for two years".

Exercise 4. Convert the Direct Speech of Text 2 into the Reported Speech.

Exercise 5. In the text about Bill Gates you have come across such adverbs as

immediately, early, easy, etc. Let’s remember what an adverb is.

At first, these are words which inform us about:

1) how something is done (quickly, slowly, carefully, on foot, by bus, etc.). These

are adverbs and adverbial phrases of manner;

2) where something is done (there, at home, in England, on Web, at work, etc.).

These are adverbs and adverbial phrases of place;

3) when something is done (yesterday, today, next week, at 5 o’clock, etc.). These

are adverbs and adverbial phrases of time.

Now, you should remember the order of these words in a sentence: it is “mannerplace-

time”.

Example: Our students made this experiment successfully last week.

However this order changes as soon as we meet “movement verbs”. Then

the order is: “place-manner-time”.

Example: We went to the Computing laboratory quickly after classes.

Try this exercise.

1. I worked (at the office, hard, today).

2. I’m travelling (every summer, by bicycle, to my native village).

3. He studied (last year, a lot, at university).

4. I drive (every morning, to work).

5. The friend walked (through the park, home, this afternoon).

6. The orchestra performed (at the concert, magnificently, last night).

7. She translated the text (quickly, yesterday, at the lesson).

8. The engineers return (by plane, to France, every weekend).

TEXT 4

WORD-STUDY

Exercise 1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed

below:

survival, media, arena, wholesale, hover, blur, view, advertise, competitive,

shrinkage.

Exercise 2. Read and translate the collocations:

the edge of a new era, confronted with a technological revolution, buy into cable

television companies, to put more emphasis, go down the road, the television

network, to be updated.

Exercise 3. Match the antonyms.

Verbs

1. i ncrease

2. push

3. buy

4. drop

a) keep

b) sell

c) go up

d) decrease

e) compete

f) absorb

Nouns

1. wholesale

2. shrinkage

3. customer

4. subscriber

5. distinction

a) vendor

b) retail

c) likeness

d) growth

e) publisher

f) circulation

g) emphasis

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