73. Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
'The water is boiling. I`ll make the tea,' she said.
She said that the water ... make the tea.
A) is boiling and she`ll
B) has boiled and she`ll
C) had been boiling and she would
D) was boiling and she will
E) was boiling and she would
Правильный ответ:
E
Перевод:
"Вода кипит. Я заварю чаек", - сказала она.
Она сказал, что вода кипит и что она заварит чай.
Пояснение:
По правилу согласования времен, если главное предложение в прошедшем времени (she said), то придаточные тоже должны быть в прошедшем времени. Т.е. сказуемые заменяются на прошедшее: is → was, are → were, do → did, will → would, can → could, may → might, live → lived, did → had done, lived → had lived (прошедшее время заменяется на Past Perfect).
В данном случае: the water is boiling → the water was boiling, I will → she would.
