1. Robot is a computer 2. Robots can't do dangerous for us things
3. Unimate was used for making cars.
True / False
True/Fabe
True/False​

Ex.1
1. Around me people WERE TALKING Russian, Italian and English. 
2. Arnold WAS TALKING to some of the other guests on the terrace when Hardy came.
3. Alex WAS LOOKING at his watch.
4. All night long the stars WERE GLITTERING
5. Elizabeth WAS EATING and didn’t raise her head.
6. He drank some of the wine and ate several chunks of bread while he WAS WAITING for his dinner to come up.
7. The family WAS PREPARING for the party. 
8. She WAS ARGUING that only Belinda knew how to treat men. 
9. A few minutes later Edward WAS HURRYING through the streets to his bus stop.
10.  They moved across the room, which WAS STARTING to fill up, to a vacant corner

Ex.2
1. They WERE WRITING the test at this time yesterday.
2. He WAS WORKING in the garden from six till nine o'clock.
3. We WERE WATCHING television the whole evening
4. WERE you PLAYING chess at six o'clock?
5. WERE you DRINKING tea at seven o'clock?
6. WAS he DRAWING from three till five o'clock?
7. Who WAS LISTEINIG to the radio at this time?
8.  WAS it RAINING the whole day yesterday?
9. WERE  they SKATING at five o'clock?
10. She WAS NOT HELPING mother about the house from two till seven.

She said to us " Do it as soon as you can". She told us a) to do it as soon as we could.

Direct-indirect conversion

При переводе прямой речи в косвенную, временная форма сдвигается на шаг в кроме следующих случаев:

1. Если слова автора в настоящем или будущем времени. He will say that he has been there before. Он скажет, что уже был здесь.

2. Действие в  Past Perfect (Continuous) или в Future-in-the-Past.

3. Обстоятельства времени не изменились. He said that he bought it yesterday. Он сказал, что купил это вчера.

4. Утверждение всегда верно. The teacher said that water boils at 100 C. Учитель сказал, что вода кипит при ста градусах.

5. Утверждение верно длительный период времени или в текущем отрезке времени. She said that she loves you. Она сказала, что любит тебя.

6. Сообщение повторяется сразу же. He said that the food is delicious. Он сказал, что еда изыскана.

7. В условных предложениях 2 типа. He said that if he were you, he wouldn’t do that. Он сказал, что на твоём месте он не стал бы этого делать.

8. Желаемые события. She said she wished she were younger. Она о том, что она не моложе.

9. Глагол ought to. He said they ought to be careful. Он сказал, что им следует быть осторожней.

10. Глагол must в значении «должно быть». He said that they must be at home. Он сказал, что они должно быть дома.

Для передачи общих вопросов используется if или whether. Вопросительные предложения передаются с прямым порядком слов: He asked me if/whether they were at home. С глаголом-связкой порядок может быть обратным: He asked me what was the price.

При сдвиге временной формы глагола в в косвенной речи, по ситуации, изменяются обстоятельства места и времени, местоимения, а также, происходит отстранение от эмоций:

this – that, these – those, here – there, now  - then (at that moment, at once, immediately), come – go, today – (on) that day, yesterday – the day before(earlier), tomorrow  - (on) the next (following) day, last week – the week before, ago - before(earlier), next week – the next (following) week, now that – since, so – very, yes/no – answered in the positive/negative, he  - that man, we - they, come - go.

Если из прямой речи лицо не известно, используется местоимение they, а в словах автора wanted to know, wondered:

He said: “Come here”. – He told them to come up to him.

He said: “Where are you going?” – He wanted to know/wondered where they were going.