He asked me: “Did you get the proxy?” – He asked me if I had got the proxy.

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I said, “I involved short-term and long-term forecasting, budgeting and financial controls” – I said that I had involved short-term and long-term forecasting, budgeting and financial controls.

APPLIED GRAMMAR

(see GRAMMAR REFERENCE § 6)

Task 14. Imagine that you work in a large company. Ask your colleague and then say what he answered according to the model: Ask your colleague if he plans his everyday activity. – Do you plan your everyday activity? – Yes, I do. I plan my everyday activity. – He said that he planned his everyday activity.

1. I said, “I will print a prospectus for prospective investors”. 2. They said, “We have increased our earnings”. 3. We said, “She used the dividends received for her professional development”. 4. They said, “We did not pay dividends to stockholders for two years”. 5. He says, “I do not use long-term funds”. 6. They said, “We will decide who is going to manage the firm”. 7. They said, “We will pay principal and interest payments to bond holders next month”. 8. He said, “I had loaned money to the firm”. 9. They promised, “We will pay the principal amount plus interest in a fortnight.” 10. She said, “We preserved control over the firm”. 11. They said, “Bondholders may represent temporary sources of funds and use them if necessary”. 12. They said, “Bonds may cause difficulties in obtaining other financing”. 13. He said, “I need cash to cover day-to-day spending”. 14. He said, “Our bank was providing different kinds of loans”. 15. They said, “Our bank will lend a borrower unsecured short-term credit that is agreed beforehand”.

Task 16. Change from Direct into Indirect Speech according to the model:

1. He asked me: “Have you ever been to a stock exchange?” 2. She asked him: “Does your company use the temporary sources of funds?” 3. They asked her: “Are you a treasurer of the company?” 4. He asked us: “Will you take the trade credit?” 5. He asked me: “Are commercial banks providing different kinds of loans?” 6. They asked her: “Do you know how to obtain and manage the funds you need to start up and get along with the business efficiently?” 7. They asked him: “Will you be able to optimise profits and guarantee the best use of money?” 8. She asked me: “Does your average financial plan involve short-term and long-term forecasting, budgeting and financial controls?” 9. He asked them: “Have you been comparing actual revenues, costs and expenses with projections?” 10. She asked me: “Does the stock exchangelet you as a member to buy and sell securities to the public?” 11. They asked him: “Have you analyzed the situation for the investor in terms of possible income, cash requirements and level of risk?” 12. She asked us: “Was anybody assisting you in developing a comprehensive program involving insurance, investments and taxes?” 13. They asked him: “Did you consider the problem of insurance coverage protecting life, health and your household from the possible accidents, failures and losses?” 14. They asked her: “Will you buy the insurance?” 15. He asked me: “Do you differentiate between speculative risk and pure risk?”

Task 17. Change from Direct into Indirect Speech according to the model: