Change into reported speech 1. My aunt said, "Although I am a little fat, I really like cake"
2. "You make me exhausted, son. Stop crying!", Mrs. Smith said.
3. "Traveling on this double-decker is rather fun", said the boys.
4. "My parents like dancing", he told her.
5. "I won't see this movie again. It makes me sad", said my grandma.
6. "Can you help me vacuum the floor, mom?" said Bob.
7. "Are they going on a pienic?" I asked him.
8. "Does your son do homework after school?" said the form teacher.
9. "There isn't anything left in the fridge, honey", said the husband.
10. "Hurry up! We are late for school." Tim told me.​

1. Have you already ( seen) this film? — Yes, I ( saw) it two days ago. I ( think) it (is) rather interesting. 2. They have already ( got) to the railway station and I ( think) they (are waiting) for their train now. 3. What is he ( doing) now? — He (is playing) the new piano which his parents ( bought) him this morning. 4. She has already (been walking) in the park for two hours. 5. Last night my telephone ( rang) four times. Each time I (answered) the phone, the person at the other end (rang) off. 6. The police have just ( discovered) a bomb in this office. They have already ( evacuated) the building. 7. She (looked) very tired when she ( got) home yesterday. She (had had) a bad day. 8. After he (had been working) for ten hours, he came home and ( fell) asleep. 9. Have you ever (been) frightened by something? - Yes, I (was) frightened by a strange noise in the bushes when I (was running) round the park last week. 10. The day before yesterday he told me that he (had not come) home by seven on Sunday.

С исчисляемыми существительными:

A lot of people went to the game
Много людей пошли на игру
Lots of people went to the game
Много людей пошли на игру

С неисчисляемыми существительными:

A lot of snow falls in winter
Зимой выпадает много снега
Lots of snow falls in winter
Зимой выпадает много снега

Наречие "a lot" значит "очень часто" или "очень много". Зачастую оно ставится в конце предложения и никогда перед существительным:

I like basketball a lot
Мне очень нравится баскетбол

She's a lot happier now than she was
Она сейчас намного счастливее, чем была