Andrew and Tourist

Andrew met a tourist on the street, and he asked the tourist which country he was from, and what his name was(1). The tourist told Andrew that his name was Richard and he was from England. Andrew was interested to know if Richard was living in London. Richard told Andrew that he did not live in London, but worked in London. Andrew proceeded to ask why Richard spoke Russian as well, to which Richard explained that his wife was a Russian teacher and they lived in a small town that was not far from London. Richard said that they had seen (2) many photographs and books about Moscow, and now they wanted to see this beautiful city by themselves then. Andrew said that he wishes wished Richard have a pleasant trip!

Hi Yanzhu,

A good piece of writing and your sentence structures are sound. 

A few suggestions:

(1) You are reporting the dialogue between two men. Therefore, you are using REPORTED SPEECH to achieve this. Verbs that are used in the present tense in the direct speech will be transformed to past tense. Example: Andrew asked, "What IS your name and which country ARE you from?" --> Andrew asked what his name WAS and which country he WAS from.

(2) If the tense used in direct speech is already in the past tense, it will be transformed to past participle form in reported speech. Example: Richard said, "I SAW many photos and books about Moscow." --> Richard said that he HAD SEEN many photos and books about Moscow. 

Hope this helps.

Cheers, 

Lance 

Andrew and Tourist

Andrew met a tourist on the street, he asked the tourist, which country he was from, and what is his name was. The tourist told Andrew that he was called Richard and he was from England. Andrew thought  was interested that Richard maybe lived in London. Richard told Andrew that he does not live in London, but works in London. Andrew asked, again, why Richard spoke speaks Russian as well. Richard answered,  that because his wife was a Russian teacher, they lived in a small town that is not far from London. Richard said that they saw many photographs and read books about Moscow, and now they want to see this beautiful city by themselves. Andrew said that he wished Richard have a pleasant trip !.

Andrew and Tourist

Andrew met a tourist on the street. He asked the tourist, which country he was from, and what is his name was. The tourist told Andrew that he was called Richard and he was from England. Andrew was interested/wanted to know if that Richard maybe lived in London. Richard told Andrew that he does did not live in London, but he woredks in London. Andrew asked again why Richard spoke/was speaking speaks Russian as well, Richard answered, that it was because his wife was a Russian teacher.
He also told Andrew that they lived in a small town that is not far from London. Richard said that they saw many photographs and books about Moscow, and now they wanted to see this beautiful city by themselves. Andrew said that he wishedes Richard have a pleasant trip.



Reported speech requires you to 'align' the tenses, so if you retell the story in the past (e.g. 'he asked/he said'), you need to make sure that you change the tenses to the appropriate tense in the past (e.g. present simple-> past simple, present continous-> past continuous, present perfect-> past perfect).
remember to change the sentence structure to statement, and use appropriate 'connectors' when reporting a question or an exclamation.

I hope this helps

Jo.

Andrew and Tourist

Andrew met a tourist on the street, he asked the tourist, which country he was from, and what is was his name. The tourist told Andrew that he was Richard from England. Andrew was interested that Richard maybe live in London. Richard told Andrew that he does not live in London, but works in London. Andrew asked again why Richard speaks Russian as well, Richard answered, because his wife was a Russian teacher, they live in a small town that is not far from London. Richard said that they saw many photographs and books about Moscow, and now they want to see this beautiful city by themselves. Andrew said that he wishes Richard have a pleasant trip !.