7. Các hình thức hỗn hợp trong lời nói gián tiếp: (mixed forms in reported speech)

Lời nói trực tiếp có thể bao gồm nhiều hình thức hỗn hợp: câu khẳng định, câu hỏi, câu mệnh lệnh, câu cảm thán:

Eg: 1. He said, “Can you play the guitar?” and I said “No”

 He asked me if I could play the guitar and I said that I couldn’t.

2. “I don’t know the way. Do you? He asked.

 He said that he didn’t know the way and asked her if she knew it.

3. “I’m going to shopping. Can I get you something? She said

 She said that she was going to shopping and asked if she could get me anything.

IV. Exercises:

Change these sentences into Reported Speech:

Exercises (reported speech: statements)

1. Nam said “I am told to be at school before 7 o’clock”

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2. Thu said “All the students will have a meeting next week”

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3. Phong said “My parents are very proud of my good marks”

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4. The teacher said “All the homework must be done carefully”

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5. Her father said to her “You can go to the movie with your friend”

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6. Hoa said “I may visit my parents in the summer”

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7. The teacher said “We can collect old book for the poor students”

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8. She said “She doesn’t buy this book”

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9. The boys said “We have to try our best to win the match”

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10. Her classmate said “Lan is the most intelligent girl in our class”

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11. They told us “Our friends will get the award for their highest scores”

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12. He said “I will go to school by bus tomorrow”

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13. Phong said “I need to learn more vocabulary”

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14. His brother told him “You can use my computer today”

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15. Mai said “I can not go to the movies with you, Nam”

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EXERCISES (REPORTED SPEECH: YES/NO QUESTIONS)

1. “Do you enjoy reading?” Phong asked Peter

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2. “Does she like sports?” Hoa asked Lan

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3. “Do your sister and brother go to the same school?” She asked Nam

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4. “Are there some oranges in the fridge?” She asked her mom

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5. “Will it rain tomorrow morning?” He asked his friend

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6. “Did you go to Hue three years ago?” Tam asked Peter

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7. “Are Tam and Hoa late for class?” Tuan asked Lan

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8. She said to me “Can you speak Chinese?”

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9. “Will she be here for five days?” Tam asked Thu

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10. “Were you reading this book at 8 o’clock last Sunday?” She asked Ba

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EXERCISES (REPORTED SPEECH: WH-QUESTIONS)

1. “Where does your father work?” The teacher asked me

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2. “How many people are there in your family?” She asked Lan

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3. Tam’s friend asked him “How long will you stay in England?”

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4. “Are there some oranges in the fridge?” She asked her mom

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6. “How do you go to the airport?” His friend asked him

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7. “How much does this dress cost?” Lan asked Lien

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8. Ba asked Tam “How often do you wash your clothes?”

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9. “When will your father leave Vietnam for the USA?” Phong asked Thu

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10. “How many books do the students need?” The librarian asked myteacher

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Reported speech with to infinitive

1. She said to him: “give me another glass of wine”.

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2. She said to me: “bring me a book”.

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3. Mother said to him: “open the window please!”.

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4. He said to me: “shut the door after you”.

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5. The captain said to them: “wait here still I come back”.

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6. She told her: “take it and come with me”.

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7. He said to me: “don’t come back before one o’clock”.

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8. My mother told me: “don’t forget to look at the door”.

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9. He said to his brother: “don’t open the window, open the door”.

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10. He said to the girl: “don’t sit on my bed, sit on this chair please!”.

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Reported speech with to infinitive and gerund (HSG)

1. ‘You have broken 2 of my glasses, boy” said the old man.

2. “Yes, I’ve broken 2 of them” said the boy.

3. “Certainly. I’ll take you to the zoo next Sunday” He said (insist)

4. “I’ll water the flowers every morning if you like” She said (offer)

5. “No, we won’t go with him next Friday’ they said (refuse)

6. ‘You have made the wall dirty, pupils” said the teacher. (accuse)

7. “No, we didn’t make noise last night” said the children (deny)

8. “We will shut the door if you go on getting out’ said the parents to children (threaten)

9. “I am sorry. I’ve made the house untidy” said the girl. (apologize)

10. “I will punish you if you don’t pay attention to the lesson, pupils” said the teacher (threaten)

11. “Would you like me to look after the house for you?” He said (offer)

12. “Will you keep quite, please?’ she said (tell)

13. “Will you keep your mouth shut? He said (order)

14. Shall we meet outside the cinema after eight” he said (suggest)

15. “Would you like me to repair the car for you?’ he said (offer)

16. “Will you have a drink?” he said (invite)

17. “You had better hurry’ she said (advise)

18. “Please, please let me come in” he said (beg)

19. ‘Don’t talk anymore.” He said (command)

20. ‘Try again, all of you” he said (encourage)

21. “Don’t swim so far” He said to me (warn somebody to do something)

22. ‘Do come and enjoy tea with my family” she said (invite)

23. “Why don’t we come to visit our teacher today?” he said (suggest)

24. “My advise to you is to do morning exercises” she said (advise)

25. “In your place, I would learn English” she said to me (advise)