Mastering Reported Speech: A Comprehensive Guide for High School Students, Exercises of English

A comprehensive guide to reported speech, covering verb tense changes, modal verbs, demonstratives, and adverbials. It includes examples and rules for transforming direct speech into indirect speech, focusing on statements, questions, and commands. The guide also addresses exceptions to tense changes and offers practical exercises to reinforce understanding. This resource is designed to help students master the nuances of reported speech in english grammar, enhancing their ability to accurately convey information and improve their overall language proficiency. It is particularly useful for high school students learning english grammar.

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REPORTED SPEECH Câu gián tiếp
Mary said to Tom: “I am going tomorrow”
- Bỏ hai chấm, bỏ ngoặc kép, thêm “that”, lùi thì, đổi ngôi, đổi các từ:
= Mary said to Tom that she was going the next day.
TRỰC TIẾP GIÁN TIẾP
VERB
TENSES
Hiện tại đơn
- Martin said : “I never eat
meat. ”
QK đơn
- Martin said that he never ate
meat.
Hiện tại tiếp diễn
-Tom said, “ It’s getting
late.”
Quá khứ tiếp diễn
- Tom said it was getting late.
Hiện tại hoàn thành
-Mai said,“I’ve never seen
that film before.”
Quá khứ hoàn thành (Had
+P2)
- Mai said she had never seen
that film before.
HTHT tiếp diễn
-Luck said,“ I’ve been
learning English for 5
years.”
QKHT tiếp diễn
Had been +Ving
-Luck said he had been learning
English for 5 years.
Quá khứ đơn
-They said,“ We came on
foot.”
QKHT = Had +P2
- They said they came/had
come on foot.
QKtiếp diễn
-She said,“ I was cooking
at 5 o’clock.”
QKHT tiếp diễn
-She said she was cooking/had
been cooking at 5 o’clock.
Tương lai đơn
-Justin said, “I’ll phone
you.”
Tương lai trong quá khứ
-Justin said he would phone me.
Tương lai tiếp diễn
-She said,“ I’ll be playing
the piano at 3 o’clock
tomorrow.”
Tương Lai tiếp diễn trong
QK
- She said she would be playing
the piano at 3 o’clock the
following day.
MODAL
VERBS
Can: - “ I can swim” Could: - She said she could
swim.
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REPORTED SPEECH Câu gián tiếp Mary said to Tom: “I am going tomorrow”

  • Bỏ hai chấm, bỏ ngoặc kép, thêm “that”, lùi thì, đổi ngôi, đổi các từ: = Mary said to Tom that she was going the next day. TRỰC TIẾP GIÁN TIẾP VERB TENSES Hiện tại đơn
  • Martin said : “I never eat meat. ” QK đơn
  • Martin said that he never ate meat. Hiện tại tiếp diễn -Tom said, “ It’s getting late.” Quá khứ tiếp diễn
  • Tom said it was getting late. Hiện tại hoàn thành -Mai said,“I’ve never seen that film before.” Quá khứ hoàn thành (Had +P2)
  • Mai said she had never seen that film before. HTHT tiếp diễn -Luck said,“ I’ve been learning English for 5 years.” QKHT tiếp diễn Had been +Ving -Luck said he had been learning English for 5 years. Quá khứ đơn -They said,“ We came on foot.” QKHT = Had +P
  • They said they came/had come on foot. QKtiếp diễn -She said,“ I was cooking at 5 o’clock.” QKHT tiếp diễn -She said she was cooking/had been cooking at 5 o’clock. Tương lai đơn -Justin said, “I’ll phone you.” Tương lai trong quá khứ -Justin said he would phone me. Tương lai tiếp diễn -She said,“ I’ll be playing the piano at 3 o’clock tomorrow.” Tương Lai tiếp diễn trong QK
  • She said she would be playing the piano at 3 o’clock the following day. MODAL VERBS Can : - “ I can swim” Could : - She said she could swim.

May : - “ It may rain.” Might :- They thought it might rain. Must : - “I must go now” Sarah said. Must/had to :- Sarah said she must/had to go. Demonstratives Đại từ chỉ định This

  • Peter said, “I’ll come to take this book.” That -Peter said he would come to take that book. These -“I don’t believe these students.” Those
    • He said he didn’t believe those students. Adverbials Trạng từ Now Then Right now
  • They said to us : “You must do this work right now.” At once
  • They told us that we had to do that work at once. Here -He said,“ I’ll come here to take this book.” There
  • He said he would come there to take that book. Today That day Ago Before Tonight That night Yesterday The day before Tomorrow The day after/the following day Next week The week after/the following week Last week The week before/ the previous week So , such very Personal pronouns Đại từ nhân xưng I He/she We They You I/we/he /she Questions in reported speech Yes – No question -“Have you seen that film ?”, he said to me. asked, inquired , wondered , wanted to know..+ if/whether -He asked me whether I had

should,might , ought to , used to , had better Ex: - He said,“ You shouldn’t contact her.”

  • He said(that)I shouldn’t contact her. Trong câu điều kiện loại2, 3 và past subjunctive( trong wish , as if…) -He said, “If I were you, I wouldn’t come here.” -Mary said, “I wish I were a boy.” -“He acted as if he had much money”,she said. -He said if he were me, he would’t come there. -Mary said she wished she were a boy. -She said he had acted as if he had much money. Offers, requests, suggestions, commands , advices, invitations etc
  • He said to them: “ Don’t be late tomorrow.” -The teacher said,“ Go to the blackboard, Tom.” -“ I’ ll look for the car for you tomorrow if you like” he said. -“All right, I’ll help you” he said. -“I’ll visit your parents when I arrive there”, he said. -“I’ll sell the TV set if you keep on watching it all day”, said my father.
  • V + O + to- infinitive : advise , ask , order , invite, persuade , remind , warn , forbid , instruct , tell, encourage …
  • He asked them not to be late the next day.
  • The teacher told Tom to go to the blackboard.
  • V + to- infinitive : agree, refuse ,demand , hope , offer, promise , threaten …
  • He offered to look after the car for me the next day if I liked. -He agreed to help me. -He promised to visit my parents when he arrived there.
  • My father threatened to sell the TV set if I kept on watching

it all day.

  • Accuse+ O + of Apologize for V- ing Insist on (khăng khăng) Admit(thừa nhận)
  1. Minh told Sofie: “I will study in Germany” Minh said that he would study in Germany.
  2. Sofie told Minh: “I will study in Japan” Sofie said that she would study in Japan.
  3. Minh told Sofie: “I will study in England” Minh said that he would study in England
  4. Sofie told Minh: “I will study in England” Sofie said that she would study in England
  5. Minh said: “I am tired today” = Minh said that he was tired that day.
  6. Sofie said: “ I am sleepy now” = Sofie said that she was sleepy then I. câu trần thuật :
  7. “If you lend me the chainsaw, I’ll bring it back the day after tomorrow.”, said Mary “ Mary said that if you lent she the chainsaw, she would bring ….
  8. “The sales are starting tomorrow,” said the typist

Nga asked hoa mingt used her dictionary for a moment or not?

  1. “Are you fond of watching television?”, Tuan said to Ba. Tuan said to Ba if/whether he fonded of watching televion
  2. “Will she be here for five days?, Tom asked Thu. tom asked thu if/whether she would be there for five days or not III. “Wh-” Questions
  3. “Where are you going?”, Lan asked. Lan asked me where I was going
  4. “Where does your father work?”, the teacher asked me. The teacher asked me where my father worked
  5. “How far is it from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau?” A tourist asked. A tourist asked how far was it HO CHI MINH to VUNG TAU
  6. “How many people are there in your family?”, She asked Lan. …she asked lan how many people was there in my family………………………………………………………………………
  7. “How long will you stay in England?, Tam’s friends asked him. …tam’s friend asked him how long he would stay in England…………………………………………………………………