UNIT 4 - REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH (CÂU TƯỜNG THUẬT)


Bảng đổi động từ

Direct speech (trực tiếp)
Indirect speech (gián tiếp)

Simple present
Ex: He does
Simple past
( He did

Present progressive
Ex: He is doing
Past progressive
( He was doing

Simple future
Ex: He will do
Future in the past
( He would do

Can
( Could

May
( Might

Must/Have to
( Had to


Bảng đổi các đại từ chỉ thị, phó từ chỉ địa điểm và thời gian

Now
Then

Today
That day

Tonight
That night

Tomorrow
the following day/ the day after

Next + Time
EX: next week
The following + time/ The + time +after
( the following week/ the week after

This
That

These
Those

Here
There

Reported Speech là câu tường thuật lại một lời nói của ai đó. (said to ( told)
I – Statements (lời phát biểu)

Ex: 1) Tom said, “I speak English.”
( Tom said he spoke English.
2) He said to me, "I like your song." ( He told me he liked my song.
3) "I don`t know these people," she said.
( She said she didn’t know those people
Exercise:
1) "I will get myself a drink," she said.
( _______________________________________________________________
2) "I cannot drive them home," he said.
( _______________________________________________________________
3) “I do not understand what you are saying,” Tom told us
( _______________________________________________________________
4) Hoa said,” I will visit my parents next summer.”
( _______________________________________________________________
5) “I am living here with my sister now.” Tom said to her.
( _______________________________________________________________

II – Yes – No question
Sử dụng if/whether
Ex: 1) “Do you speak English?” Tom asked me
( Tom asked me if I spoke English.
2) “Can you lend me your pen ?” Mary asked Tom
( Mary asked Tom if he could lend her his pen.
3) The students asked me, “Are you a new student in our class?”
( The students asked me if I was a new student in their class.
Exercise:
“Are you strong enough to bring this heavy bag?” He asked me
( _______________________________________________________________
“Do you see somebody using my book?” Lan asked Thu
( _______________________________________________________________
“Are you ready for the party today, Mary?” They asked.
( _______________________________________________________________
"Are you going to the cinema with your brother?" he asked me.
( _______________________________________________________________
"Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
( _______________________________________________________________

III – WH- question
Ex: 1) "Why don`t you help me?" she asked him.
( She asked him why he didn’t help her.
2) "How do you know this?" she asked me. ( She asked me how I knew that.
3) “Where will you come to see me this weekend?” She asked her brother.
( She asked me where he would come to see her that weekend.

Exercise:
“What time do you want to leave for the airport?” Harry asked me
( _______________________________________________________________
“ What do you usually do in your free time ?” the examiner asked
( _______________________________________________________________
“ Where does your father work ?” the teacher asked me
( _______________________________________________________________
“Where are working now?” asked Peter
( _______________________________________________________________
"Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
( _______________________________________________________________

IV- Request (câu mệnh lệnh)
Ex: 1) “Carol, speak English.”
( I told Carol to speak English.
2) Please call me at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning ,” said Mai
( Mai told me to call her at 6 o’clock the following morning.
3) "Don`t repair the computer yourself," she said to him.
( She told him not to repair the computer himself.

Exercise:
“Please give your parents your report card ,” said the teacher
( The teacher told us ___________________________________________________
"Don`t talk to me like that," he said.
( He told her__________________________________________________________
"Don`t worry about us," they said.
( They told her________________________________________________________
Go out of here.” The guard ordered.
( The guard ordered us _________________________________________________
"Don`t be angry with me," he said.
( He asked her _______________________________________________________


PRACTICE: Writing
He said to her,” You are my friend”.
( _____________________________________________________________________________
“ I want to be a writer when I grow up ,” said Mary
( _____________________________________________________________________________
. “Are