REPORTED SPEECH last night ( week/ month/ year… ) the night( week/ month/ year… ) before

1. Changes in Tenses. the previous night ( week/ month/ year )

- Khi động từ tường thuật ( say, tell, ask…) ở thì simple present present perfect, simple future yesterday the day before/ the previous day.
=> không thay đổi về thì khi chuyển sang câu gián tiếp the day after tomorrow in two days’ time
Ex : He says He says the day before yesterday two days before.
He has said “ She will come ” => He has said that she will come.
He will say He will say CÁC LOẠI CÂU GIÁN TIẾP
- Khi động từ tường thuật ở thì quá khứ => thì của động từ lùi về một bậc. 1. Reported speech with Statements.
Cụ thể : S + say + ( to + O ) + ( that ) + S + V
Direct speech Reported speech S + tell + O + ( that ) + S + V
( Câu trực tiếp ) ( Câu gián tiếp ) 2. Reported speech with Questions.
V s/es Ved / V2 * Yes/ No Questions : S + ask + ( O ) + if/ whether + S + V
am/ is/ are + v_ing was/ were + v_ing * Wh Questions : S + ask + ( O ) + wh-word + S + V
have/ has + p.p had + p.p EXERCISE
have/ has + been + v_ing had + been + v_ing I/ Report the following statements.
ved/ v2 had + p.p 1. “ My parents took a trip to New York last week”, she said.
was/ were + v_ing had + been + v_ing 2. “ The school has prepared for the Halloween party”, said the principle.
had + p.p không đổi 3. “ I’m going to call you tonight”, Kim said to Molly .
had + been + v_ing không đổi 4. “ I’ve been writing this book for over a year”, the son told his father.
will/ can/ may/ must ( have to ) would/ could/ might/ had to 5. “ Ken went to the museum an hour ago”, his mother said to Tom.
would/ should/ could/ might/ ought to/ 6. “ We can raise a fund to help the flood victims”, he said.
Không đổi 7. The doctor said to him, “ You have to stay in bed for a week”.
had better/ used to
Conditional I Conditional II 8. “ My house is being built this week”, he told me.
Conditional II, III Không đổi 9. “ My uncle and aunt will celebrate their anniversary tomorrow”, he told me.
Chân lý/ sư thật hiển nhiên/ thói quen Không đổi 10. They told me, “ We always win when we play with our team”.
11. “ The game has been cancelled because of heavy rain”, the reporter said.
Quá khứ đơn có thời gian cụ thể Không đổi
12. “ Fonda is looking for a new job these days,” her mother said to me.
Quá khứ sau wish/ would rather/ It’s
Không đổi 13. “ I had stopped my car before I saw the police”, John told me.
time
14. “ We had finished the match before the rain”, Kyle said.
2. Changes in Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns.
15. “ When we found her, she was lying on the ground,” said the policeman.
S + V + ( O ) “…”
16. I tell him, “ That movie is ranked number one at the moment”.
Trong mệnh đề “ …”
17. “ If they were here, they would be very disappointed”, said the manager.
- Ngoâi thöù nhaát ( I, me, my, we, us, our ) ñoåi truøng vôùi chuû ngöõ
18. “ My father said to my mother, “ It’s high time we retired and went travelling around.”
( ngöôøi noùi ) cuûûa meänh ñeà chính.
II/ Report the following questions.
- Ngoâi thöù hai ( you, your ) ñoåi truøng vôùi taân ngöõ ( người nghe ) cuûa
1. The mayor asked his secretary, “ Do we have to comment on this issue”
meänh ñeà chính.
2. “Where can I park my car ?”, he asked the guard.
- Ngoâi thöù ba ( he, him, his, she, her, it, they, them, their ) giữ nguyên không
3. “Who did you go to the movie theater yesterday with?” the father asked his daughter.
đổi. 4. Lance asked his friend, “ Has she received my letter of invitation ?”
3. Changes in Adjectives/ Adverbs of time/ place. 5. “ How do you know it will rain tomorrow ?” they asked me two days ago.
Direct speech Reported speech 6. “ Why are you eating that kind of food again and again ?”, he asked me.
this/ these that/ those 7. John asked his secretary, “Did you happen to see my report anywhere ?”
here there 8. We asked him, “ Are you going to hold the party ?”
now then 9. The mother asked her two boys, “Do you want to eat at home or go out ?”
today that day 10. “When did the bus to Detroit leave ?”, I asked her.
tomorrow the next day/ the following day 11. My mother asked me, “ Has your friend left for Canada yet ?”
next week ( month/ year… ) the next week ( month/ year …) 12. “What should I do with this ticket ?”, he asked me.
the following week ( month/ year… ) 13. Alice asked Jimmy, “Will you register for the marathon next week ?”
ago before 14. The student asked, “Is technology being used more and more ?”.
15. The professor asked, “Did they give an oral presentation or a written one “.