English 12

REPORTED SPEECH (Câu Tường Thuật)

I. STATEMENTS (Câu PHÁT BIỂU): Cách chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang gián tiếp

S + said (that) + S + V (lùi 1 thì)

S + told + O (that) + S + V (lùi 1 thì)
1. Đổi đại từ, tính từ sở hữu
2. Đổi thì động từ:

Direct speech Reported speech

V(s/es)  V2/ed
V2/ed  had + V3/ed
will/ shall + V0  would/ should + V0
am/is/are + V-ing  was/ were + V-ing
was/were + V-ing  had + been + V-ing
have/has + V3/ed  had + V3/ed
had + V3/ed  had + V3/ed
can  could
must  must / had to
3. Đổi các trạng ngữ (thời gian, nơi chốn)

Direct speech Reported speech

This That
These Those
Here There
Now Then
Today That day
tonight That night
Yesterday The day before / the previous day
Tomorrow The day after / the following day / the next day
Ago Before
This week That week
Last (week / night / …) The (week / night / …) before / the previous (week / night / …)
Next week The week after / the following week / the next week
Next Monday The following Monday

II. QUESTIONS (Câu hỏi):

* Yes / No question:

S + asked + O + if / whether + S + V + ….

Ex: He asked: “Have you ever been to Japan, Mary?”

→ He asked Mary if / whether she had ever been to Japan.
“Did you go out last night, Tan?” I asked
→ I asked Tan if / whether he had gone out the night before.
* Wh – question

S + asked + O + Wh- + S + V + ….

Ex: “How long are you waiting for the bus?” he asked me.
→ He asked me how long I was waiting for the bus.

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III. REPORTED SPEECH WITH TO-INFINITIVE:
* Form:
1. Type 1: (không có tân ngữ theo sau) VERB + (NOT) + TO V
Examples:
“I’ll send you a card on your birthday”
 He promised to send me a card on my birthday.
Động từ dùng trong trường hợp này:
agree desire offer refuse
decide expect promise threaten
demand hope propose want

2. Type 2: có tân ngữ theo sau:

Examples:
VERB + OBJECT+ (NOT) + TO V
'Please don't tell anyone what happened', Jane said to me.
 Jane asked me not to tell anyone what had happened.

Động từ dùng trong trường hợp này:

advise expect persuade teach
allow forbid recommend tell
ask Invite remind urge
beg instruct request want
command order require warn
encourage permit

IV. REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND:

- Dùng để tường thuật lời cảm ơn, xin lỗi, đề nghị, cảm giác, …
* Form:
1. Type 1: VERB + (NOT) + VING
Exanples:
He said to me; “Let’s go home.”
 He suggested going home.
- Những động từ dùng với dạng này:

admit propose
deny suggest
permit regret

2. Type 2: Có giới từ trước V-ing VERB + PREP + (NOT) + VING

Examples: “I’ll help you with your physics exercise,” Peter said to Susan.
 Peter insisted on helping Susan with her physics exercise.
Những động từ sử dụng trong trường hợp này:

apologize for confess to object to

approve of dream of think of
complain about insist on look forward to

3. Type 3: VERB + (PREP) + OBJECT + (PREP) + (NOT) + VING

Examples:
a. “It was nice of you to help me. Thank you very much,” Tom said to you.
 Tom thanked me for helping him.
b. “Sorry. I didn’t help me,” he said to me.
 He apologized to me for not helping me.
Some useful structures:
apologize to sb for ... prevent sb from ...
accuse sb of ... stop sb (from) ...
congratulate sb on ... warn sb against ...
criticize sb for ...

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EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
1. The mother told her son ______ so impolitely.
A. not behaving B. not to behave C. did not behave D. not behave
2. She said she _________ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. will D. had
3. He asked me where I ______________.
A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied
4. The man wanted to avoid __________ on security cameras.
A. to see B. being seen C. seeing D. to be seen
5. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________ .
A. then B. ago C. before D. later
6. John asked me _______________ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
7. The host asked her _______________ tea or coffee.
A. whether she liked B. that she liked
C. if she likes D. whether she like
8. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.
A. was playing B. plays C. is playing D. has played
9. The teacher told his students _______________ laughing.
A. would stop B. to stop C. stop D. stopped
10. Mary asked me ________________.
A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before.
B. whether I watched the football match on TV the day before.
C. If I had watch the football match on TV the day before.
D. whether I had watched the football match on TV the day before.
11. He asked _______________ him some money.
A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D. she lends
12. Jennifer asked me where _______________ the week before.
A. had I gone B. did I go C. I had gone D. was I going
13. Tom asked me ________.
A. if was I having a good time last year
C. if would I have a good time the year before
B. whether I had had a good time the year before
D. whether I have had a good time the year before
14. Do you know where _______?
A. he lives B. did he live C. does he live D. he live
15. She asked me __________ the seat ___________ or not
A. If / had occupied B. Whether / was occupied
C. If / has been occupied D. Whether / occupied
16. The policeman asked us ______________
A. had any of us seen the accident happen
C. Whether any of us had seen the accident happen
B. If had any of us seen the accident happen
D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen
17. I asked him ___________, but he said nothing
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. the matter was what D. what’s the matter was
18. James___________ him up when the bus reached the square
A. told me wake B. asked me to wake
C. said me to wake D. requested me waking
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19. Excuse me. Could you tell me___________ ?
A. what time is it B. what is the time
C. what time it is D. it is what time
20. We wonder___________ from his office after that scandal
A. why did he not resign B. why he did not resign
C. why he not resign D. why didn’t he resign
21. Jeff wanted to know ___________
A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing
C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing
22. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the ___________ day
A. previous B. following C. before D. last
23. She ___________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked
A. asks B. wondered C. wanted to know D. asked
24. His neighbors sometimes wondered ___________ he did for a living
A. why B. when C. where D. what
25. Could you please tell me ___________?
A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
26. Marigold wondered ___________ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party
A. that B. whether C. if D. B& C
27. He asked me___________
A. How long I have studied English B. How long had I studied English
C. How long I had study English D. How long I had studied English
28. The passenger asked ___________ we landed
A. what B. when C. if D. why
29. She asked Nam what ___________ in that room.
A. he is doing B. he was doing C. was he doing D. she was doing
30. Martin asked me _______.
A. how is my father B. how my father is
C. how was my father D. how my father was
31. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred
C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
32. "You damaged my bicycle, Tom!" said John.
A. John accused to Tom for damaging his bicycle. B. John accused with Tom to have damaged his bicycle.
C. John accused Tom of damaging his bicycle. D. John accused Tom to damage his bicycle.
33. "Don't walk on the grass" the gardener said to us.
A. The gardener said to us don't walk on the grass.
B. The gardener told us not to walk on the grass.
C. The gardener suggested us not to walk on the grass.
D. The gardener advised us not to walk on the grass.
34. He said that Linda and John ________ married ________ .
A. were getting / tomorrow B. are getting / the next day
C. were getting / the next day D. will getting / the day after
35. They asked me when _________ .
A. did I arrive B. will I arrive C. I had arrived D. I can arrive
36. “I'll never make that mistake again.”, Robert said.
=> Robert promised _____ that mistake again.
A. no making B. not made C. never to make D. never made
37. “I didn’t take your calculator”, Bob said to Mary.
A. Bob told Mary he hadn’t taken her calculator
B. Bob told Mary I didn’t take your calculator
C. Bob told Mary he haven’t taken her calculator
D. Bob told Mary he had taken her calculator

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38. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
C. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
39. “I have something to tell you” Mary said to John.
A. Mary told John I had something to tell him.
B. Mary told John she had something to tell him.
C. Mary told John she had had something to tell him.
D. Mary told John he had had something to tell her.
40. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
41. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.
A. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.
B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
42. “I wrote to him yesterday”
A. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.
B. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.
C. She told me she had written to him yesterday.
D. She told me she had written to him the day before.
43. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.
A. She told me he was talking to your sister. B. She told me she was talking to my sister.
C. She told me he was talking to my sister. D. She told me he was talking to her sister.
44. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.
A. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.
B. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
C. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
D. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
45. “You will like my sister when you meet her”
A. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.
B. He told me I will like his sister when I met her.
C. He told me I would like his sister when I met her.
D. He told me I would be liked his sister when I met her.
46. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”
A. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.
B. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
C. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.
D. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
47. “I didn’t break your watch”
A. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.
B. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch.
C. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.
D. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.
48. “Please don't tell anyone what happened," Ann said to me.
A. Ann said to me please don't tell anyone what happened. B. Ann told me didn't tell anyone what had happened.
C. Ann said me not to tell anyone what happened. D. Ann told me not to tell anyone what had happened.
49. "Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?" he said.
A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.

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C. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him tonight.
D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.
50. 'Remember to pick me up at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon," she said.
A. She told me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
B. She reminded me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the following afternoon.
C. She reminded me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock the next afternoon.
D. She told me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the next day afternoon.
51. “Let's have a picnic next Saturday," Julia said.
A. Julia said that let's have a picnic the next Saturday.
B. Julia suggested having a picnic the following Saturday.
C. Julia advised how about having a picnic the next Saturday.
D. Julia told that why they didn't have a picnic next Saturday.
52. "If I were you, I'd tell him the truth," she said to me.
A. She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth.
B. She will tell him the truth if she is me.
C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.
D. She advised me to tell him the truth.
53. "I'll definitely return it to you tomorrow, " John said.
A. John said that he'll return it to me the next day. B. John promised to return it to me the next day.
C. John told that he'll return it to me the next day. D. John decided to return it to me next day.
54. "Shall I carry your suitcase, Mary?” said Peter.
A. Peter promised to carry Mary's suitcase. B. Peter decided to carry Mary's suitcase.
C. Peter wanted to carry Mary's suitcase. D. Peter offered to carry Mary's suitcase
55. "I am sorry I didn't wait for you," Mary said to John.
A. Mary apologized for not waiting for John. B. Mary insisted on not waiting for John.
C. Mary sorry for not waiting for John. D. Mary denied not waiting for John.
56. "You mustn't call the police," he said to his wife.
A. He accused his wife of calling the police. B. He warned his wife calling the police.
C. He stopped his wife from calling the police. D. He apologized his wife for calling the police.
57. "It was so kind of you to give me the flowers," Lan said to Minh.
A. Lan thanked Minh to give her the flowers. C. Lan thanked Minh on giving her the flowers.
D. Lan thanked Minh for giving her the flowers. B. Lan thanked Minh to be kind to give her the flowers.
58. "It's me. I made your dress dirty," Jane said to Ann.
A. Jane accused Ann of making her dress dirty.
B. Ann prevented Jane from making her dress dirty.
C. Jane denied making Ann's dress dirty.
D. Jane admitted making Ann's dress dirty.
59. "Don't go near that deserted house," Tuan said to me.
A. Tuan advised me not going near that deserted house.
B. Tuan insisted me going near that deserted house.
C. Tuan warned me against going near that deserted house.
D. Tuan suggested me not to going near that deserted house.
60. "How beautiful the dress you have just bought is!" Peter said to Mary.
A. Peter promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.
B. Peter said thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.
C. Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress.
D. Peter asked Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.