Reported speech: statements with verb changes (Câu gián tiếp: câu tường thuật có thay đổi thì)

5/26/2022 2:40:12 PM

Cùng bắt đầu bài học về Câu gián tiếp: Câu trần thuật có thay đổi ngay nhé! (*Hãy xoay ngang màn hình nếu bạn dùng trên điện thoại nhé!)

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Choose the correct type of reported speech.

1. He said he had a new car. -

2. 'I have a new car,' he said. -

How do the following tenses change in indirect speech?

  • present perfect
  • past simple
  • present continuous
  • present perfect continuous
  • present simple

Decide if the following changes in modal verbs, adverbials, and demonstratives in indirect speech are True or False.

1. must => had to

2. should => should

3. will => shall

4. that => those

5. now => at that moment

6. there => here

7. tomorrow => the day after

8. last year => the year after

 

Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence (kéo từng từ/cụm từ về vị trí đúng để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh).

Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence.

Jim / hoped / wouldn't / it / said / the / day / rain / he / next / .

  • Jim hoped next he said it wouldn't rain the day.
  • Jim said he wouldn't rain the next day it hoped.
  • Jim said he hoped it wouldn't rain the next day.
  • Jim hoped the next day rain he said it wouldn't.
He said that he _____ on time the following day.
  • will be
  • would be
  • is
  • has been

She insisted that the reporter _____ her as his source of information.

  • didn’t mention
  • doesn’t mention
  • hadn’t mentioned
  • won't mention
The guest told the host that _____.
  • I must go now
  • he must go now
  • he had to go now
  • he had to go then

They said they had come back _____.

  • the next day
  • the following day
  • the day after tomorrow
  • the previous day
Peter said that he had lived in London four years _____.
  • ago
  • before
  • later
  • then

Choose the correct answer.

A: Have you seen Sandy today?

B: No, and Louis told me he seen her either.

Choose the correct answer.

A: Can I help you?

B: I'm here to collect a book I ordered two weeks ago. I came to collect it last week and your assistant said it been ordered yet. He he was sorry and me he would order the book day. 

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

"Last night I saw a fantastic film," said Phil. (PREVIOUS)

=> Phil told me that the a fantastic film. 

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

“I am going to spend my summer vacation in the countryside,” Peter said to me.

=> Peter told me that ............

Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

"This debate was watched by over 10 million people," Bill said.

  • Bill said this debate had watched by over 10 million people.
  • Bill said that debate had watched by over 10 million people.
  • Bill said that debate had been watched by over 10 million people.
  • Bill said this debate had been watched by over 10 million people.

Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

Mary said, "I've just got a new job, so I can't ask for a day off this week".

  • Mary told me about her new job, but I couldn't get a day off that week to go out with her.
  • Mary said that when she got a new job, she was not allowed to ask for a day off a week.
  • Mary was glad that she had got a new job, but she was sad that she could not have a day off a week.
  • Mary told me that she could not ask for a day off that week because she had just got a new job.

Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

"I want a new camera for my birthday.", said Peter.

  • Peter said that he wants a new camera for his birthday.
  • Peter said that he wanted a new camera for his birthday.
  • Peter asked that he wants a new camera for his birthday.
  • Peter told that he wanted a new camera for my birthday.