Reported speech: No backshift (Câu tường thuật: không thay đổi thì)

5/30/2022 10:11:17 AM

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

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We do not change the tense of the verb in indirect speech if:

  • the clause has some modal verbs such as should, had better, could
  • the reporting verb is in the present, present perfect or future tense
  • the clause includes real condition
  • the reported speech contains a fact or general truth
  • what a person said has already happened

Decide if the following reported speech is True or False.

'We'll buy a new house,' they will say.

=> They will say they would buy a new house.

Decide if the following reported speech is True or False.

'Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.' he said.

=> He said that water boiled at 100 degrees Celsius. 

Decide if the following reported speech is True or False.

'I'd tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great.'

=> He said he'd tried everything without success, but the new medicine was great.

Decide if the following reported speech is True or False.

He said, 'You had better stay inside.'

=> He said that I had better stay inside.

Fill in the missing words.

1. 'If they had left earlier, they would have arrived on time,' he complained.

=> He complained that if they earlier, they would have arrived on time.

2. 'If only I had had more money,' she told me.

=> She told me if only she more money.

John often says he _____ boxing because it _____ a cruel sport.
  • does not like / is
  • did not like / were
  • not liked / had been
  • had not liked / was

The professor said that Vietnam _____ to South-East Asia.

  • has belonged
  • had belonged
  • belonged
  • belongs

Choose the correct answer.

A: Have you heard from Yvette?

B: She called yesterday. She says they a great time there.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

My brother says that he was going to hold a party to congratulate me on becoming a member of the school team.

  • was going to
  • a
  • congratulate me
  • on becoming

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

In science class, the teacher stated that the water boiled at nearly 100 degrees Celsius.

  • the teacher
  • stated
  • boiled
  • degrees

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

"I haven't done my homework," she says.

=> She says ............

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

He said, "The sun rises in the East."

=> He said the sun .......... 

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

John said, "Paul would have helped me if I had needed a volunteer." 

=> John said that Paul ..........

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

Thomas told us “They had been shelling beans as I came through the door.”

=> Thomas said that ..........

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

'The taxi had already arrived when I rang you.'

=> Maria told me that ..........

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

'I need the money to visit my parents.'

=> He'll say ..........

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

"If I hadn’t had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies." said the boy.

 
  • As the boy did not have much work to do, he went to the movies.
  • The boy said that if he hadn’t had so much work to do, he would have gone to the movies.
  • The boy explained the reason why he had so much work to do that he couldn’t go to the movies.
  • The boy didn’t want to go to the movies because he did have so much to do.