Turn these following sentences into reported speech:
1/ Mr. Thanh said, “I want to buy a new shirt for my daughter.”
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2/ “This shop isn’t going to open next Sunday,” the woman informed me.
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3/ He said, “I once spent a summer here in this province.”
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4/ The pupils said, “We’ll be sitting for our exams next Friday.”
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5/ The nurse said, “The patient in this room didn’t follow your advice, Doctor.”
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6/ “The room will seem so empty without you and your friend,” Mai said to Phong.
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7/ “If my sister knew the truth, she would be disappointed,” Khoa said to me.
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8/ Long said to Hoa, “I may come to your birthday party when I’ve finished my work.”
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9/ “This schoolchild speaks English very fluently,” the foreigner remarked.
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10/ Mother said, “I think it won’t be too sunny tomorrow.”
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V/ Turn these sentences into direct speech:
1/ She said that she would leave there the following week.
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2/ Minh told me that he had seen us at that place.
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3/ Linh told me that her father died of cancer in 2000.
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4/ The boys said that I didn’t have to come with them if I didn’t want to.
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5/ The headmaster told the schoolboys that they mustn’t play ball in the school yard.
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6/ She told me that the clock would never work again if I tried to mend it.
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7/ The manageress told Sang that he had to finish his work by 5 o’clock.
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8/ She said that they were busy then but they would have more time the next week.
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9/ Our teacher said that the Second World War broke out in 1939.
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10/ The speaker says that we have defeated the foreign invaders because our people are very heroic.
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IV/ Turn these following sentences into reported speech:
1/ Mr. Thanh said that he wanted to buy a new shirt for his daughter.
2/ The woman informed me (that) that shop wasn’t going to open the next/ the following Sunday.
3/ He said that he had once spent a summer there in that province.
4/ The pupils said that they would be sitting for their exams the next/ the following Friday.
5/ The nurse told the doctor that the patient in that room hadn’t followed his advice.
6/ Mai told Phong that the room would seem so empty without him and his friend.
7/ Khoa told me that if his sister had known the truth, she would have been disappointed.
8/ Long told Hoa that he might come to her birthday party when he had finished his work.
9/ The foreigner remarked (that) that schoolchild spoke English very fluently.
10/ Mother said that she thought it wouldn’t be too sunny the next/ the following day.
V/ Turn these sentences into direct speech:
1/ She said, “I will leave here next week.”
2/ Minh said to me, “I have seen you at this place.”
3/ Linh said to me, “My father died of cancer in 2000.”
4/ The boys said, “You don’t have to come with us if you don’t want to.”
5/ The headmaster said to the schoolboys, “You mustn’t play ball in the school yard.”
6/ She said to me, “The clock will never work again if you try to mend it.”
7/ The manageress said to Sang, “You have to finish your work by 5 o’clock.”
8/ She said, “We are busy now but we will have more time next week.”
9/ Our teacher said, “The Second World War broke out in 1939.”
10/ The speaker says, “We have defeated the foreign invaders because our people are very heroic.”
