I asked John why he wasn't looking for a job

I asked John why he wasn't looking for a job.

→ Form: S + asked sb + wh_ + S + V(lùi thì).

1. I said to John,''Why aren't you looking for a job?''

=>I ASKED JOHN WHY HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR A JOB

2. Nancy said:''Why didn't you call me, John?''

Nacy wanted TO KNOW WHY JOHN HADN'T CALLED HER

3.''Remember to give your parents my regard, Lan.''Nam said

Nam said TO REMEMBER TO GIVE LAN'S PARENTS HIS REGARD

4. He said:''I am very proud of my parents, Daisy.''

He told DAISY THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS PARENTS

5.''Be modest if you are a good pupil, Lan.''said her mother.

Lan's mother told her TO BE MODEST IF SHE WAS A GOOD PUPIL

6.''Can I use your phone?'' he said to me.

He asked ME IF HE COULD USE MY PHONE

7.''Whose car did you borrow last night?'' I said to him.

I wondered WHOSE CAR HE HAD BORROWED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT

8.''If I had any money, I'd buy you a drink.'' she said to me.

=>SHE TOLD ME IF SHE HAD ANY MONEY,SHE WOULD BUY ME A DRINK

9.''If I were you, I'd stop smoking.'' she said to her brother.

=>SHE TOLD HER BROTHER THAT IF SHE WERE HIM,SHE WOULD STOP SMOKING

10.''Don't swim out too far, boys.'' said the pool guard.

The pool guard warned THE BOYS NOT TO SWIM OUT TOO FAR

INDIRECT SPEECH

25. “Do you know how far the drug store is?” The foreigner asked me.

The foreigner _____asked me if I knew how far the drug store was____

26. “Will you please water the flowers for me tonight, Jim?” said the old woman.

____the old woman asked Jim if he would please water the flowers for her that night________

27. I said to John, “Why aren’t you looking for a job?”

_____I asked John Why he wasn't looking for a job_____

28. Nancy said: “Why didn’t you call me, John?"

Nacy wanted______to know Why he hadn't called her____

29. “Remember to give your parents my regard, Lan.” Nam said.

Nam said___to Lan to Remember to give her parents his regard__

30. “Teacher, give us better marks, please.” the puplis said.

The pupils_said the teacher to give them better marks____

31. Mr Smith said to her: "Where will you go on your vacation?”

Mr Smith asked____her where she would go on her vacation__

32. He said: “I am very proud of my parents, Daisy.”

He told___Daisy that he was very proud of his parents ____

33. “Be modest if you are a good pupil, Lan.” said her mother.

Lan’s mother told her____that if she was a good pupil,she will be modest___

34. “Can I use your phone?” he said to me.

He asked___me if he could use my phone___

35. "Whose car did you borrow last night?” I said to him.

I wondered___him whose car he had borrowed the night before ____

36. "If I had any money, I'd buy you a drink." she said to me.

__she said to me that If she had any money, she would buy me a drink__

37. "If I were you, I'd stop smoking." she said to her brother.

_she said to her brother that If she were him, she would stop smoking__

38. "Can you lend me ten pounds?" said the boy to me.

The boy asked ____me if I could lend him ten pounds________

39. “Don’t play with the matches!” I said to Jack.

I warned____Jack not to play with the matches___

40. "Don't swim out too far, boys." said the pool guard.

The pool guard warned_____the boys not to swim out too far____

II. Change direct speech into reported speech:

1. “Thanks for helping me.” Mary said.

Mary thanked______me for helping her___________

2. “I’ll drive you to the airport. I insist.” John said to Linda.

John insisted___insisted Linda on driving her to the airport___

3. “I’m happy you have passed the final exams. Congratulations!” Jim said to you.

Jim congratulated ______ me on passing the final exam_______

4. “It was nice of you to invite me to the dinner. Thank you.” Miss White said to Peter.

Miss White thanked _______Peter for inviting her to dinner______

5. “I’m sory I didn’t phone you earlier.” Margaret said to you.

Margaret apologized____to you for not phoning you earlier________

6. “I have always wanted to be a pilot.” Paul said to you.

Paul has always dreamed of______being a pilot_____________

7. “You didn’t do what I said.” the mother said to her son.

The mother accused ___ her son of doing what she had said_______

8. She said “Children, stay away from the water.”

She warned_____the Children to stay away from the water_____

1. He asked the girl if she would be there the next day.

2. Lan said she was very grateful to Mai for such as wonderful evening.

3. John told me that Marry was looking for the job at the moment.

4. She said she was thinking about her childhood days.

5. She ask me if I could use a computer.

6. David asked me if I could tell him what time was it.

7. The interviewer ask me why I wanted that job.

8. Tam told Lan that she must leave for there for HN the next day.

Refer:

1) John said, “I want to attend a famous university.”

John said he wanted to attend a famous university.

2) “I’m looking for the book you gave me last week,” Mary said to Peter.

Mary told Peter she was looking for the book he had given her the previous week.

3) Janet said to John, “I did not promise to send you a telegram.”

Janet said to John he hadn't promised to send him a telegram.

4) “I will get myself a drink,” she said.

She said she would get herself a drink.

5) “I cannot drive them home,” he said

He said he couldn't drive them home.

6) “Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?” she said.

She asked Peter if he preferred tea or coffee.

7) “The film began at seven o’clock,” he said.

He said the film had began at seven o'clock

8) The father said, “I was on a business trip the whole day yesterday.”

The father said he was on a bussiness trip the whole day the day before.

9) “My brother will get married next month,” James said.

James said his brother would get married the following month.

10) Henry said to his mother, “Come and spend a week with us.”

Henry told his mother to come and spend a week with them.

11) He said to me, “Keep a seat for me in the lecture hall.”

He told me to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall.

12) Mike said to Henry, “Give me my book back, please.”

Mike told Henry to give me his book back, please.

13) “Don’t play on the grass, boys,” she said.

She said to the boys not to play on the grass.

14) “Don’t make so much noise,” he said.

He said to me not to make so much noise.

Jane asked Mary if she would be free the following day

3) Janet said to John, “I did not promise to send you a telegram.”

Janet said to John she hadn't promised to send him a telegram.

Janet = feminine name

8) The father said, “I was on a business trip the whole day yesterday.”

The father said he had been on a bussiness trip the whole day the day before.

12) Mike said to Henry, “Give me my book back, please.”

Mike told Henry to please give me his book back.

13) “Don’t play on the grass, boys,” she said.

She told the boys not to play on the grass.

said to sb to do sth cũng được, nhưng told sb to do sth phổ biến hơn

14) “Don’t make so much noise,” he said.

He told me not to make so much noise.

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INDIRECT SPEECH

1”Is this your new calculator,Mai?”Nam asked.

=>Nam asked Mai if that her new calculator

2.”Tell me what you saw at the party yesterday?”I said to Tom

=>I told Tom to tell me what he had seen at the party the day before

3.”Do you know how far the drug store is?”The foreigner asked me.

=>The foreigner asked me if I knew how far the drug store was

4.”Will you please water the flowers for the tonight, Jim?” said the old woman

=> the old woman asked Jim if he would water the flowers for the tonight

5.I said to John, “Why aren’t you looking for a job?”

=> I asked John why wasn't he looking for a job

6.Nancy said:”Why didn’t you call me, John?”

=>Nancy wanted John why hadn't he call her

7.”Remember to give your parents my regard, Lan.”Nam said

=>Nam said to Lan to Remember to give her parents his regard

8.”Teacher, give us better marks, please.”the pupils said

=>The pupils told the teacher to give them better marks

9.Mr.Smith said to her:”Where will you go on your vacation?”

=>Mr.Smith asked her where she would go on her vacation

10.He said:”I am very proud of my parents, Daisy.”

=>He told Daisy that he was very proud of her parents,

11.”Be modest if you are a good pupil, Lan.”said her mother

=>Lan’s mother told her that if she was a good pupil , she will be modest

12.”Can I use your phone?” He said to me

=>He asked me if he could use my phone

13.”Whose car did you borrow last night?”I said to him

=>I wondered him whose car had he borrowed the night before

14.”If I had any money, I’d buy you a drink.” she said to me

She said to me that if she had any money, she would buy me a drink

C. Change each of the following sentences into reported speech.

1) John said, “I want to attend a famous university.”

à John said he wanted to attend a famous university.

2) “I’m looking for the book you gave me last week,” Mary said to Peter.

à Mary told Peter that she was looking for the book he had given her the previous week

3) Alfred said to John, “I did not promise to send you a telegram.”

à Alfred said to John that he had not promised to send him a telegram

4) "I will get myself a drink," she said.

à She said she would get herself a drink

5) "I cannot drive them home," he said.

à He said he couldn't drive them home

6) "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she said.

à She asked Peter if he preferred tea of coffee.

7) "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.

à He said  that the film had begun at seven o'clock

8) The father said, “I was on a business trip the whole day yesterday.”

à The father said that He had been on a business trip the whole day the day before

9) “My brother will get married next month,” James said.

à James said that his brother would get married the following month 

10) Henry said to his mother, “Come and spend a week with us.”

à Henry told his mother to come and spend a week with them

11) He said to me, “Keep a seat for me in the lecture hall.”

à He told me to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall

12) Mike said to Henry, “Give me my book back, please.”

à Mike told Henry to give her his book back

13) "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.

à She told the boys not to play on the grass

14) He said, "Don't go too far."

à He told me not to go too far

15) "Don't make so much noise," he said.

à He told me not to make so much noise

Change the following sentences to Reported Speech

1, She asked me "Have you ever seen such an interesting film?"

=> She asked me if I had seen such an interesting film

2, "Please sit down for a few minutes" Mary told her boy friend

=>Mary told her boyfriend to sit down for a few minutes

3, I said to him "Don't call me again at this late hour"

=>I said to him not to call me again at this late hour

4, Mother said "Don't stand here doing nothing"

=> Mother said me not to stand here doing nothing

5, The mother said to her children "Why don't you go to bed?"

=> The mother said to the children why they didn't go to bed

6, John asked me "Is your father a teacher or a doctor?"

=> John asked me if my father was a teacher or a doctor

7, The teacher said "John, why didn't you hand in your paper?"

=>The teacher said to John why he hadn't handed in his paper

8, Mr Brown said to me: "Who did you meet yesterday?"

=> Mr Brown said to me who I had met the day before

9, Mary said: "The clock will never work again if you try to repair it"

=> Mary said the clock would never work again if I tried to repair it

10, "How beautiful the girl is!" Tom said

=>Tom said how beautiful the girl was

#chanh

Bài làm

1, She asked me "Have you ever seen such an interesting film?"

=> She asked me " Have you ever seen such an interesting film ? "

2, "Please sit down for a few minutes" Mary told her boy friend

=> Mary told her boyfriend to sit down for a few minutes.

3, I said to him "Don't call me again at this late hour"

=> I said to him not to call me again at this late hour

4, Mother said "Don't stand here doing nothing"

=> Mother said me not to stand here doing nothing.

5, The mother said to her children "Why don't you go to bed?"

=> The mother said me not to her children " wwhy don't you go to bed ? ".

6, John asked me "Is your father a teacher or a doctor?"

=> John asked me if my father was a teacher or a doctor.

7, The teacher said "John, why didn't you hand in your paper?"

=> The teacher said to John why he hadn't handed in his paper

8, Mr Brown said to me: "Who did you meet yesterday?"

=> Mr Brown said to me who i had met the day before.

9, Mary said: "The clock will never work again if you try to repair it"

=>Mary said the clock would never work again is i tried to reapait it.

10, "How beautiful the girl is!" Tom said

=> Tom said how beautiful the girl was.

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