Exercise 2: Read the sentences and change them into Reported speech.

1. "Please stop making noise", said Mrs.Lan. ( --> Mrs.Lan told the children.....)

2. "Could you take these pictures to my room, Tam?" asked Nga. (--> Nga told Tan..............)

3. "You should concentrate on your study at school," said the teacher. (--> The teacher said............)

4. "Please post this letter for me," said Mom. (--> Mom told me ...............)

5. "Please give your parents your report card," said the teacher. (--> The teacher told .....................)

6. "You should spend more time doing your homework, Lam," said Mr.Nam. (Mr.Nam told ....................)

7. "Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?" asked Minh. (--> Minh told....................)

8. "You should use this dictionary to find out how to pronounce English words," said Lan. (--> Lan said ........................)

9. "Don't worry, Sue". John said ( --> John told.................)

10. "Can you open your bag, please?" The clerk said (--> The clerk asked ........................)

11. "I don't have any brother or sisters." She said (that).................)

12. "Could you repeat what you said, please? Nam said to Lan (--> Nam asked Lan...)

13. "You can't park here." said the police officer to Jack. (--> The police officer told Jack .......................)

14. "The trousers have to be ready this afternoon." said Paul to the tailor. (--> Paul told the ..................)

15. "Don't wait for me if I'm late." Bill said. (--->Bill told us..........)

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Exercise 2: Read the sentences and change them into Reported speech.

1. "Please stop making noise", said Mrs.Lan. ( --> Mrs.Lan told the children.....)

2. "Could you take these pictures to my room, Tam?" asked Nga. (--> Nga told Tan..............)

3. "You should concentrate on your study at school," said the teacher. (--> The teacher said............)

4. "Please post this letter for me," said Mom. (--> Mom told me ...............)

5. "Please give your parents your report card," said the teacher. (--> The teacher told .....................)

6. "You should spend more time doing your homework, Lam," said Mr.Nam. (Mr.Nam told ....................)

7. "Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?" asked Minh. (--> Minh told....................)

8. "You should use this dictionary to find out how to pronounce English words," said Lan. (--> Lan said ........................)

9. "Don't worry, Sue". John said ( --> John told.................)

10. "Can you open your bag, please?" The clerk said (--> The clerk asked ........................)

11. "I don't have any brother or sisters." She said (that).................)

12. "Could you repeat what you said, please? Nam said to Lan (--> Nam asked Lan...)

13. "You can't park here." said the police officer to Jack. (--> The police officer told Jack .......................)

14. "The trousers have to be ready this afternoon." said Paul to the tailor. (--> Paul told the ..................)

15. "Don't wait for me if I'm late." Bill said. (--->Bill told us..........)

Exercise 2: Read the sentences and change them into Reported speech.

1. "Please stop making noise", said Mrs.Lan. ( --> Mrs.Lan told the children.....)

2. "Could you take these pictures to my room, Tam?" asked Nga. (--> Nga told Tan..............)

3. "You should concentrate on your study at school," said the teacher. (--> The teacher said............)

4. "Please post this letter for me," said Mom. (--> Mom told me ...............)

5. "Please give your parents your report card," said the teacher. (--> The teacher told .....................)

6. "You should spend more time doing your homework, Lam," said Mr.Nam. (Mr.Nam told ....................)

7. "Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?" asked Minh. (--> Minh told....................)

8. "You should use this dictionary to find out how to pronounce English words," said Lan. (--> Lan said ........................)

9. "Don't worry, Sue". John said ( --> John told.................)

10. "Can you open your bag, please?" The clerk said (--> The clerk asked ........................)

11. "I don't have any brother or sisters." She said (that).................)

12. "Could you repeat what you said, please? Nam said to Lan (--> Nam asked Lan...)

13. "You can't park here." said the police officer to Jack. (--> The police officer told Jack .......................)

14. "The trousers have to be ready this afternoon." said Paul to the tailor. (--> Paul told the ..................)

15. "Don't wait for me if I'm late." Bill said. (--->Bill told us..........)

viết lại những câu sau theo từ gợi ý

1. "can you wait for me here, Jerry?"

--> Tom told.............................

2. "you should spend more time on English writing, Tim"

--> the teacher told Tim....................................

3."go out of here, children."

-->The guard ordered......................

4. "you should make noise in here"

--> the teacher said..........................

5. "can you carry these chairs into the house?"

--> Mrs Lan asked me...........................

6. "please shut the window"

--> the old man asked.......................................

7. "you should practice playing the guitar everyday."

--> the teacher said.....................................

8. "please give the manager this document"

--> the man asked the secretary...................................

9. "please post these letters for me," said Mom

--> Mom told me...................................

10. '' please stop making noise"

--> Mrs Lan told the children...............................

VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words.

1. “You shouldn’t lend him any more money,” Mrs. Tuyet said to Nga.

ð  Mrs. Tuyet advised ___________________________________________.

2. It was so late that nothing could be done.

ð It was too __________________________________________________.

3. Is this the best price you can offer?

ð Can’t you ____________________________________________________?

4. I don’t go to church every Sunday any longer.

ð I used to _____________________________________________________.

5. I sent my friend a letter in London last week.

ð A letter ______________________________________________________.

6. I last saw him when I was a student.

ð I haven’t _____________________________________________________.

7. Smoking is not allowed in the ward.

ð Would you __________________________________________________?

8. He failed the exam because of his laziness.

ð Because he__________________________________________________.

1.       Lan said: “Please buy me a new book, Mom.” (Rewrite the sentence in reported speech)

         Lan asked ……………………………………………………………………………………

2.       For / not / she / spoken / him / to / years / has / ten // (Arrange these words)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

25. "You should study harder this semester", The teacher said.

 The teacher said ...............................................................................................

 26. I often went swimming when I was a child.   

 I used ........................................................................................................................

Task 5. Rewrite into reported speech:

1.      The doctor said to me, "Stop smoking!".        
àThe doctor told me ...

2.      "Get out of the car!" said the policeman.        
à The policeman ordered him ...

3.      "Could you please be quiet," she said.
à She asked me ...

4.      The man with the gun said to us, "Don't move!"        
à The man with the gun warned us ...

5.      "Can I have the newspaper, please?"  
à He asked for ...

6.      “Don't make so much noise,” he said.
à He told me ...

7.      ''Close the books, please'' said our teacher.
à Our teacher asked us  ...

8.      “You should quit smoking and eat more vegetable”, said the doctor.
à The doctor advised him ...

9.      I’ll give you my book if you need it,” my friend said to me.
à My friend offered ...

10.  “Don’t forget to lock the door,” I said to my sister.
à My sister remind me ...