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

Alfred 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.

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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

Đáp án:

- Công thức: expect sb + to-V: mong đợi ai làm gì

- Thay đổi về trạng từ: last summer => the previous summer/ the summer before

Đáp án: John expected Sophia to take a holiday the previous summer.

Tạm dịch: John đã mong đợi Sophia đi nghỉ hè vào mùa hè năm ngoái.

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.

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

He told me not to make so much noise.

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Đáp án:

- Công thức: beg sb + to-V: van xin ai làm gì/ không làm gì

Đáp án: Tom begged John to turn off the T.V.

Tạm dịch: Tom xin John tắt T.V.

II. Rewrite the following sentences, using reported speech:

1. “I’m going to work in Spain next year.” said Mary.

Mary said she was going to work in Spain the next year

2. “I hope my friends will come and visit me in Ha Noi,” Tim said to John.

Tim told John he hoped his friends would come and visit him in Ha Noi

3. “Turn off all the lights when you go out,” Nick said to Rachel.

Nick told Rachel to Turn off all the lights when he go out

4. He said “Don’t leave the room, Tom and Mary”.

He told Tom and Mary not to leave the room

5. “Do you watch films on TV every night, Tom?” Mrs. Brown asked.

Mrs Brown asked Tom if he watch films on TV every night

6. He said to me “Who do you go to the movies with?”

He asked me who I went to the movies with

7. “Come and see me if you have time” he said to us.

He told us to come and see him if we had time

8. “Don’t forget to send your parents my regard.” she said.

She told me to send my parents her regards

9. Mary said “I have finished studying my leson”.  

Mary said she had finished studying her lesson

10. My friend said “Are you going to leave tomorrow?”

My friend asked me if I was going to leave the day after

11. “Why are you late today?” said the teacher.

The teacher asked me why I was late that day

12. The traveler asked “How long does it take to get to Paris?”.

The traveller asked how long it took to get to Paris

13. Ann said “I must go home now”.

Ann said she had to go home then

14. Alice said “I usually get up much earlier than you do, John”.

Alice told John she usually got up much earlier than he did

15. “Who teaches you English, Nam?”, said he.

He asked Nam who taught him English

16. He said to her “ You can keep that one if you like.

He told her she could keep that one if she liked.

17. “I don’t know them. Do you, John?” she asked

She asked John if he knew them

18. “I shall stop smoking”, said I to him.

I told him I would stop smoking

19.”Don’t take more than two of these at once”, said the doctor. 

The doctor told me not to take more than two of these at once

20. “This is an interesting film,”. Mary said.

Mary said that was an interesting film

Đáp án:

- Công thức: dream + of + doing something: ước mơ làm gì

Đáp án: She dreamt of becoming a doctor.

Tạm dịch: Cô mơ ước trở thành một bác sĩ.

- Động từ tường thuật “said” chia thì quá khứ nên lời nói trong ngoặc kép phải áp dụng quy tắc lùi thì:

I => he, my => his

Thì hiện tại đơn: S + V(s,es) => Thì quá khứ đơn: S +Ved

=> He said that he wanted a camera for his birthday.

Tạm dịch: Anh ấy nói rằng anh ấy muốn có một chiếc máy quay phim vào sinh nhật mình.