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

today => that day

S + is/am/are + going to + V => S + was/were + going + to + V

- Dùng "if/ whether" khi chuyển sang câu tường thuật với dạng câu hỏi "Yes-No question"

=> I asked her if it was going to be a fine day that day.

Tạm dịch: Tôi đã hỏi cô ấy xem liệu hôm nay có phải là một ngày đẹp trời hay không.

1. “How often do you come here?”→ He asked them ………how often they came there……………………………………..

2. “When will we meet again?” → He asked them ……when they would meet again…………………………………………

3. “Where have you been?” →The mother asked her ………where she had been…………………………………….

4. “What are they doing?” → She asked me ………what they were doing………………………………………………

5. “What’s the weather like?” →She asked me …………what the weather was like…………………………………………

6. “What does Frank do for a living?” →I wanted to know ……what Frank did for a living…………………………………..

7. “Why is Maria crying?” → She wondered ………why Maria was crying………………………………………………

8. “What kind of holiday has Marco had?” → We wanted to know ……what kind of holiday marco had had………………………….

9. “How long have you both been living there?” → They inquired ……how long we both had been living there………………………….

10. “What did you think of the performance yesterday?” → She asked me …what I had thought of the performance the day before……………………..

1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

➞ She asked where her umbrella was

2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.

➞ Martin asked us how we were

3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"

➜ He asked me if i had to do it

4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

➞ The mother asked her daughter where she had been

5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

➞ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

6. "What are they doing?" she asked.

➞ She wanted to know what they were doing

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

Thì quá khứ đơn: S + Ved => Thì quá khứ hoàn thành: S + had + Ved/V3

- Đối với dạng câu hỏi có từ để hỏi "wh-questions":

S + động từ tường thuật + (O) + wh- questions + clause

=> He asked them which way they had gone.

Tạm dịch: Anh ấy hỏi họ xem họ đã đi đường nào.

He asked that which way had they go.

“Which book did you take?” asked Tom.

=> I asked Tom which book he had taken.
“When are you coming back?” I asked her.

=> I asked her when she were coming back
“When did you telephone your mother?” asked Mary.

=>I asked Mary when she had telephoned her mother.
“How long does the train take?” asked Ann.

=> I asked Ann how long the train took.
“How far do I have to walk?” she asked.

=>She asked me how far she had to walk.
“What are you doing?” he asked.

=>He asked me what I was doing.
“Why are you so late?” the teacher asked him.

=>The teacher asked him why he was so late
I asked the doctor, “How many times a day should I take the medicine?”

=>I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.
“What time does the plane arrive?” we asked.

=>We asked what time the plane arrived.
“Why didn’t you phone?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me why I hadn't phoned.
“Where did you stay in Paris?” he asked her.

=>He asked her where she had stay in Paris
“Who did you see at the meeting?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me who I had seen at the meeting.
“Where are you going?” I asked her.

=>I asked her where she was going
“How are you?” he asked me.

=>He asked me how I was.
“How did you go to school?” she asked.

=>She asked how I had gone to school.

She told them to open the door

He asked her where she was going

I. Put the following sentences into Reported Speech

1. What country do you come from? said Bill

Bill asked What country i came from

2. Where did you spend your holiday last summer? He said to her

He sasked her Where she had spent your holiday last summer

3. What are you going to study? He said to Mary

He asked Mary What she was going to study

4. What do you think of the canteen coffee? asked Peter

Peter asked What I thought of the canteen coffee

5. Where were you last night? He said to her

He asked her Where she had been the night before

6. Tom said to the girl, When did you have this picture taken?

Tom asked the girl When she had had this picture taken

7, He said to me, Are you a teacher?

He asked me if i was a teacher

8. Are you hungry now? She said to me

She asked me if i was hungry then

9. He said to me, do you understand it now?

He asked me if i understood it then

10. Did you pass the exam, John? The teacher asked

The teacher asked if jonh had passed the exam

11. Did you phone me yesterday? Tom asked Mary

Tom asked Mary if she had phoned him the previous day