1. He is too young to go to school.

He is not_________________old enough to go to school_______________________________.

2. He doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to.

 He used ____________to play tennis as well as he used to.____________________________________.

3. He swims very well.

He is ____________a good swimmer_______________________________________.

4. “Eat more vegetables” the doctor said to me

The doctor told _____me to eat more vegetabales______________________________________.

5. It started to snow at 5 o’clock.

It has _______________snowed since 5 o'clock___________________________________.

1. He is too young to go to school.

-> He is not old enough to go to school

2. He doesn't play tennis as well as he used to.

-> He used to play tennis better than he does now

3. He swims very well.

-> He is a good swimmer

4. '' Eat more vegetables'' the doctor said to me

-> The doctor told me to eat more vegetables

5. It started to snow at 5 o'clock.

-> It has snowed since 5 o'clock

I.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech,beginning as shown.

1,He is too young to go to school .

->He is not ........old enough to go to school.........

2,Her hair is long,straight and black

->She has ......long straight black hair..........

I.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech,beginning as shown.

1,He is too young to go to school .

->He is not old enough to go to school.

2,Her hair is long,straight and black

->She has long straight black hair.

I.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech,beginning as shown.

1,He is too young to go to school .

->He is not ............old enough to go to school............

2,Her hair is long,straight and black

->She has ...............long straight black hair...............

Rewrite each sentence as reported speech, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1. “I won’t have enough time to finish this job.”

=>He said……………………he would not have enough time to finish that job…………………

2. “It’s been a long time since I had such a good meal.”

=>She said…………it had been a long time since she had had such a good meal……………………

8. “It’s time to go to bed, children.”

=>She told...............her children to go to bed...........................

Put into the reported speech :

  3/ The nurse said : “The patient in this room didn’t obey your orders, Doctor.”

-> ...........................The nurse told the doctor that the patient in that room hadn't obeyed her orders............................................................ …

  4/ They said to me : “You taught us English last year.”

-> ............................. They said to me that I had taught them E the previous year.......................................................... 

  5/ Mr.Brown said : “Our trip cost us two thousand dollars.”

-> .............................Mr.Brown said that their trip had cost their 2 thousand dollars.........................................................

  9/ My mother said : “I think it won’t rain tomorrow.”

-> ...........................................My mother said that she thought it wouldn't rain the following day............................................

.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech,beginning as shown.

1,He is too young to go to school .

->He is not .......old enough to go to school ........

2,Her hair is long,straight and black

->She has .....long straight black hair ......

3,We have quite different character

->Our characters......are different .........

4,The water is so dirty that he can't bathe his eyes

->The water is not.........clean enough for him to bathe his eyes.....

.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech,beginning as shown.

1,He is too young to go to school .

->He is not old enough to go to school.

2,Her hair is long,straight and black

->She has long straight black hair.

3,We have quite different character

->Our characters are different.

4,The water is so dirty that he can't bathe his eyes

->The water is not clean enough for him to bathe his eyes.

"Can you explain this word to me?" She asked her teacher.(use reported speech)

She asked the teacher if she/he could explain this word to her

"You should practise speaking English every day"Jackson said to Mary.(use reported speech)

Jackson told Mary to practise speaking English everyday

She isn't old enough to drive a car.(use to...too+to infinitive)

She is too old to drive a car

Nam is too short to reach the shelf.(use...adj+enough...)

Nam isn't tall enough to reach the shelf

She started school seven years ago.(change into present prefer tense)

She has gone to school for 7 years

2Arrange these words to make sentences.

1. homework/ the / to / students / ought / their / carefully /do/. /

__The students ought to do their homework carefully

2. has / the chores / to / today / Mai / do / himself /. /

____Mai has to do the chores himself today

3. clean/ the/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/the/./

___The teacher told me to clean the blackboard

4. She / my class / is / enough / old / in/ not/ to be/./

___She is not old enough to be in my class

5. how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/?/

___Could you tell me how to study English ?

VI. Rewrite these sentences begin with the given words. 1. Her book is not the same as mine. ➔ Her book is different from mine _____________________________________________ 2. She loves to play the violin. He loves to play the violin. ➔She loves to play the violin,he loves, too ________________________________________ 3. The listening exercise is more difficult than the reading exercise. ➔The reading exercise is easier than the listening exercise_____________________________________ 4. People grow rice in tropical countries. ➔ Rice is grown by people in tropical countries. _________________________________________________ 5. My sister and I don’t often go out at night. ➔ My sister doesn’t often go at night,  I don't , either____________________ 6. They are interested in playing soccer. ➔ They love playing soccer. _____________________________________________ 7. My mother isn’t as tall as my father. ➔ My father is taller than my mother _____________________________________________ 8. He missed the first bus because he got up late. ➔ He got up late, so he missed the first bus  ___________________________________________ 9. Summer is hotter than winter ➔ Winter is colder than Summer __________________________________________________________ 10. She pays a lot of money for the customer. ➔ A lot of money are pay by her for the customer. ________________________________________________________________ 11. I am interested in watching TV in the evening. ➔ I enjoy watching TV in the evening ____________________________________________________________ 12. I think that learning English is important. ➔ I find that learning English important.  _______________________________________________________________ 13. My brother enjoys coffee very much. ➔ Coffee is enjoyed by my brother very much ____________________________________________________________ 14. People speak English all over the world. ➔ English is spoken all over the world.  __________________________________________________________________ 6 15. They built the museum in 1990. ➔ The museum is built  in 1990.  _________________________________________________________________

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.

1. I find it difficult to drive on the left

2. Unless she is really hungry, she won't eat snacks between meals

3. They wanted the job done by Mary 

4. It makes us  at 9 am or 10 am

5. He has a lot of dependants