1.   “Our daughter wants to study abroad for a year,”

They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year.

2.   “Have you ever experienced school pressures?”

She asked me if I had ever experienced school pressures.

3.   “Yesterday I couldn’t watch my favourite cartoon on Disney Channel,”

He said that he couldn't watch his favorite cartoon on Disney Channel the previous day.

4.   “Is the weather good in Shanghai in the summer?”

Jane asked me whether or not the weather was good in Shanghai in the summer.

5.   “What are the skills that you find the most difficult to learn?”

She asked me what the skills that I found the most difficult to learn were.

6.   “Would you bring me a cup of coffee, please?”

She told me to bring her a cup of coffee.

7.   “I’ll come and help you on Saturday,”

Joana told me to come and help her on Saturday.

8.   “When will you come back home?”

My mom asked me when I would come back home.

9.   “Do you need any help on this assignment?”

The teacher asked me if I needed help on that assignment.

10. “My friend got engaged to a German last month,”

Danny told Ann that his friend had gotten engaged to a German the previous month.

Mong rằng hồi đáp vẫn có thể giúp ích cho em hiểu cách chuyển câu trực tiếp sang gián tiếp.

Về phần kiến thức này, em hãy xem thêm những bài đã được học để hiểu và ghi nhớ kiến thức làm bài nhé!

Ex1: Turn into reported speech ( CÂU KHẲNG ĐỊNH)
1. "Our daughter wants to study abroad for a year," they said
=> They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year.
2. "Yesterday I watched my favorite cartoon on HTV3," Minh said
=> Minh said that he had watched his cartoon on HTV3 the previous day.
3. "I'll come and help you on Saturday," Lan told me
=> Lan told me that she would come and help on Saturday.
4. "My friend got engaged to a German last month," Danny said to Ann
=> Danny said to Ann that his friend had gotten engaged to a German the previous month.
5. "I can cook many delicious dishes," my mother said
=> My mother said that she could cook many delicious dishes.

They said that their daughter wants to study abroad for a year

Minh said that he watched his favourite cartoon on HTV3 yesterday

Lan told me that she'll come and help me on Saturday

Danny told Ann that her/his friend got engaged to a German last month

My mother said that she can cook many delicious dishes

they said their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year

mind said Yesterday he had watched my favorite cartoon on HTV3

lan said she would come and help you on Saturday,

danny said danny's friend had gotten engaged to a German last month

my mother said she could cook many delicious dishes

They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year.

Minh said that he had watched his favourite cartoon on HTV3 the previous day.

Lan told me that she would come and help me on Saturday.

Danny told Ann that her/his friend had got engaged to a German the previous month.

My mother said that she could cook many delicious dishes.

Với câu tường thuật, do sự lệch về thời gian- không gian - chủ thể tường thuật với thời gian - không gian - chủ thể của câu nói gốc; nên ta cần đổi động từ và các trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian, không gian, cùng các chủ từ khi thực hiện tường thuật em nhé!

1They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year

 She asked me if I had ever experienced school pressures

 He said he couldn't watch his favorite cartoon on Disney Channel the day before

 Jane asked me if the weather was good in Shanghai in the summer

 She asked me what the skills that I found the most difficult to learn were

 She asked me to bring her a cup of coffee

 Joana told me that she would come and help me on Saturday

 My mom asked me when I would come back home

 The teacher asked me if I needed any help on that assignment

10 Danny told Ann his friend had got engaged to a German the month before

They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year

Đáp án:

- Chuyển từ câu điều kiện loại 1 sang loại 2: Unless + S + V(quá khứ đơn), S + would + V …

- Thay đổi đại từ, tân ngữ: you => he

Đáp án: His parents said unless he studied harder, he would fail the exam.

Tạm dịch: Bố mẹ anh ấy nói nếu anh ấy không học chăm chỉ hơn, anh ấy sẽ thất bại trong kỳ thi.

Đáp án:

- Chuyển từ câu điều kiện loại 1 sang loại 2: If + S + V(quá khứ đơn), S + would + V …

- Thay đổi đại từ, tân ngữ: I => he, you => me

Đáp án: Tom told me if he had spare time, he would go fishing with me.

Tạm dịch: Tom nói với tôi nếu anh rảnh rỗi, anh sẽ đi câu cá với tôi.

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