1. “Where does your father work?” The teacher asked me.

® The teacher--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. “ How far is it from HCM city to Vung Tau?” A tourist asked.

® A tourist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. “How long will you stay in England?” Tam’s friend asked him.

® Tam’s friend ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXERCISES (REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS)

1. The coach told the players “ You have to train harder for the next match”.

® The coach said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Tam’s sister told him “ You ought to help me to clean the house”.

® Tam’s sister said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Hoa’s parents said “We’ll visit you this summer”.

® Hoa’s parents said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. Mai said, “I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam”.

® Mai said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. The coach told the players “ You have to train harder for the next match”.

® The coach said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Tam’s sister told him “ You ought to help me to clean the house”.

® Tam’s sister said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Hoa’s parents said “We’ll visit you this summer”.

® Hoa’s parents said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. Mai said, “I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam”.

® Mai said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. “ I will expect to see you next Wednesday”, Mary said to her friend.

® Mary told to her friend (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. The teacher said, “All the homework must be done carefully”.

® The teacher said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. Tam said, “ I could swim across the river”.

® Tam said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. Her father said to her: “You can go to the movie with your friend”.

® Her father said (that)

9. Hoa said: “I may visit my parents in Summer”.

® Hoa said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10. The students said: “we should finish our work before going out for lunch”.

® The students said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. Mai said, “I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam”.

® Mai said (that)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Complete the sentences with: in, at, on, for, since, after, before, between, until, during, from...to

1. The course begins ______ 2 May 2005 and ends sometime ______ June.

2. The children aren’t here ____ the moment, but they’ll be back ______ a few minutes.

3. “We’re having a party ______ New Year’s Eve. Can you come?” – “I’m afraid I can’t. I don’t like going out _____ night.”

4. In Britain people send each other cards ________ Christmas and many people go to the church _____ Christmas Day.

5. Why are you never ____ time? You always keep everybody waiting.

6. Sam often goes to the church _____ 5 o’clock ________ Sundays.

7. The office will be closed_______ Christmas and New Year. It will be open _______ 5 January.

8. Please wait ____ half past ten. She’ll definitely be back _____ half past ten.

9. It’s rained _____ the night ______ two or three hours.

10. I’m starting a job in sales ______I finish college.

11. Bill has worked in this company ______ ten years, ______ 1999.

12. I might not be at home ______ Monday morning but I’ll probably be there _______ the evening.

13. “What do you usually do ________ the weekend?” –“I usually go swimming _____ 8a.m ____ 10 a.m.”

14. The New Year is celebrated _____ midnight ____ January 1.

.  My sister  wishes she … her bicycle to school .

             A. can  ride    b. rides                        c. could ride          d. to ride

 Her parents wish she … the scholarship next school –year.

            a. would  get   b. will get                   c. gets                    d. didn’t get

They get up quite late , …. They missed the train .

             a. and                         b.   but                          c. so                      d. although

2. It is raining heavily. We take our umbrellas.

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3. They didn’t want to get home late. They hired a minibus.

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4. Everyone was tired after the visit. They slept on the bus on the way home.

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5. The place was bueatiful. Liz wanted to go there again.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. We didn’t like the food. We walked out of the restaurant.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. There was fog. Their flight was delayed.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. The hotel was very noisy. They couldn’t sleep.

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9. The beach was very crowded. There was hadly room to sit down.

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10. The play was boring. We went home early.

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Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

1.     It was very dark. He couldn’t see anything

2.    He has very wide knowledge. We can’t help admiring him

3.     His conduct is very good. All his teachers love him

VI: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

1.     He was very sick. He was sent to hospital

VII: Fill in the blank with “SO MUCH” or “ SO MANY”

We have……………….problems that we can not go to bed early

Why have you got ……………….furniture?

There was……………….food that every one ate too much

There were……………….guests that there was not enough food

Why did you buy……………….beer?

He has ……………….patients that he’s always busy

I ate……………….sandwiches that I felt ill

My father has……………….work to do that he can not come back home tonight

Why did he drink ……………….wine?

They drank……………….wine that they could not walk

His mother asks him to take……………….things that he can’t put all of them into his suitcase

There are……………….places of interest in London that he can not decide where to go first

I took him……………….time to listen to her roommate

There was……………….noise in the room that I could not work

There are ………………. Planets in the universe that we can not count them