PERIOD 18

Tuesday October 25, 2021


Matching adv of time & adv of place in
the direct speech with the reported speech
direct speech

reported speech

here

the next day

now

then/ at that moment

today/ tonight

the week before

tomorrow

there

next week

before

yesterday

the previous day/the day before

last week

that day/ that night

ago

the following week


Warm up:
Change these sentences into reported speech

1. “ Is your school near here?” she said to me.
She asked me if my school was near there
2.“ Do you go to school by bike?” my teacher said .
My teacher asked me whether I went to school by bike

S + asked + O +If/ whether + S1 + V(lui thì)
Use : Report Yes / No question.


“What is your name?” She said.
She asked me What my name was.
S + asked+ (O )+ Question word +S1 + V(lui thì)
Use:

Report Wh- questions

Hoa said,”I want to go home”
-> Hoa said she wanted to go home. (indirect speech)

S + said / told + O (that) + S + V(lui thi)

Report statement


2. Changing verbs & subjects, objects …..
direct speech

Reported speech

V(e,es)

V-ed

am/ is/ are +
Ving

was/ were +
Ving

have/ has + PII

had + PII

have/ has +
been + Ving

had + been +
Ving

V-ed

V-ed/had + PII

S + was/ were +
Ving

had + been +
Ving

will

would

can

could

must/ have to

had to

may

might

direct speech
Chủ ngữ

Reported
speech

I
You
We
me
you

he/ she
I/ We/ They
We/ They
him/ her
me/ us/ them

Đại từ sở hữu

us
my
your

us/ them
his/ her
my/ our/ their

Đại từ sở hữu

our
mine
yours

our/ their
his/ hers
mine/ ours/ theirs

Đại từ chỉ định

ours
this
these

ours/ theirs
that
those

Tân ngữ


2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech
1.’We will visit you this week,’ my parents told me.
2. Our teacher asked us, ‘ what are you most worried about?’
3. ‘I’m so delighted. I’ve just received a surprise birthday present from
my sister.’ Phuong told me
4. ‘Kate can keep calm even when she has lots of pressure’ Tom said
5. ‘I got a very high score in my last test, Mum’ she said.
6. ‘Do you sleep at least eight hours a day?’ the doctor asked him.
key :1. My parents told me they would visit me that week.

2. Our teacher asked us what we were most worried about.
3. Phuong told me she was so delighted because she had just
received a surprise birthday present from her sister.
4. Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she had lots of
pressure.
5. She told her mother she had got a very high score in her last
test.
6. The doctor asked him if he slept at least eight hours a day.


II. Wh + to V
to express difficult or uncertain situations
Example: We don't know who we should contact.
→ We don't know who to contact
to V
S + ask + Wh + to V
+ ask
+ (not) know
+ wonder + (not) decide
+ (not) be sure + (not) tell
+ have no idea

Look out!
“WHY” cannot be
used: to V


3. Rewrite the sentences using: Wh + to V
1. I don't know what I should wear!

-I don’t know what to wear.
2. Could you tell me where I should sign my name?
-Could you tell me where to sign my name?
3. I have no idea when we should leave for the bus.
-I have no idea when to leave for the bus.
4. We're not sure where we should hang the painting.
-We are not sure where to hang the painting.
5. He wondered how he could tell this news to his parents.
-He wondered how to tell this news to his parents.
6. They can't decide who should go first.
-They can’t decide who to go first.


/ Reported questions with question words before to-infinitives.

C

Example:

‘What should I do?’ she said

She wondered what to do.
Question words before to-infinitives can be used to report
questions about something that should be done.
S + asked (O)/ wasn’t sure/
had no idea/ couldn’t decide/+ Question word+ to infinitive
Wondered/ couldn’t tell
To report: question word to infinitive. Remember Why
cannot be used in this case.

/ Reported questions with question words before to-infinitives.

C

Example: ‘ Should I tell my parents what I really think? She
wondered.
She wondered whether to tell her parents what she really
thought.

S + asked/ wondered/ wasn’t sure… whether + to infinitive
To report Yes/ No questions we use whether before
to- infinitive. Remember if cannot be used in this case.


6. They wondered what to do to make Linh feel happier

4. Rewrite the following question in reported speech , using question
words before to- infinitives. You may use the following verbs: ask,
wonder,(not) be sure, have no idea,(not) know,(not) decide, (not) tell
1,How should we use that support service? they wondered.
2. ‘Who should I turn to for help?’ he asked.
3. ‘ Mum, when should I turn off the oven?’ Mai asked her mother
4. ‘Where should we park our bikes? asked Phong and Minh
5. ‘Should we call her now?’ he asked.
6. ‘What should we do to make Linh feel happier?’ they wondered.
Key:
1. They wondered/couldn't tell how to use that support service.
2. He had no idea who to turn to for help.
3. Mai asked her mother when to turn off the oven.

4. Phong and Minh couldn't decide where to park their bikes.
5. He was not sure whether to call her then.


Report these sentences:
1. Do you live near here?
2. “How should we learn English well?” He asked.
3. Where do you live?.
4. We must finish homework today.
5. “Should we give her a dictionary?”


• D. HOMEWORK:
• - Do exercise 2,3,4