Bài tập câu tường thuật (reported speech) tự luận

REPORTED SPEECH
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
→ She asked
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2._"How are you?" Martin asked me.
→ Martin asked me
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3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
→ He asked
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4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter
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5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend
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6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
→ She wanted to know
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7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
→ He wanted to know
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8. The teacher asked, "Who can English?"
→ The teacher wanted to know
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9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.

→ She asked me
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10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked
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11. "What's the time?" he asked.
→ He wanted to know
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12. "When will we meet again?" she asked me.
→ She asked me
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13. "Are you crazy?" she asked him.
→ She asked him
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14. "Where did they live?" he asked.
→ He wanted to know
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15. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
→ He asked her
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16. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.
→ She asked me
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17. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.
→ The teacher wanted to know
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18. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him.
→ She wanted to know
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19. "Did you see that car?" he asked me.
→ He asked
me________________________________________________
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20. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.
→ The mother asked the twins
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21. He said, "I like this song."
→ He said
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22. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys
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23. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
→ She asked him
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24. "I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said
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25. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience
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26. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
→ She asks Peter
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27. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked
me.
→ She asked me
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28. He said, "Don't go too far."
→ He advised her
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29. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
→ He wanted to know
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30. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
→ He asks us
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31. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Joe
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32. "Be patient," she said to him.

→ She told him
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33. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her
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34. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us
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35. "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said.
→ The chemistry teacher told his students
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36. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her.
→ He advised her
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37. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys
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38. She said, "Go upstairs."
→ She told me
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39. "Close the door behind you," he told me.
→ He told me
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40. "Don't be late," he advised us.
→ He advised us
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41. "Stop staring at me," she said.
→ She told him
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42. "Don't be angry with me," he said.
→ He asked her
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43. "Leave me alone," she said.
→ She told me
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44. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.
→ She warned us
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45. "John, stop smoking," she said.
→ She told John
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46. "Don't worry about us," they said.
→ They told her
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47. “ Congratulations! You have passed the exam,” said the
teacher.

→ The teacher congratulated me _________
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48. You should work harder for the coming exam,” Said Tom’s
father.
→ Tom’s father advised
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49. “ Let’s go our for a drink,” said Nam.
→ Nam suggested
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50. “ Can I take you home?” said Tuan.
→ Tuan offered
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51.” How beautiful the dress is!” Nam exclaimed.
→ Nam exclaimed
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52. “ You stole my car,” the woman shouted at the man.
→ The woman accused
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53. “ I will return the book I borrowed from you last week,” said
Hoa.
→ Hoa promised
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54 “ I’m very sorry. I didn’t come to your party last night,” said
Lan.
→ Lan apologized

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55. “You must take my pen. It’s not here,” Thanh shouted at me.
→ Thanh accused me
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56. “Could you open the door please?” asked the girl.
-> The girl
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57. “ Go to bed immediately!” Mary’s father told her.
-> Mary’s mother
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58. “ Don’t forget to post the letter!” Hoa said to me.
-> Hoa
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59. The teacher told the children, “ Don’t play with the matches.
They are dangerous!”
-> The teacher
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60. “ I will go home tomorrow,” said Tom.
-> Tom
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REPORTED SPEECH
Choose the best answer:
1. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.

A. is going to be B. was going to beC. will
beD. can be
2. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says
to me
3. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had
written
4. I _________ him to sell that old motorbike.
A. said to B. suggested C. advised D.
recommended
5. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.
A. remember to plant B. plant C. to
plant D. planting
6. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was
she planning D. if she was planning
7. Nam wanted to know what time ________.
A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C.
the movie begins D. the movie began
8. I wondered_______ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I
doing D. am I doing
9. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun.
A. goes round B. is going around C. went around D. was
going around
10. Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot.
A. is – will travel B. were-
would travel
C. had been – would have travelledD. was – will travel

11. They said that they had been driving through the
desert__________.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the
last day D. Sunday previously
12. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if
they don’t make
13. The man said that money ___________ the passport to
everything.
A. will be B is C. was D. can
be
14. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D.
would discover
15. John said he _________ her since they ________ school.
A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met - had left C.
hadn’t met left D. didn’t meet – has left
16. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children
could C. if the children can D. could
the children
17. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an
accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D.
has been walking
18. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked
why __________ the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D.
she had taken
19. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.

A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have
got
20. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do
the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would
try
21. She asked me where I___________ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
22. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D.
asking
23. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book.
A. was B. were C. is D. has
been
24. He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would
come
25. I wonder why he___________ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
26. They asked me how many children___________.
A. if I had B. had I C. I have D. have I
27. Thu said she had been___________ the day before.
A. here B. there C. in this place D. where
28. The student said that the English test_______ the most
difficult.
A. is B. was C. will be D. have
been
29. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous
morning.
A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going

C. we were going D. that we were going
30. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know
_______.
A. that did I know / who were he B. that I knew / who he had
been
C. if I knew/ who he was D.
whether I knew / who had he been
31. The mother asked her son _______.
A. where he had been B. whether I had been C.
where has he been D. where had he been
32. Martin asked me _______.
A. how is my father B. how my father is C.
how was my father D. how my father was
33. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C.
did he prefer D. if he prefers
34. She asked me _______ my holidays _______.
A. where I spent / the previous year B. where
I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent / last year D. where did I spend / last
year
35. He advised _______ too far.
A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her
not to go D. she did not go
36. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a
cruel sport.
A. doesn’t like/ is B. did not like / were C.
not liked / had been D. had not liked / was
37. Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer
_______.

A. before B. ago C. last D.
previous
38. He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she
lends
39. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days.
A. have not eaten / ago B. had eaten/ previous C.
did not eat / before D. would not eat / last
40. Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the
_______ day.
A. had done / following B. will do / previous C.
would do/ following D. was going / previous
41. John asked me _______ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
42. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.
A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did
not behave
43. She said she _______ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. must D. had
44. She said I _______ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have
been
45. I have ever told you he _______ unreliable.
A. is B. were C. had been D. would
Be
46. I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______
to reach her during the early hours.
A. passing / will try B. he will pass / tried
C. to pass/ would try D. he

passed / have tried
47. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the
next day
48. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I
was
49. John asked me _______ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had
I seen
50. The guest told the host that _______.
A. I must go now B. he must go now C.
he had to go now D. he had to go then
ANSWER KEY
1 B 11 A 21 D 31 A 41 D
2 A 12 A 22 C 32 D 42 B
3 D 13 B 23 A 33 A 43 A
4 C 14 A 24 A 34 B 44 B
5 C 15 B 25 A 35 C 45 A
6 D 16 B 26 C 36 A 46 C
7 D 17 C 27 B 37 A 47 C
8 A 18 C 28 B 38 A 48 D
9 A 19 C 29 A 39 B 49 C
10 B 20 D 30 C 40 C 50 D