Bài tập về câu gián tiếp và trực tiếp

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Bài tập về câu gián tiếp và trực tiếp
I.

Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech:

1. “We can come on next Monday,” Mrs. White said.
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2. “My brother doesn’t like eating chocolates,” said Hoa.
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3. “I want to join in the volunteer activities in summer,” Lam said.
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4. “I will clean all the doors and windows before Tet,” Tung said.
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5. “You have to take at least 2 bottles of water for the trip,” his father said.
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6. “You will have to write a composition about pollution in the English contest,”
Henry’s teacher said.
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7. Lien said, “I can do the exercise”.
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8. Kien’s mother said, “You must go to bed early.
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9. Mai said, “My father is in the living room now.”


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10. Huong said, “I will call for Tom”.

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II.

Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech:

1. Hung said he would return in 20 minutes later.
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2. Ha said that she couldn’t finish the work by 3 pm.
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3. Nam told me that he was going to Da Lat for his summer holiday.
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4. He said he was going to ask his mother to buy him a new computer
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5. Lien said that she couldn’t understand the new words in the reading passage.
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6. Lien said that she knew those girls quite well.
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7. Mai said that she liked drinking milk.
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8. Hung told us that we were his best friends.
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9. Hoang said he couldn’t go out after 12pm.
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10. Marry said that her sister wanted to come there but she wasn’t very well.
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III.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech.

1. “I am going to school tomorrow morning,” he said.
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2. “I’ve lost my key,” she said.
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3. “I don’t understand what they are saying”, May said.
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4. “We are coming to visit some classmates,” they said.
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5. “Our family moved to a new apartment 2 days ago,” they said.
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6. “I have 2 brothers and 1 sister”, he said.
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7. “My mother is a doctor”, Jim said
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8. “I am staying with my family now,” Mark said.


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9. “We were playing football at 2pm yesterday,” they said.
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10. “You should see the doctor”, my friend said.
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IV.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. “We are decorating for his birthday party,” Nam and Lan said.
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2. “I will come to see you soon,” Lan said.
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3. “This isn’t my book”, she said.
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4. “You are my best friend,” John said to me.
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5. “We hope it will stop raining,” the farmers say.
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6. “I stayed up late to study last night,” Mary said.
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7. “I can swim very fast,” Mark said.
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8. “We have lived here since 1989”, they said.
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9. “I walked home from school this morning,” Linda said.
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10. “I am going to the theater tonight,” my friend said.
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V.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. “Do you know Minh?,” Jane asked

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2. “Can you play badminton?,” she asked
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3. “Are they Japanese?”, John asked
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4. “Where are you from?”, he asked
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5. “Can you take photograph?”, he wanted to know
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6. “What did you do yesterday?”, the girl asked her boyfriend
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7. “What films do you want to watch, Jim?,” Anne asked


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8. “Are you free tonight?”, he asked me
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9. “Do you know the way to cinema?”, a boy asked his friends
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10. “What is your new house like?”, my grandmother asked me
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VI.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. "Where is my car?" he asked
He asked......................................................................................
2. "How are you?" Mark asked us.

Mark asked us..........................................................................
3. John asked, "Do I have to do it?"
John asked...........................................................................
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughters.
The mother asked her daughters........................................
5. "Which favorite films do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend
She asked....................................................................
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
She wanted to know.............................................. ……….
7. "Are you going to the stadium?" he asked me.
He wanted to know.....................................................................
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks Korean?"
The teacher wanted to know.......................................................
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.
She asked me..........................................................................


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10. "Has Caron talked to Harry?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked me....................................................................
VII.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. "What time do you go to school?" he asked.
→ He wanted to know..................................................
2. "When will we meet again?" she asked me.
→ She asked me..................................................
3. "Are you crazy?" she asked him.

→ She asked him..................................................
4. "Where did they live?" he asked.
→ He wanted to know .................................................. .
5. "Will you be at the party?" John asked me.
→ John asked .................................................. .
6. "Can you meet me at Kevin’s party?" she asked me.
→ She asked me .................................................. .
7. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.
→ The teacher wanted to know .................................................. .
8. "Why don't you help me?" my mother asked.
→ She wanted to know .................................................. .
9. "Did you see that house?" he asked me.
→ He asked me .................................................. .
10. "Have you cleaned your room?" the mother asked her children.
→ The mother asked .................................................. .
VIII. Turn the following sentences into reported speech:
1. "Stop talking, Jim," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Jim .................................................. .
2. "Be patient," she said.
→ She told .................................................. .


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3. "Go to your room and do homework," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her .................................................. .
4. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us .................................................. .
5. "Give me the key," he told her.
→ He asked her .................................................. .

6. "Play it again, Sue," she said.
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7. "Sit down, Cherry" he said.
→ .................................................. .
8. "Fill in the form, Madam," the receptionist said.
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9. "Take off your shoes before coming in," she told us.
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10. "Mind your own business," she told him.
IX.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. She said, "Go upstairs."
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2. "Close the door," he told me.
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3. "Don't be late," he advised us.
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4. "Stop looking at me like that," she said.
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5. "Don't be angry with me," her son said.
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6. "Leave me alone," Jim said.
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7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.

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8. "Tom, stop smoking," his girlfriend said.
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9. "Don't worry," he said.
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10. "Meet me at school gate." he said.
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X.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech

1. He said, "I like this novel."
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2. "Where is your sister?" my mother asked.
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3. "I don't speak France," he said.
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4. "Say hello to Jerry," they said.
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5. "The film began at 8pm," she said.
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6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
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7. "Where have you spent your money?" his mother asked him.
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8. "I never make mistakes," she said.
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9. "Does she know Rob?" he wanted to know.
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10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.

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XI.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech

1.

"I was very tired," he said.
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2.

"Be careful, Billy," his mom said.
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3.

"I will get myself a drink," she says.
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4.

"Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
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5.

"I cannot remember anything," he said.
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6.

"Jame, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
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7.

"Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
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8.

Her father said, "Don't go too far."
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9.

"Have you been to Australia?" he asked.
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10.

"Don't make so much noise," he says.
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XII.

Turn the following sentences into reported speech

1. “I went to see her yesterday”, he said.
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2. “I don’t want to meet him again”, she said
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3. “Can you play football?”, he asked me.
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4. He explained, “I didn’t break the windows”.
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5. My mother said, “I am going to market now”.
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6. “What time does John get up?”, he asked me
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7. “I like this cartoon”, he said
He said……….............................................…………………………………..
8. “How beautiful she is!”
He exclaimed.......................................………………………………………...
9. “Have you ever seen that film?”, he asked me
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10. “I went to Danang last week”, she said
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