CÂU GIÁN TIẾP -CHUYÊN ĐỀ ÔN THI VÀO 10 THÍ ĐIỂM

TEACHER: MS HẰNG

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CHUYÊN ĐỀ: REPORTED SPEECH

Exercise 1: Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”.
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2. They said, “We are learning English now”.
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3. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.
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4. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” he said.
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5. “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said.
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6. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said.
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7. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.
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8. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his
students.
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9. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said.
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10. “I’ve broken the vase,” she said.
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11. “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
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12. He said to her, “You are my friend.”
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13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
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14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children.
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15. Mary said, “My father died a year ago”.
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Exercise 2: Change the sentences below into direct speech.
1. My mother told me that she was sad then.
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2. One of my friends said that she liked learning English with her teacher.
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3. The doctor told me that I could leave the hospital that day.
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4. The film director said that she was willing to work then.
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5. The teacher told his students that he would be busy the following month.
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6. Tom invited me to his birthday party.
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7. She said the doctor had written her a prescription.
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8. He said that he had a toothache.
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9. She said she went to the museum every day.

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10. They said they were going to the supermarket.
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11. She said that the doctor had given her some pills.
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12. He said he had received the report.
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13. John said that he had finished studying his lesson.
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14. Mary told John that she couldn’t go to the movies with him.
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15. Mary told her friend she should expect to see him/her the following Wednesday.
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Exercise 3: Change the following sentences into reported speech.
1. She said to him: “Give me another glass of wine”.
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2. She said to me: “Bring me a book”.
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3. The mother said to him: “Open the window please!”.
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4. He said to me: “Shut the door after you”.
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5. The captain said to them: “Wait here until I come back”.
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6. She told her: “Take it and come with me”.
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7. He said to me: “Don’t come back before one o’clock”.
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8. My mother told me: “Don’t forget to look at the door”.
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9. He said to his brother: “Don’t open the window, open the door”.
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10. He said to the girl: “Don’t sit on my bed, sit on this chair please!”.
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11. The teacher said: “I am a teacher” .
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12. She said to me “I have a big house”.
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13. He asked me: “When do you finish your work?”
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14. Mai asked me: “Why didn’t you come?”
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Exercise 4. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Julia said that she ............... there at noon.
A. is going to be

B. was going to be

C. will be

D. can be

2. He ............... that he was leaving 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

C. advised

D.recommended

4. I ............... him to sell that old motorbike.
A. said to

B. suggested

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


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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 travelled
D. 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

Exercise 5: Reported these sentences.
1. They told us, “Our friends will get the award for their highest scores”.


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2. He said, “I will go to school by bus tomorrow”.
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3. Phong said, “I need to learn more vocabulary”.
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4. His brother told her, “You can use my computer today”.
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5. Mai said, “I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam”.
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6. Tom said, “I have already had breakfast, so I am not hungry”.
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7. I said to Nick, “You don’t have to do it right now. You can do it tomorrow”.
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8. He said to them, “Your supervisor will be here in five minutes.”
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9. She said to me, “I want to lend you my bike, but my brother has broken it yesterday. I’m
so sorry.”
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10. The mother said to me, “The sun rises in the East.”
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Exercise 6: Change into reported speech: question: yes/no question and wh-question.
1. “Do you enjoy reading?” Phong asked Peter.
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2. “Do you like sports?” Hoa asked Lan.
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3. “Do your sister and brother go to the same school?” she asked Nam.
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4. “Are there some oranges in the fridge?” she asked her mom.
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5. “Will it rain tomorrow morning?” he asked his friend.
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6. “How do you go to the airport?” his friend asked him.
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7. “How much does this dress cost?” Lan asked Mai.
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8. Ba asked Tam, “How often do you wash your clothes?”
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9. “When will your father leave Vietnam for America?” Phong asked Thu.
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10. “How many books do the students need?” the librarian asked my teacher.
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