TURN INTO REPORTED SPEECH 1. He said: “I will expect her.” ________________________________________________________________ 2. He said: “I can’t find my hat.” __________________________________________________________________ 3. She said: “I am going to the movies tomorrow.” __________________________________________________________________ 4. Lan said to me: “You are looking much better.” __________________________________________________________________ 5. He says: “The river is rising early this year.” __________________________________________________________________ 6. She said to me: “I will do it if necessary I can.” __________________________________________________________________ 7. He said to his friend: “Did you see the accident yesterday?” __________________________________________________________________ 8. John said to me: “How did you come here?” __________________________________________________________________ 9. He said: “Have you finished your task, Nam?” __________________________________________________________________ 10. He said: “Yesterday evening I met Nam. He has bought a new car.” __________________________________________________________________ 11. She said to me: “Who is this book?” __________________________________________________________________ 12. Nam said to his father: “Please let me go to Paris.” __________________________________________________________________ 13. He said to me: “Do you like to live in Orange Country?" __________________________________________________________________ 14. My friend asked me: “Have you a lot of money?” __________________________________________________________________ 15. He said: “I can’t meet you here either today or tomorrow.” _________________________________________________________

Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
1. “Let’s go out tonight,” he said. “We haven’t been out for ages.”
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2. “I’m exhausted,” he said. “I’ve been working hard all week.”
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3. “You’re late,” she said to Tom. “I was about to go home.”
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4. “Are you busy?” he asked me. “I need to talk to you.”
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5. “Have you had your hair cut?” he asked Jessie. “It looks great.”
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6. “I’m bored,” Peter said. “This film is terrible.”
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7. “I’m going shopping,” Linda said. “I’ll be back in an hour.”
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1. “You should practice speaking English,” said my teacher. (reported speech)

→ My teacher said ……………………………………………………..

2. “Turn off the radio” He said to me (reported speech)

→He told me ............................................................................................

3.  The boy isn’t strong. He can’t lift this box. (enough)         

→The boy isn’t strong..............................................................................

4. I want to invite my friends to my birthday party. (be going to)

→I’m.......................................................................................................

Turn these sentences into Reported speech.
31. He said, “I’m cutting off the main valve.”
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32. Nam said, “my uncle often plants the vegetables in the afternoon.”
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33. “My uncle will not plant the vegetables tomorrow afternoon”, she said.
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34. “Mr and Mrs Pike have just read these newspapers”, Nga said.
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35. She said, “I often listen to music at night.”
→ ________________________________________

Turn these sentences into Reported speech.

11. “ I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl. →________________________________________

12. He said to her, “You are my friend.” →________________________________________

13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.” →________________________________________

14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the chidren. →________________________________________

15. Marry said, “My father died a year ago”. →_________________________________________

Exercise 3. Turn into reported speech, using the verbs in brackets.

1. He said to her, “Come to the party. You’ll enjoy it” (persuade)

2. He said to me, “I’ll lend you some money if you like” (offer)

3. He said to us, “Why don’t you have a holiday in my country cottage?” (invite)

4. “All right. I’ll help you,” Tom said to Joe. (agree)

5. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists. (warn)

6. “You must pay for the damage you’ve done,” she said. (make)

7. “I haven’t done anything wrong,” Tom said. (deny)

8. “No, I won’t talk to the lawyer,” Tom said. (refuse)

9. “Yes, I did drive too fast through the town,” she said. (admit)

10. “You damage my sweater, Tom,” said Ben. (accuse)

11. “Stop speeding or you will get a ticket,” said the traffic warden to the driver. (warn)

12. “Please do go to the movies with me tonight,” said Aunt Fancy. (persuade)

13. “Why don’t we work and keep ourselves from starving?” said Mike. (suggest)

14. “Go on holiday when the weather gets warmer,” she told him. (advise)

15. “Keep out of this room at all time,” she said to them. (warn)

16. “Remember to post those letters,” he said to me. (remind)

17. “If you can’t find anyone else,I’ll drive you you to the airport,” he said to me. (volunteer)

18. “If you don’t give me a pay rise, I’ll resign,” he said to me.(threaten)

19. “It certainly wasn’t me who took your car!” said Bob. (deny)

20. “Shall we go to Paris for the weekend?” Mary said to me. (suggest)

21. “I saw Megan in town,” he said. (mention)

22. “Be careful of malefactors and don’t go out at night alone” (warn)

23. “Nam, you shouldn’t spend so much money on gambling” (advise)

24. “Would you like to have lunch with me today” (invite)

25. “Why don’t you open a bank account” (encourage)

26. “Remember to book a table in advance” (remind)

27. “Fasten your seat belts” (tell)

28. “I’ll offer you some more wine tomorrow” (promise)

29. “Ok, I’ll carry some of these parcels for you” (offer)

30. “Could you possibly give me a lift to the next village” (ask)

Exercise 2: Turn these sentences into reported speech. ( Giải thích kĩ đáp án)

1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”.

2. They said, “We are learning English now”.

3. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.

4. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” he said.

5. “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said.

6. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said.

7. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.

8. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students.

9. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said.

10. “I’ve broken the vase,” she said.

11. “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.

12. He said to her, “You are my friend.”

13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”

14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children.

15. Mary said, “My father died a year ago”.