Reported Speech - Part 16 - Bui Van Vinh

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "I like this book." he said. He said that (a)   book.

Answer explanation

Trong câu tường thuật, động từ 'like' được chuyển thành 'liked' và đại từ 'this' thành 'that'. Do đó, câu hoàn chỉnh là: He said that he liked that book.

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "I don't want to go out tonight." Jane said. Jane said .................................................. to go out ....................

• she didn't want, that night

• she doesn't want, tonight

• she didn't want, last night

• she doesn't want, that night

Answer explanation

Câu tường thuật cần chuyển đổi thì hiện tại thành quá khứ. "I don't want" thành "she didn't want" và "tonight" thành "that night". Do đó, câu đúng là "she didn't want to go out that night."

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "We can't tell you the plan now." My friends told me. My friends told me that ............................ ............................ tell ............................ the plan ............................

• they couldn't, me, the plan, then

• they can't, me, the plan, now

• they couldn't, I, the plan, then

• they can't, I, the plan, now

Answer explanation

Câu tường thuật cần chuyển đổi thì hiện tại thành quá khứ. "can't" thành "couldn't" và "now" thành "then". Do đó, câu hoàn chỉnh là: "My friends told me that they couldn't tell me the plan then."

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "I will fly to London with my sister next month." Tony said. Tony said that .................................................. to London with ............................ sister ............................

• he would fly, his, the next month

• he will fly, his, next month

• he would fly, her, the next month

• he would fly, his, next week

Answer explanation

Tony said that he would fly to London with his sister the next month. The correct choice uses 'would' for reported speech and 'his' to refer to Tony's sister, maintaining the original meaning.

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "We were at home last night." Liam and John said. Liam and John said that ............................ ............................ at home ............................

• they had been, at home, the night before

• they have been, at home, last night

• they were, at home, the night before

• they had been, at home, last night

Answer explanation

Liam and John said that they had been at home the night before. This is correct because reported speech requires a shift in tense, and 'last night' changes to 'the night before'.

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "I am so tired today because I worked for 12 hours yesterday." She said. She said ............................ ............................ so tired because ............................ ............................ for 12 hours ............................

• she was, so tired, she had worked, for 12 hours, the day before

• she is, so tired, she worked, for 12 hours, yesterday

• she was, so tired, she worked, for 12 hours, the day before

• she is, so tired, she had worked, for 12 hours, yesterday

Answer explanation

Câu tường thuật cần chuyển đổi thì hiện tại thành quá khứ. "is" thành "was", "worked" thành "had worked" và "yesterday" thành "the day before". Do đó, câu hoàn chỉnh là: "She said she was so tired because she had worked for 12 hours the day before."

Hoàn thành những câu tường thuật sau đây. "My parents visited Italy last summer." Sue said. Sue said that ............................ parents ............................ Italy ............................

• her parents had visited Italy the previous summer

• her parents have visited Italy last summer

• her parents visited Italy the previous summer

• her parents had visited Italy last summer

Answer explanation

Câu tường thuật cần chuyển đổi thì hiện tại hoàn thành sang quá khứ hoàn thành. Do đó, "had visited" là đúng. "the previous summer" cũng phù hợp với thời gian đã qua, thay vì "last summer".

They said that ............................................................ new dresses at .................. store.

• they had bought; that

• they have bought; this

• they bought; those

• they will buy; these

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'they had bought; that' because it uses the past perfect tense, indicating a completed action before another past reference. 'That' is appropriate for referring to a specific store mentioned earlier.

Henry told us that .................................................... waiting for ........................................ at 3 p.m. ........................

Answer explanation

Henry told us that he was waiting for someone at 3 p.m. The correct choice fills in the blanks logically, indicating he was expecting a person at that specific time.

She said that Mary ............................................. job as a doctor two years ........................

• had started her; before

• has started her; ago

• started her; since

• was starting her; earlier

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'had started her; before' because it indicates that Mary began her job as a doctor two years prior to the time referenced in the statement, aligning with the past perfect tense usage.