Direct and Indirect Speech Reported Speech I/ Change into Indirect Speech : 1/ The students say, " We have just finished our lessons " - .... 4/ She asked Tom how he liked her new
Trang 1 Active and Passive Sentence
I/ Change into the Passive:
1/ The keeper feeds the lions at 3 p.m every day
- 2/ They haven't cleaned the streets this week
- 3/ No one has signed this cheque
- 4/ Did they build the garage at the same time ?
- 5/ They must carry these cases into the room
- 6/ The robber made the bank manager hand over the money
- 7/ I think the owner of the house is aboard
- 8/ Do the work at once
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II/ Change into the active :
1/ The postman was bitten by our dog
- 2/ Theatre seats can be booked by telephone
- 3/ This machine wasn't used a long time ago
- 4/ This cafe is considered to be very good
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Direct and Indirect Speech ( Reported Speech )
I/ Change into Indirect Speech :
1/ The students say, " We have just finished our lessons "
- 2/ " I'll come to your house next Sunday , " said Mary to me
- 3/ " Where did you go last night , Tom ? " asked his father
- 4/ " Have you got a blue sweater ? " I asked a shop assistant
- 5/ " Don't make these mistakes again , " I said to my pupils
- 6/ " Can I borrow your typewriter , Janet , ? " asked Peter
- 7/ " I am a doctor What's your job ? " he said to me
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II/ Change into Direct Speech :
1/ He said he would be there again the day after
Trang 2- 2/ She asked Daisy if she had seen the film the night before
- 3/ I asked the porter to wake me up at 8.00 the following morning
- 4/ She asked Tom how he liked her new dress she had just bought
- 5/ The teacher asked me not to go out and why I didn't bring my hat
- 6/ He told me he was a doctor and he asked me what I did
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Adjective ( Relative ) Clause
1/ The novels written by this writer are very interesting
- 2/ The girl wearing a red dress is his sister
- 3/ I can't remember his birthday
- 4/ I was born in Da Nang City
- 5/ Ha Long Bay , one of the most beautiful scenic spots , attracts millions of tourists every year - 6/ They stayed for hours I was annoyed about that
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Clauses of Comparisons
1/ An plays football well , and so does Nam
- 2/ Lan is the same height as Lien
- 3/ I can't cook as well as my mother
- 4/ Tom is the most intelligent in the class
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- 5/ Janet is the best tennis-player in the club
- 6/ I've never seen such a strong man as Mr Ba
- 7/ She is a slower and more careful driver than I am
- 8/ As he gets older , he wants to travel less
Causative
Trang 3
1/ Someone repaired her car yesterday
- 2/ The garage is going to repair the car for us next week
- 3/ My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview
- 4/ No one cleans the kitchen for us every day
- 5/ It's time for me to have a haircut
- 6/ A local firm redecorated our kitchen
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Conditional / Subjunctive Sentences
I/ Probable Condition :
1/ You can't visit the United States unless you get a visa
- 2/ The child will die if nobody sends for a doctor
- 3/ Without your help , we can't finish our work
- 4/ Take a taxi or you'll miss your train
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II/ Present / Past Unreal Condition :
1/ John is fat because he eats so many chips
- 2/ He didn't hurry , so he missed the train
- 3/ I'm having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport
- 4/ You avoided waiting by booking a table in advance
- 5/ I haven't enough money to buy any new clothes
- 6/ You should have it repaired
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III/ Subjunctive Sentence :
1/ You're making a lot of noise
- 2/ I'm sorry I didn't finish my homework last night
- 3/ What a pity you failed in your driving test
- 4/ Tom regretted buying the second-hand car
- 5/ He said , " Good luck "
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Clauses of Time
Trang 4I/ Rewrite sentences by using the word or words in bracket :
1/ Samuel started keeping a diary five years ago
- 2/ I began to play chess when I was ten
- 3/ When did they buy the house ?
- 4/ During dinner, the phone rang
- 5/ His family came back home from a holiday in Hanoi He told me about that
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II/ Complete the sentence , beginning with the words given :
1/ I haven't seen that man before
- It's the first time 2/ I haven't seen him since I was a student
- I last 3/ We haven't heard him since August
- The last time 4/ Robert and Catherine have been married for 4 years
- It's 4 years 5/ Tom didn't begin to read until he was five
- It was not until
Clauses of result / contract / cause / purpose
1/ It was such rotten meat that it had to be thrown away
- The meat 2/ It was so late that nothing could be done
- It was too 3/ It's a very weak boy, and he can't carry that box
- The boy isn't 4/ He couldn't afford to buy the car
- The car 5/ The children couldn't play because of the heavy rain
- The rain ( or )
- The heavy rain 6/ Because he studies well , he can easily pass the exam
- Being 7/ We admire him because he works hard
- His 8/ In spite of taking a taxi , Bill arrived late for the concert
- Although 9/ Despite having a broken leg , he managed to get out of the car
- Although 10/ If you want to borrow some books, you must have a library card
- In order to
Trang 5Active and Passive Sentence
I/ 1 The lions are fed by the keeper at 3 p.m every day
2 The streets haven't been cleaned this week
3 This cheque hasn't been signed
4 Was the garage built at the same time ?
5 These cases must be carried into the room
6 The bank manager was made to hand over the money by the robber
7 The owner of the house is thought to be abroad
8 Let the work be done at once./ You're requested to do the work at once
II/ 1 Our dog bit the postman
2 They can book theatre seats by telephone
3 No one used this machine a long time ago
4 They consider this cafe very good
Direct and Indirect Speech
I/ 1 The students say they have just finished their lessons
2 Mary told me she would come to my house the following Sunday
3 Tom's father asked him where he had gone the night before
4 I asked a shop assistant if/ whether he/ she had got a blue sweater
5 I asked my pupils not to make those mistakes again
6 Peter asked Janet if/ whether he could borrow her typewriter
Peter asked Janet to lend him her typewriter
7 He told me he was a doctor and asked me what my job was
II/ 1 " I'll be here/ there again tomorrow, "said he
2 " Have you seen the film last night, Daisy ? " asked she
3 " Wake me up at 8.00 tomorrow morning, " said I to the porter
4 " How do you like my new dress I have just bought, Tom ?" she said
5 " Don't go out," the teacher asked/said to me " Why don't you bring your hat?"
6 " I am a doctor," he asked/ said to me " What do you do ? "
Adjective Clause
1 The novel which are written by this writer are very interesting
2 The girl who are wearing a red dress is his sister
3 I can't remember the day when he was born
4 Da Nang is the city where I was born
5 Ha Long Bay, which attracts millions of tourists every year, is one of the most beautiful scenic spots
6 They stayed for hours, which made me feel annoyed
Clauses of Comparisons
1 An plays football as well as Nam
2 Lan is as tall as Lien
3 My mother can cook better than I/ me
4 No one in the class is as intelligent as/ more intelligent than Tom
5 Janet plays tennis better than anyone in the club./ No one in the club plays tennis better than/ as well as Janet./ No one in the club is better at tennis than Janet./No one in the club is a better tennis player than Janet
6 Mr Ba is the strongest man I've ever seen
7 She drives more slowly and carefully than I do
8 The older he gets, the less he wants to travel
Trang 6Causative
1 She had/ got her car repaired yesterday.
2 We are going to have the/ our car repaired next week
3 I must have my suit cleaned before the interview
4 We don't have/get the/ our kitchen cleaned every day
5 It's time I had/got ( Simple Past) my hair cut
6 We had a local firm redecorate/ got a local firm to redecorate our kitchen
Conditional/ Subjunctive
I/ 1 You can't visit the United States if you don't get a visa
2 The children will die unless someone sends / if someone doesn't send for a doctor
3 If you don't help us, we can't finish our work
4 If you don't take a taxi, you'll miss your train
II/ 1 John wouldn't be fat if he didn't eat so many chips
2 If he had hurried, he wouldn't have missed the train
3 I wouldn't be having a lot of trouble if I hadn't lost my passport
4 You would have avoided waiting if you had booked a table in advance
5 If I had enough money, I would buy some new clothes
6 If I were you, I would have it repaired
III/1 I wish you would stop making a lot of noise
2 I wish I had finished my homework last night
3 I wish you hadn't failed in your driving test/ you had passed your driving test
4 Tom wishes he hadn't bought the second- hand car
5 He wishes me good luck
Clauses of Time
I/ 1 Samuel has been keeping a diary for five years
2 I have been playing chess since I was ten
3 How long is it since they bought/ How long have they bought the house ?
4 While I was having dinner, the phone rang
5 He told me that his family had come back home from a holiday in Hanoi
II/ 1 It's the first time I have seen that man 2 I last saw him when I was a student
3 The last time we heard him was in August
4 It's 4 years since Robert and Catherine got married
5 It was not until Tom was five that he began to read ( mãi đến khi thì )
(S1+V1+NOT UNTIL+S2+V2 =IT WAS NOT UNTIL+S2+V2 +THAT+S1+V1 )
Clauses of Result/ Contract/ Cause/ Purpose
1 The meat was so rotten that it had to be thrown away
2 It was too late for anything to be done./ It was too late for us to do anything
3 The boy isn't strong enough to carry that box
4 The car was too expensive for him to buy./ The car was so expensive that he couldn't buy it / It was such an expensive car that he couldn't buy it
5 The rain was too heavy for the children to play./ The rain was so heavy that / It was such heavy rain that the children couldn't play./ The heavy rain could make the children not play./ The heavy rain could prevent the children from playing
6 Being ( Because he is) a good student, he can easily pass the exam
7 His hard work makes us admire him
8 Although Bill took a taxi, he arrived late for the concert
9 Although his leg was broken/he had a broken leg, he managed to get out of the car
10 In order to borrow books, you must have a library card