Tài liệu này cung cấp kiến thức về cách chuyển câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp một cách đầy đủ nhất. Ngoài ra, phần introductory verbs sẽ giúp bạn ôn luyện lại các cấu trúc động từ thường gặp như promise to do smth, agree with smbd about smth, agree to do smth, v.v.
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O L W E N B U I ( N G U Y E T M O O N 3 6 9 @ G M A I L C O M )
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After the lesson, the student is expected to be able to understand:
1 What a reported speech is
2 What a reported speech is used for
3 How to change from a direct speech sentence to a reported speech sentence
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Trang 4Reported speech is used to convey the general meaning of what someone said, making some changes
to his or her precise words.
R E P O R T E D S P E E C H
Trang 5P O I N T O U T D I F F E R E N C E S B E T W E E N D I R E C T
A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H - R E P O R T I N G V E R B S
Valerie said, ‘I miss my sister.’ Valerie said (that) she missed her sister.Valerie said to me, ‘I miss my sister.’ Valerie said to me (that) she missed her sister.Valerie told me, ‘I miss my sister.’ Valerie told me (that) she missed her sister.
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D I R E C T A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H
Brian said, ‘I’m going to wear my new jacket.’
Brian said (that) he was going to wear his new jacket.’
Changes in pronouns and possessive adj
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Number Personal Pronoun
(as Subject)
Personal Pronoun (as Object)
Possessive Adjective
Possessive Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Trang 8E V E RY – S O M E – A N Y – N O
Every Some Any No
Thing Everything Something Anything Nothing
Where Everywhere Somewhere Anywhere Nowhere
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A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H - P R E S E N T T E N S E S
Alice said, ‘I hate horror films.’ Alice said (that) she hated horror films
Mark said, ‘I’m looking for a new job.’ Mark said (that) he was looking for a new job
Lynne said, ‘I’ve never riden a horse.’ Lynne said (that) she had never ridden a horse.Nigel said, ‘I’ve been waiting for hours.’ Nigel said (that) he had been waiting for hours.
Alice says she hates horror films
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A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H – P A S T T E N S E S
Erica said, ‘Sam arrived (past) at five.’
Erica said (that) Sam had arrived (past perfect) at five
Bill said, ‘I wasn’t listening.’ Bill said (that) he hadn’t been listening
Megan said, ‘I had already left.’ Megan said (that) she had already left
Stuart said, ‘I had been sleeping for six hours.’ Stuart said (that) he had been sleeping for six hours
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D I R E C T A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H
Clarissa said, ‘I’ll be back at six.’ Clarissa said (that) she would be back at six.Nick said, ‘I’m going to have a party.’ Nick said (that) he was going to have a party
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D I R E C T A N D R E P O R T E D S P E E C H
Zoe said, ‘I can’t help you.’ Zoe said (that) she couldn’t help me
Adam said, ‘I may be late.’ Adam said (that) he might be late
Juliet said, ‘I must work harder.’ Juliet said (that) she had to work harder
Charlie said, ‘You needn’t call her.’ Charlie said (that) I needn’t/didn’t need to call her.Lydia said, ‘I want to see the film.’ Lydia said (that) she wanted to see the film
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U N C H A N G E D ?
• Past continuous
• Modal verbs (could, would, might, ought to, should, mustn’t)
• Must (express a logical conclusion)
• Reporting verbs in the present/future tense
• General truth/fact that continues to apply
• I wish/if only
• Second/third conditionals
Trang 15Ibtisam said, “I am studying English now.”
Ibtisam said she was studying English at that moment.
Ibtisam said, “I bought a new book last week.”
Ibtisam said she had bought a new book the week before/the previous week.
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Lesley told me, ‘I’m meeting him tomorrow.’
Lesley told me she was meeting him the following day.
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• This → that; these → those
‘This book is very interesting,’ he said ➔ He said (that) that book was very interesting
Trang 18R E P O R T I N G V E R B S
• Agree, demand, offer, promise, refuse, threaten + to V
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