TEACHERO ENGLISH CENTER UNIT 3: TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE

0936.821.022 PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 & 2

XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. The wounded persons were taken to hospital by the police. (Câu bị động à Câu chủ động)
→ The police took the wounded persons to hospital.
2. The salary of a professor is higher than that of a secretary. (So sánh hơn à So sánh ko
ngang bằng)
→ The salary of a secretary is not as/so high as that of a professor.
3. He felt very miserable, so he looked for someone to share his life with.
→ He looked for someone to share his life with because he felt very miserable.
miserable: khốn khổ
4. I didn’t realize how late it was and I didn’t stop studying till after midnight.
→ I didn’t realize how late it was and I went on studying till after midnight.
go on Ving = keep on Ving: tiếp tục làm gì (continue to V/Ving)
5. When did you start working on the project? (QKĐ à HTHT)
→ How long have you worked on the project?
6. I am leaving now so that I won’t be late for work.
→ I am leaving now in order not to be late for work.
→ I am leaving now in order that I won’t be late for work.
In order (not) to + V
In order that + mệnh đề
7. New York City is the busier than any other city in the world.
→ New York City is the busiest city in the world.
8. Dina is like her mother’s side of the family.
→ Dina takes after her mother’s side of the family.
Take after: Giống với (thường là thành viên trong gia đình)
 REVIEW: REPORTED SPEECH (Câu trần thuật)
1. Statement (Câu kể):
S1 + said/told + (that) + S2 + V lùi thì

Eg: She said, “I miss my cats.” → She said that she missed her cats.
They said, “These tables are ours.” → They said those tables were theirs.

Note: Nếu câu kể có tân ngữ: say to + O thì phải chuyển thành (to) tell + O (+ that)

Eg: She said to me, “I miss my cats.”→ She told me (that) she missed her cats.

2. Questions (Câu hỏi)

a. Y/N questions:
asked + (O)
S + wanted to know + IF/WHETHER + S + V (lùi thì)
wondered

Eg: “Are you angry?”, he asked → He asked if/whether I was angry.

b. Wh questions:
asked + (O)
S + wanted to know + WH-words + S + V (lùi thì)
wondered

Eg: “What are you talking about?”, said the teacher.

→ The teacher asked me what I was talking about.
à The teacher asked us what we were talking about.

3. Commands (Câu mệnh lệnh)

(+) S + told + O + to V
(-) S + told + O + not to V

Eg: “Please wait for me here, Mary.”, Tom said.

→ Tom told Mary to wait for him there.
“Don’t talk in class”, the teacher said to us.
→ The teacher told us not to talk in class.
 Biến đổi thì của động từ và động từ khuyết thiếu theo bảng sau:

Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp VD

Present simple Quá khứ đơn give → gave

(Hiện tại đơn)

Present continuous Quá khứ tiếp diễn is giving → was giving

(Hiện tại tiếp diễn)

Present perfect Quá khứ hoàn thành has given → had given
(Hiện tại hoàn thành)

Past simple Quá khứ hoàn thành gave → had given

(Quá khứ đơn)

will would will give → would give

can could can give → could give

must/ have to had to must/ have to give → had to give

may might may give → might give

Biến đổi trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn theo bảng sau:

Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp

here there

now then

today/ tonight that day/ that night

tomorrow the next day

the following day
the day after

next week the next week

the following week

yesterday the previous day

the day before

last week the previous week

the week before

ago before
 Biến đổi đại từ của câu trực tiếp (trong ngoặc kép) theo bảng sau:

Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp

Chủ ngữ I He/ She

You I/ we/ they/ he/ she

We They/ We

Tân ngữ me him/ her

you me/ us/ them/ him/ her

us them/us

Đại từ sở my his/ her

hữu
your my/our/their/his/her

our their/our

Đại từ sở mine his/hers

hữu
yours mine/ours/theirs/his/hers

ours theirs/ours

Đại từ chỉ this that

định
these those

E.g: She said, “I miss my cats.”

→ She said she missed her cats.

They said, “These tables are ours.”

→ They said those tables were theirs.
I. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
Lùi thì,
Biến đổi chủ ngữ, tân ngữ,..
Biến đổi trạng ngữ thời gian, nơi chốn
1. “Our daughter wants to study abroad for a year,” they said.
They said that their daughter wanted to study abroad for a year.
2. “Have you ever experienced school pressures?” she asked me.
She asked me if/whether I had (ever) experienced school pressure.
3. “Yesterday I couldn’t watch my favourite cartoon on Disney Channel,” he said.
He said (that) he couldn’t watch his favourite cartoon on Disney Channel the day
before/ the previous day.
4. “Is the weather good in Shanghai in the summer?” Jane asked me.
Jane asked me if/whether the weather was good in Shanghai in the summer.
5. “What are the skills that you find the most difficult to learn?” she asked me.
She asked me what the skills that I found the most difficult to learn were.
6. “Would you bring me a cup of coffee, please?” she told me.
She told me to bring her a cup of coffee.
7. “I’ll come and help you on Saturday,” Joana told me.
Joana told me she would come and help me on Saturday.
8. “When will you come back home?” my mom asked me.
My mom asked me when I would come back home.
9. “Do you need any help on this assignment?” the teacher asked me.
The teacher asked me if I needed any help on that assignment.
10. “My friend got engaged to a German last month,” Danny told Ann.
Danny told Ann that his friend had got engaged to a German the previous month/ the
month before.

V. Complete the sentences with correct tense of verbs.

1. The interviewer asked me what I could (can) do if I were offered the job.
2. Mandy asked me if the boys were reading (read) the book at present.
At present à dấu hiệu của HTTD à Câu trần thuật à Quá khứ tiếp diễn
3. The manager told me that I would travel (travel) from place to place the following
month.
The following month: tháng sau à Would V
4. They said they had never been (never/ be) to Scotland until last year.
Last year à QKĐ à Câu trần thuật à QKHT
5. Jason and Victoria told me they would do (do) their best in the exams the following day.
The following day (tomorrow) à TLĐ (will) à Would
6. I wondered why Nick hadn’t gone (not go) to New York the summer before.
the summer before (last summer) à QKĐ à QKHT
7. John told me that there might (may) not be dessert after dinner.
8. She asked me if everyone ___had to__ (must) contact the Magic Number in emergency
situations.
Chú ý: Lùi thì trong câu trần thuật của must à had to
9. My mom said she was (be) going to visit a friend of hers in London.
10. Shannon said that she needed (need) to take care of her baby.