REPORTED SPEECH

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best to complete each of the following
sentences.
1. She asked me where I _______ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
2. I asked Martha _______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. if she is planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning
3. Nam wanted to know what time _______.
A. the movie began B. the movie begins
C. does the movie begin D. did the movie begin
4. Julia said that she _______ there at noon.
A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
5. Paul asked her, “Have you got 20 pounds?”  Paul asked her _______ 20 pounds.
A. if she got B. if she had got C. whether she got D. whether had she got
6. He told me _______ him up at six o'clock.
A. please pick B. to pick C. should pick D. I can pick
7. He said that Linda and John _______ married _______.
A. were getting / tomorrow B. are getting / the next day
C. were getting / the next day D. will getting / the day after
8. They asked me when _______.
A. did I arrive B. will I arrive C. I had arrived D. I can arrive
9. The farmer said, “I didn’t see her.”  The farmer said _______ her.
A. he had seen B. I hadn’t seen C. she didn’t see D. he hadn’t seen
10. I wondered _______ the right thing.
A. if I am doing B. was I doing C. am I doing D. whether I was doing
11. Charlie _______ that his father was in hospital.
A. told me B. told to me C. said to me D. asked me if/whether
12. Mr. Brown said, “I watched TV last night.”  Mr. Brown said that he _______ TV the night
before.
A. was watching B. watched C. had watched D. has watched
13. “I'll never make that mistake again”, Robert said.  Robert promised _not/never to V1______
that mistake again.
A. no making B. not made C. never to make D. never made
14. “I'd like you to tell me the truth,” Lara said.  Lana wanted _______ her the truth.
A. I to tell B. me to tell C. me telling D. me tell
15. “You should quit smoking and eat more vegetable”, said the doctor.
 The doctor advised him _______ more vegetable.
A. to quit smoking and eat B. quit smoking and eat
C. to quit smoking and to eating D. quitting smoking and eating
16. “Please come and join our party tonight”, said Lana.  Lana invited us_______.
A. to come and join our party tonight B. to their party that night
C. to come and join their party that night D. to our party tonight
17. “Be aware of the dog,” said Tom.  Tom warned us ___toV1____.
A. to be aware of the dog B. being aware of the dog
C. we should be aware of the dog D. aware of the dog
18. He asked _sb to do sth______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D. she lends
19. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two_______ days.
A. have not eaten / ago B. had not eaten / previous
C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last
20. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport.
A. does not like / is B. did not like / were
C. not liked / had been D. had not liked / was
21. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred
C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
22. The mother asked her son _______.
A. where he has been B. where he had been
C. where has he been D. where had he been
23. “Please don't tell anyone what happened," Ann said to me.
A. Ann said to me please don't tell anyone what happened.
B. Ann told me didn't tell anyone what had happened.
C. Ann said me not to tell anyone what happened.
D. Ann told me not to tell anyone what had happened.
24. “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” he said.
A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.
C. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him tonight.
D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.
25. “Remember to pick me up at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon” she said.
A. She told me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
B. She reminded me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the following afternoon.
C. She reminded me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock the next afternoon.
D. She told me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the next day afternoon.
26. “If I were you, I'd tell him the truth,” she said to me.
A. She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth.
B. She will tell him the truth if she is me.
C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.
D. She advised me to tell him the truth.
27. “I'm really sorry for being late again,” said Ann.
A. I felt sorry for Ann's being late again.
B. Ann was sorry for my being late again.
C. Ann excused for my being late again.
D. Ann apologized for being late again.
28. “How beautiful the dress you have just bought is!” Peter said to Mary. Câu cảm thán
A. Peter promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.
B. Peter said thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.
C. Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress. Compliment: khen
D. Peter asked Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.
29. “Can I bring a friend to the party?” Nancy wanted to know.
A. Nancy asked me if she could bring a friend to the party.
B. Nancy wanted to ask someone to bring her friend to the party.
C. Nancy knew that bring a friend to the party was good.
D. Nancy wanted to invite her friend out and to the party.
30. She asked me, "How high is the church?"
A. She asked me how high the church was.
B. She asked me how high is the church.
C. She asked me how high the church had been.
D. She asked me how high the church is.

II. Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting.
31. I asked him how far was it to the station if I went there by taxi. It was
A B C D
32. They asked me that I could do the shopping for them. if
A B C D
33. Her mother ordered her do not go out with him the night before. Not to go (order + to V1)
A B C D
34. She said that the books in the library would be available tomorrow. The next day/ the
following day/ the day after
A B C D
35. He advised her thinking about that example again because it needed correcting. To think
about (advise + to V1)
A B C D

III. Change each of the following sentences into reported speech.

36. John said, “I want to attend a famous university.”
 John said he wanted to attend a famous university
37. “I’m looking for the book you gave me last week,” Mary said to Peter.
 Mary told Peter she was looking for the book he had given her the previous week
38. Janet said to John, “I did not promise to send you a telegram.”
 Janet said to John/told John that he had not promised to send her a telegram
39. “I will get myself a drink,” she said.
 She said she would get herself a drink
40. “I cannot drive them home,” he said.
 He said he could not drive them home
 VOCAB

1. Whale stranding (cá voi mắc cạn) is one of the most serious problem that _______ have tried to
work out for years (scientists/divers/submarines/swimmers)
2. This is a _____ material, which means that no water can pass through it. (slim/water/water-
proof/smooth)
3. This prototype need to be _____ before being used commercially (test/tested/testing/no test)
4. These ____ animals have to live in the zoos instead of the wildlife (captive/cage/tamed/nature)
5. In order to overcome this _____, we need to work together as a team
(solution/challenge/answer/benefit)
6. In today’s class, we are going to ______ how sugar dissolves in water
(experiment/model/design/aim)
7. Don’t think in a traditional, you have to be ____ (creative/normal/boring/ordinary)
Creative = outside the box
8. After digging đào the land for the whole day, the scientists found no ____ of human bones
(traces dấu vết/informative/body/left)
9. To study more, our family ____ to China to study the culture of medicine (immigrate di
cư/stay/live/work)
10. At the moment I was stuck for this exam, a brilliant idea hit me (hit/catch/find/get).
 TENSES

1. Yesterday, I (go)_____went_ to the restaurant with a client. 

2. We (drive) _____drove_ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space. 

3. When we (arrive) ___arrived___ at the restaurant, the place (be) ___was___ full. 

4. The waitress (ask) ___asked___ us if we ___had___(have) reservations. 

5. I _said____(say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them." 

6. I (drive) was driving my car very fast when you called me.

7. I (chat) was chatting with my friends while my teacher (teach) was teaching the lesson yesterday.

8. My father (watch) was watching TV when I got home.

9. At this time yesterday, I (prepare) was preparing for my son’s birthday party.

10. They (come) ………came…….. back home after they (finish) ………had finished………… their work.

11. She said that she (meet) …………had met…………. Mr. Bean before.

12. Before he (go) …………went…(sau)…………….. to bed, he (read) …………had read…(trc)…………… a novel.

13. He told me he (not/wear) had not worn such kind of clothes before.

14. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) …………had started……………………….

15. Before she (listen) ………listened………….. to music, she (do)…………had done…………. homework.