Unit 5+6: Language focus: reported speech

EXERCISE: Choose the best answer

1. “Would you like to spend the weekend with us ?”. they _______________ her to spend the weekend with them.

A. advised B. ordered C. invited D. begged

2. “Could you open the window please ?”. she _______________ him to open the window.

A. reminded B. ordered C. asked D. warned

3. “Go to bed immediately!”. Mary’s mother _______________ her to go to bed immediately.

A. advised B. ordered C. said D. begged

4. “Don’t forget to post the letter.” He _______________ me to post the letter.

A. reminded B. ordered C. begged D. asked

5. “Park the car behind the van.” The instructor _______________ him to park the car behind the van.

A. offered B. ordered C. said D. made

6. “Please, please, turn down the radio!” Mark’s sister _______________ him to turn the radio.

A. reminded B. ordered C. asked D. begged

7. “Don’t play with the matches. They are very dangerous.” The teacher _______________ the children not to play
with the matches.

A. asked B. ordered C. warned D. begged

8. “I’ll give you a lift to the airport.” Michelle _______________ to give her husband a lift to the airport.

A. refused B. offered C. asked D. begged

9. “I won’t lend you any more money.” Matthew _______________ to lend me any more money.

A. offered B. asked C. invited D. refused

10. The teacher said to her student: “You need to study harder.” She _______________ him to study harder.

A. advised B. ordered C. asked D.

begged
 11. “Don’t talk in class”, the teacher said.
A. Peter teacher told his students do not talk in class
B. Peter teacher told his students did not talk in class
C. Peter teacher told his students not to talk in class
D. Peter teacher told his students not talking in class
12. “I will do it for you, Mary”, Peter said.
A. Peter advised Mary to do it
B. Peter advised Mary not to do it
C. Peter promise to do it for Mary
D. Peter wanted Mary to do it
13. Before they left, they promised to come back the next year.
A. “We will come back next year”, they said before leaving.
B. “We had better come back the next year”, they said before leaving.
C. “Let’s come back next year.”, they said before leaving.
D. “Don’t come back next year.”, they said before leaving.
14. “Susan, remember to buy me some sugar ?” said Billy.
A. Billy advised Susan to buy him some sugar.
B. Billy reminded Susan to buy me some sugar.
C. Billy reminded Susan to buy him some sugar.
D. Billy invited Susan to by me some sugar.
15. The secretary said, “Sorry, I will never work on Sunday”.
A. The secretary promised not to work on Sunday.
B. The secretary refused to work on Sunday.
C. The secretary refused not to work on Sunday.
D. The secretary reminded her boss to work on Sunday.
16. “Don’t stay up late. You should go to bed early”, Peter told me.
A. Peter told me not to stay up late and promised to go to bed early.
B. Peter promised not to stay up late and told me to go to bed early.
C. Peter told me not stay up late and advised me to go to bed early.
D. Peter told me not to stay up late and advised me to go to bed early.
17. “Mary, please come to dinner tonight.” Henry said.
A. Henry invited Marry to come to dinner tonight.
B. Henry invited Marry to come to dinner that night.
C. Henry warned Marry to come to dinner tonight.
D. Henry told Mary please to come to dinner that night.
18. “I will bring you some food.” He said to me.
A. He invited me to eat some food.
B. He offered to bring me some food.
C. He told me to bring some food.
D. He advised me to bring some food.
19. “I would like a cup of coffee, please.” Mr. Pike said to the waiter.
A. Mr. Pike asked the waiter to bring him a cup of coffee.
B. Mr. Pike advised the waiter to drink a cup of coffee.
C. Mr. Pike warned the waiter not to drink a cup of coffee.
D. Mr. Pike invited the waiter to drink a cup of coffee.
20. “Go on, Susan! Apply for the job,” the father.
A. The father invited Susan to apply for the job.
B. The father denied applying for the job.
C. The father encouraged Susan to apply for the job.
D. The father wanted Susan apply for the job.
A. EXERCISE: Rewrite the following sentences, using words / phrases in brackets
1. “Leave your things here” My mother said. (ADVISED)
My mother advised me to leave my things there.
 2. “Don’t leave these books on the table, put them back on the shelf”. The librarian said to the student. (TOLD)
The librarian told the student to put those books on the shelf.
3. “Don’t forger to do your homework” The teacher said. (REMINDED)
The teacher reminded me to do my homework.
4. “Be careful. Don’t go too near the edge of the cliff” She said to the boys. (WARNED)
She warned the boys not to go too near the edge of the cliff.
5. “Would you like to come over to my house for a slide show” My friend said. (INVITED)
My friend invited me to come over to your friend house for a slide show.
6. “Did you see that film on television on Saturday ?” Susan asked me. (SEEN)
Susan wanted to know if i had seen that film on TV on Saturday.
7. “If you were you, I would never make friends with him”, Rob sad to me. (ADVISED)
Rob advised me not to make friends with him.
8. “I didn’t bring any money” said Michael. (FORGOTTEN)
Michael forgotten to bring any money.
9. “Get out of my room.”, she said. (TOLD)
She told me to get out of her room.
10. “Could you carry some bags, Mike ?”, I said (ASKED)
I asked Mike to carry some bags.

EXERCISE. Change the following sentences to reported speech

1. “We’ll come back again.” (promised)
=> They promised to come back again.
2. “You’d better not swim too far from the shore – bờ” (advised)
=> They advised me not to swim too far from the shore.
3. “I feel like meeting our children soon.” said Mrs Bike. (looked forward to)
-> Mrs Bike looked forward to meeting their children soon.
4. “Could you close the window?” said Lan to me. (asked)
-> Lan asked me to close the window.
5. “You should go home and rest for a while.” (advised)
-> My mom advised me to go home and rest for a while.
6. “You should not drink beer.” (advised)
-> My brother advised me not to drink beer.
7. “All right. I’ll wait for you.” (agreed)
-> They I agreed to wait for me.
8. “Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop”. (stopped)
-> She stopped me from leaving the shop.
9. “Would you like to go out for dinner with me?” said Mary.
-> Mary invited me to go out for a dinner with her.
10. “Don’t forget to come to the meeting tomorrow.” said the manager.
The manager reminded me to come to the meeting the day after.
11. “I’ll try my best to look for that book for you” Jim promised.
Jim promised to try his best to look for that book for me.
12. “We really must stay together.” said the Trade Union Officer.
The Trade Union Officer said that we had to stay together.
13. “Don’t touch that wire with your wet hand.” said the teacher.
The teacher told me not to touch that wire with my wet hand.
14. “I’ll always wish to become a good doctor.” said Linda.
-> Linda has always dreamed of becoming a good doctor.
15. “No, of course not. I didn’t damage your computer.” said Peter.
-> Peter denied damaging my computer.
16. “I can’t wait until August to go to Paris for my holiday.” said my sister.
-> My sister said she couldn’t wait until August to go to Paris for her holiday.
17. “You stole the money I put on the table this morning.” said my brother.
-> My brother accused me of stoling his money which put on the table that morning.
18. “No, let me pay for the meal. Not you.” David insisted.
-> David insisted on paying for the meal.
19. “You’ve won the gold medal. Congratulations!” said the teacher.
-> The teacher compliment me on wining the gold medal.
20. “I’m terribly sorry. I was so impolite to you yesterday.” said my friend.
-> My friend apologized for bing impolite to me the day before.
21. “Yes. You’re right. I broke the vase when cleaning the table,” she said
-> She admitted broking the vase when cleaning the table.
22. “Let’s go to the beach,” she said.
-> She suggested going to the beach.
suggest doing sth: gợi ý, đề xuất làm gì (khi cả người nói và người nghe cùng tham gia)
Eg: “Let’s go to the cinema tonight.”
“What about/ How about……….”-> She suggested going to the cinema that night.
“Why don’t we …..”
NOTE: suggest that S + Vo/ should Vo (đề xuất ai làm gì – không bao gồm người nói tham gia)
Suggest + sở hữu + Ving (sở hữu là ám chỉ người đc đề xuất làm)
Eg: “Why don’t you stay home tonight, Mary?” -> Lan suggested that Mary should stay home that night.
-> Lan suggested Mary’s staying home that night. (Mary’s => sở hữu
cách)
23. “Don’t forget to join in the contest tomorrow morning,” Lan said.
Lan reminded me to join in the contest the next day morning.
24. “Would you like me to clean the room for you,” she said
She offered to clean the room for me.
25. “If I were you, I would join the voluntary team tomorrow, Tom.” said Mike.
Mike advised Tom to join the voluntary team the next day.
26. “Please type this letter for me,” the director said to his secretary.
-> The director told the secretary to type that letter for him.
27. “Lie down on the floor” the robbers said to everybody at the bank.
-> The robbers ordered everyone to lie down on the floor.
28. “If I were you, I wouldn’t buy that second-hand car.” said John.
-> John advised me not to buy that second-hand car.
29. “You should join the football team, Eric.”
The teacher advised Eric to join the football team.
30. “Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said Minh to Phong.
Minh suggest Phong go camping with them the next weekend.