Câu Tường thuật

Quy tắc chuyển đổi thì của động từ và động từ khuyết thiếu theo bảng sau:
Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp

Present simple Past simple

Present continuous Past continuous

Present perfect Past perfect

Past simple Past perfect

Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous

Past continuous Past perfect continuous

will would

can could

must/ have to had to

may might
Quy tắc chuyển đổi đại từ và các từ hạn định theo bảng sau:
  Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp

I he/ she

You I/ We/ They

Chủ ngữ We We/ They

me him/ her

you me/ us/ them

Tân ngữ us us/ them

 my his/ her

your my/ our/ their

Đại từ sở hữu our our/ their

mine his/ hers

yours mine/ ours/ theirs

Đại từ sở hữu ours ours/ theirs

this the/ that

Đại từ chỉ định these the/ those

Quy tắc chuyển đổi trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn theo bảng sau:
Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp 

here there

now then/ at that moment

today/ tonight that day/ that night

tomorrow the next day

next week the following week

the previous day

yesterday the day before

last week the week before

ago before
Lưu ý: Khi chuyển động từ các bạn chỉ cần nhớ lấy động từ gần chủ
ngữ nhất giảm xuống 1 cột tức là:
 Động từ ở cột 1 thì giảm xuống cột 2, ( nhớ  thêm ed khi không phải là
đông từ bất quy tắc)
  Động từ cột 2 thì giảm thành cột 3
 Động từ cột 3 thêm had phía trước
Tuy nhiên, cần chú ý một số trường hợp sau đây không giảm thì động từ:
 Nói về chân lý, sự thật.
 Thì quá khứ hoàn thành.
 Trong câu có năm xác định.
 Các câu có cấu trúc sau: if only, as if, as though, wish, would rather, it’s
high time, IF loại 2, 3 .

Bài 1. Chọn đáp án đúng

1. When he was at Oliver’s plat yesterday, Martin asked if he ______ use the
phone.
A. can B. could
C. may D. must
2. George couldn’t help me. He ______ me to ask Kate.
A. tell B. said
C. told D. say
3. Judy ______ going for a walk, but no one else wanted to.
A.admitted B. offered
C. promised D. suggested
4. I said that I had met her ______ .
A. yesterday B. the previous day
C. the day D. the before day.
5. The man asked the boys ______ .
A. why did they fight B. why they were fighting
C. why they fight D.why were they fighting
6. “______the door”, he said.
A. please open B. open pleased
C. please to open D. please, opening
7. I wanted to know ______ return home.
A. when would she B. when will she
C. when she will D. when she would
8. The woman wonders _______ doing well at school.
A. whether her children are B. if her children were
C. whether her children were D. her children are if
9. Peter said he was leaving for Paris ______.
A. next week B. the week previous
C. following week D. the following week
10. “I don’t usually drink milk when ______ ” Mrs. Pike said.
A. she was hungry B. I was hungry
C. I am hungry D. I will be
I. Write these sentences in reported speech, using the words given.
1. “I haven’t got any money”. (He’ll tell you)

………………………………………

2. “I’ve seen the film before”. (She says)

………………………………………

3. “I want to go home”. (She’s already told you)

………………………………………

4. “I haven’t seen my mother for years”. (He says)

………………………………………

5. “We can’t come on Tuesday”. (They’ve told me)

………………………………………

6. “We haven’t had anything to eat”. (The children say)

………………………………………

7. “I can’t stand classical music”. (She tells me)

………………………………………

8. “I’ll come again”. (I’ve told them)

………………………………………

9. “I need money to visit my parents”. (He’ll say)

………………………………………

10. “I don’t know how much it costs”. (She says)

………………………………………

11. “I don’t like going to parties”. (She’s told me)

………………………………………

12. “I’m not feeling very well”. (Simon says)

………………………………………

13. “We’ve never been to Paris”. (They say)

………………………………………

14. “The plane will land in half an hour” (The pilot has just announced that)

………………………………………