REPORTED SPEECH - INTERMEDIATE

1. ‘What have you got in your luggage?’ the police asked him.
The police wanted to know what he had got in his luggage.
wondered (tự hỏi)
2. ‘Are you a spy?’ the police said to him.
The police asked him if he was a spy.
3. The police said to him, ‘Who paid for your journey?’
The police asked him who had paid for his journey.
4. ‘If anybody knocks on the door, don’t answer it,’ my sister said to me.
My sister asked me not to answer the door if anybody knocked on it.
5. ‘In case you are short of money, phone me,’ my best friend said to me.
My best friend told me to phone her in case I was short of money.
6. ‘Can you move your car out of this way, Sir?’ the traffic warden said.
The traffic warden told the man to move his car out of that way.
7. ‘You mustn’t leave your bags unattended,’ the air hostess said to the passengers.
The air hostess advised the passengers not to leave their bags unattended.
8. ‘When I entered the room, I noticed that she was wearing a wig,’ he said to me.
He told me when he entered the room, he noticed that she was wearing a wig.
Khi xuất hiện mệnh đề thời gian với When thì các câu chia thì quá khư k cần lùi thì.
9. ‘I would rather she did not tell my mother about my poor mark in English,’ Tommy said to his friend.
Tommy told his friend that he would rather she did not tell his mother about his poor mark in English.
10. ‘Why didn’t you apply for the job they had offered you?’ Simon said to me.
Simon asked me why I hadn’t applied for the job they had offered me.
11. ‘You must tidy your room right now or I will tell our father about this,’ my brother said to me.
My brother threatened to tell our father about that if I didn't tidy my room right away.
12. ‘Remember to switch the computer off when you’ve finished,’ she said to me.
She reminded me to switch the computer off when I had finished.
13. ‘All right. We will postpone the meeting until 11th July,’ the committee said to me.
The committee agreed to postpone the meeting until 11th July.
14. ‘I’m really sorry I broke your iPhone,’ she said to me.
She apologized to me for breaking my iPhone.
15. ‘It was not me that used your printer,’ he said to me.
He denied using my printer.
16. ‘Show me your driver’s license, will you?’ the policeman said to us.
The policeman ordered us to show him our driver’s license.
17. ‘I’m just not going to Daisy’s party. You know, I don’t get along with her brother,’ she said to me.
She refused to go to Daisy’s party because she didn't get along with her brother.
18. ‘Cheating in the entrance exam is unacceptable,’ my teacher said to us.
My teacher warned us not to cheat in the entrance exam.
My teacher warned us against cheating in the entrance exam.
19. ‘Let’s stay here until the storm has passed,’ he said.
He suggested staying there until the storm had passed.
20. ‘Do you want me to type this document for you?’ she said.
She offered to type that document for me.
21. ‘This car is in bad condition. Don't you have any better?’ he said to the dealer.
He told the dealer that car was in bad condition and asked if the dealer/he/she had any better.
22. ‘You should not have told him about our plan,’ my boss said to me.
My boss criticized me for telling him about our plan.
23. ‘Please remain seated until your name is called,’ the investigator told him. (moving)
The investigator stopped him from moving until his name was called.
24. ‘It’s time the government reconsidered its decision,’ the charity said.
The charity urged the government to reconsider its decision.
The charity urged that the government should reconsider its decision
The charity urged that it was time the government reconsidered its decision.
25. ‘I will give you a lift if there is no taxi available,’ he said to me.
He promised to give me a lift if there was/were no taxi available.
26. ‘Interfere in our neighbour's affairs is not our business,’ the President said.
The President pledged
27. ‘It was my own fault for taking bribes while in office,’ she said.
She confessed (to) taking bribes while in office.
28. ‘It was you not anybody else that started the fire,’ she said to the man.
She accused the man of starting the fire.
29. ‘If you cannot find anybody to give you a hand when it comes to moving house, I will help you,’ Pete said
to his girlfriend.
Pete volunteered
30. ‘The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city a week ago,’ they said.
They announced that the police had set up roadblocks on routes out of the city a week before.