EXERCISE 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.

1. In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach) __________above 8,000
meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) __________, she (leave) __________for Dalat ten minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) __________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing
(wait) __________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) __________on this earth for 55 years
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) __________to Mary’s party, everyone already
(arrive) __________
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) __________ you in July. By the time I (see) __________ you , I
(graduate) __________.
13. I (visit) __________ my uncle’s home regularly when I (be) __________ a child.
14. That book (be) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) __________ it yet ?
15. David (wash) __________ his hands. He just (repair) __________ the TV set.
16. You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) __________ my holidays here last year.
17. We never (meet) __________ him. We don’t know what he (look) __________ like.
18. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come) __________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __________that she just (leave) __________a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) __________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) __________.
21. It (rain) __________ hard. We can’t do anything until it (stop) __________
22. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.
23. That evening we (stay) __________up to talk about the town where he (live) __________for
some years.
24. I (sit) __________down for a rest while the shoes (repair) __________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) __________round and (go) __________back home
because he (forget) __________to turn the gas off.
26. London (change) __________a lot since we first (come) __________ to live here.
27. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start) __________fighting and (break)
__________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __________ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes.
30. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get) __________this new job.
31. When we (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.
32. When I (meet) __________ him , he (work) __________as a waiter for a year.
33. We just (decide) __________ that we (undertake) ____________ the job.
34. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
35. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
36. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) __________class.
37. Tomorrow I’m going to leave for home. When I (arrive) __________at the airport, Mary
38. After he (finish) __________ breakfast he (sit) __________down to write some letters.
39. She (have) __________a hard life, but she’s always smiling.
40. I think Jim (be) __________ out of town.
1. The German didn’t build this factory during the Second World War.

2. The Greens are going to paint this house and these cars for Christmas Day.

3. Ann had fed the cats before she went to the cinema.

4. The students have discussed the pollution problems since last week.
5. Have the thieves stolen the most valuable painting in the national museum?

6. Some people will interview the new president on TV.

7. How many languages do they speak in Canada?

8. Are you going to repair those shoes?

9. He has broken his nose in a football match.

10. Have you finished the above sentences?

1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

She asked............................................. ......................

2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.

Martin asked us................................................ ...................

3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"

He asked............................................. ......................

4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

The mother asked her daughter.......................................... .........................

5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

She asked her boyfriend......................................... ..........................

6. "What are they doing?" she asked.

She wanted to know.............................................. .....................

7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.

He wanted to know.............................................. .....................

8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

The teacher wanted to know.............................................. .....................

9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.

She asked me................................................ ...................

10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.

My friend asked me................................................ ...................

11. "What's the time?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know .................................................. .

12. "When will we meet again?" she asked me.

→ She asked me .................................................. .

13. "Are you crazy?" she asked him.

→ She asked him .................................................. .

14. "Where did they live?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know .................................................. .

15. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her.

→ He asked her .................................................. .

16. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.

→ She asked me .................................................. .

17. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.

→ The teacher wanted to know .................................................. .

18. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him.

→ She wanted to know .................................................. .

19. "Did you see that car?" he asked me.

→ He asked me .................................................. .

20. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.

→ The mother asked the twins ..................................................

21. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.

→ The teacher told Joe .................................................. .

22. "Be patient," she said to him.

→ She told him .................................................. .

23. "Go to your room," her father said to her.

→ Her father told her .................................................. .

24. "Hurry up," she said to us.

→ She told us .................................................. .

25. "Give me the key," he told her.

→ He asked her .................................................. .

26. "Play it again, Sam," she said.

→ She asked Sam .................................................. .

27. "Sit down, Caron" he said.

→ He asked Caron .................................................. .

28. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.

→ The receptionist asked the guest .................................................. .

29. "Take off your shoes," she told us.

→ She told us .................................................. .

30 "Mind your own business," she told him.

→s he told him .................................................. .

Bài 2: Bài tập câu tường thuật pha trộn negative và positive

1. She said, "Go upstairs."

→ She told me .................................................. .

2. "Close the door behind you," he told me.

→ He told me .................................................. .

3. "Don't be late," he advised us.

→ He advised us .................................................. .

4. "Stop staring at me," she said.

→ She told him .................................................. .

5. "Don't be angry with me," he said.

→ He asked her .................................................. .

6. "Leave me alone," she said.

→ She told me .................................................. .

7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.

→ She warned us .................................................. .

8. "John, stop smoking," she said.

→ She told John .................................................. .

9. "Don't worry about us," they said.

→ They told her .................................................. .

10. "Meet me at the cinema." he said.

→ He asked me .................................................. .

11. He said, "I like this song."

→ He said .................................................. .

12. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.

→ She asked me .................................................. .

13. "I don't speak Italian," she said.

→ She said .................................................. .

14. "Say hello to Jim," they said.

→ They asked me .................................................. .

15. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.

→ He said that ..................................................