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Mục lục
1. Câu tường thuật ở dạng câu kể
- S + say(s)/said hoặc tell/told + (that) + S + V
- Ví dụ: She said, “I like my house very much”.
⇒ She said that she liked her house very much.
2. Câu tường thuật ở dạng câu hỏi
- Yes/No questions: S + asked/wanted to know/wondered + if/whether + S + V
- Ví dụ: ”Are you angry?” he asked ⇒ He asked if/whether I was angry.
- Wh-questions: S + asked(+O)/wanted to know/wondered + + Wh-words + S + V.
- Ví dụ: We asked them: “Where are you going on holiday?” ⇒ We asked them where they were going on holiday.
3. Câu tường thuật ở dạng câu mệnh lệnh
- Khẳng định: S + told + O + to-infinitive.
- Ví dụ: ”Please wait for me here, Mary.” Tom said ⇒ Tom told Mary to wait for him there.
- Phủ định: S + told + O + not to-infinitive.
- Ví dụ: ”Don’t talk in class”, the teacher said to us. ⇒ The teacher told us not to talk in class.
4. Một số câu tường thuật ở dạng đặc biệt
- SHALL/ WOULD dùng để diễn tả đề nghị, lời mời:
- Ví dụ: Tom asked: ‘Shall I bring you some tea?’ ⇒ Tom offered to bring me some tea.
- Ví dụ: Tom asked: ‘Shall we meet at the theatre?’ ⇒ Tom suggested meeting at the theatre.
- WILL/ WOULD/ CAN/ COULD dùng để diễn tả sự yêu cầu:
- Ví dụ: Tom asked: ‘Will you help me, please?’ ⇒ Tom asked me to help him.
- Ví dụ: Jane asked Tom: ‘Can you open the door for me, Tom?’ ⇒ Jane asked Tom to open the door for her.
Bài tập câu tường thuật
Bài tập 1
- Charlie said, “I’m thinking of going to live in Canada”.
a. Charlie said that I was thinking of going to live in Canada.
b. Charlie said that I am thinking of going to live in Canada.
c. Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada.
d. Charlie said that he is thinking of going to live in Canada.
Đáp án đúng: c. Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada.
- Charlie said, “My father is in hospital”.
a. Charlie said that my father is in hospital.
b. Charlie said that his father was in hospital.
c. Charlie said that his father is in hospital.
d. Charlie said that my father was in hospital.
Đáp án đúng: b. Charlie said that his father was in hospital.
- Charlie said, “Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow”.
a. He said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow.
b. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day.
c. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow.
d. He said that Nora and Jim are getting married the next day.
Đáp án đúng: c. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow.
- Charlie said, “I haven’t seen Bill for a while”.
a. He said that he hadn’t seen Bill for a while.
b. He said that I haven’t seen Bill for a while.
c. He said that he hasn’t seen Bill for a while.
d. He said that I hadn’t seen Bill for a while.
Đáp án đúng: a. He said that he hadn’t seen Bill for a while.
- Charlie said, “I’ve been playing tennis a lot recently”.
a. Charlie said that I’ve been playing tennis recently.
b. Charlie said that he had been playing tennis recently.
c. Charlie said that he had been playing tennis recently.
d. Charlie said that I had been playing tennis recently.
Đáp án đúng: b. Charlie said that he had been playing tennis recently.
- Charlie said, “Margaret has had a baby”.
a. Charlie said Margaret has had a baby.
b. Charlie said Margaret had had a baby.
c. Charlie said Margaret had a baby.
d. Charlie said Margaret has a baby.
Đáp án đúng: b. Charlie said Margaret had had a baby.
- Charlie said, “I don’t know what Fred is doing”.
a. He said that he doesn’t know what Fred is doing.
b. He said that he didn’t know what Fred is doing.
c. He said that he doesn’t know what Fred was doing.
d. He said that he didn’t know what Fred was doing.
Đáp án đúng: d. He said that he didn’t know what Fred was doing.
- Charlie said, “I hardly ever go out these days”.
a. He said that he hardly ever went out these days.
b. He said that I hardly ever go out these days.
c. He said that I hardly ever went out these days.
d. He said that he hardly ever goes out these days.
Đáp án đúng: a. He said that he hardly ever went out these days.
- Charlie said, ‘”I work 14 hours a day”.
a. He said that he works 14 hours a day.
b. He said that he worked 14 hours a day.
c. He said that I work 14 hours a day.
d. He said that I worked 14 hours a day.
Đáp án đúng: a. He said that he works 14 hours a day.
- Charlie said, “I’ll tell Jim I saw you”.
a. He said he’ll tell Jim he saw me.
b. He said I would tell Jim I had seen you.
c. He said he would tell Jim he had seen me.
d. He said I would tell Jim he had seen me.
Đáp án đúng: c. He said he would tell Jim he had seen me.
Bài tập 2
- “Eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said.
a. The doctor said eat more fruit and vegetables.
b. The doctor said to eat more fruit and vegetables.
c. The doctor said me to eat more fruit and vegetables.
d. The doctor told me eat more fruit and vegetables.
Đáp án đúng: b. The doctor said to eat more fruit and vegetables.
- “Read the instructions before you switch on the machine”, he said to me.
a. He told me to read the instructions before I switched on the machine.
b. He told me read the instructions before I switched on the machine.
c. He told to read the instructions before I switched on the machine.
d. He said to read the instructions before you switched on the machine.
Đáp án đúng: a. He told me to read the instructions before I switched on the machine.
- “Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us.
a. She told us to shut the door but don’t look it.
b. She told us to shut the door but not to look it.
c. She told us shut the door but don’t look it.
d. She told us shut the door but not to look it.
Đáp án đúng: b. She told us to shut the door but not to lock it.
- “Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand”, he said to me.
a. He asked me to speak more slowly because he couldn’t understand.
b. He asked me to speak more slowly and he couldn’t understand.
c. He asked me to speak more slowly but he couldn’t understand.
d. He asked me to speak more slowly. He can’t understand.
Đáp án đúng: a. He asked me to speak more slowly because he couldn’t understand.
- “Don’t come before 6 o’clock”, I said to him.
a. I told him don’t come before 6 o’clock.
b. I told him to come not before 6 o’clock.
c. I told to him not to come before 6 o’clock.
d. I told him not to come before 6 o’clock.
Đáp án đúng: d. I told him not to come before 6 o’clock.
- “I can see you later”, he said.
a. He said he could see me later.
b. He said I can see you later.
c. He said I can see you later.
d. He said he can see me later.
Đáp án đúng: a. He said he could see me later.
- “I shall tell him exactly what I think”, she said.
a. She said she should tell him exactly what she thought.
b. She said she would tell him exactly what she thought.
c. She said she shall tell him exactly what she thinks.
d. She said I would tell him exactly what I thought.
Đáp án đúng: b. She said she would tell him exactly what she thought.
- “Are you willing to travel?” she asked.
a. She asked me am I willing to travel?
b. She asked me if I am willing to travel.
c. She asked me was I willing to travel?
d. She asked me if I was willing to travel.
Đáp án đúng: d. She asked me if I was willing to travel.
- “You should see a specialist”, he told me.
a. He told me I should see a specialist.
b. He told me you should see a specialist.
c. He told me I should have seen a specialist.
d. He told me to should see a specialist.
Đáp án đúng: a. He told me I should see a specialist.
- “I would like a appointment tomorrow”, I said to my dentist.
a. I told my dentist that I would like an appointment the next day.
b. I told my dentist that I would like a appointment tomorrow.
c. I told my dentist that I would have liked an appointment the next day.
d. I told my dentist that I would have liked an appointment tomorrow.
Đáp án đúng: b. I told my dentist that I would like an appointment tomorrow.
- “You ought to slow down a bit”, the doctor told Jim.
a. The doctor told Jim ought to slow down a bit.
b. The doctor told Jim that ought to slow down a bit.
c. The doctor told Jim that he ought to slow down a bit.
d. The doctor told Jim that he slowed down a bit.
Đáp án đúng: c. The doctor told Jim that he ought to slow down a bit.
- “I must have slept through the alarm”, she said.
a. She said she must have slept through the alarm.
b. She said I must have slept through the alarm.
c. She said she left through the alarm.
d. She said she had to have slept through the alarm.
Đáp án đúng: a. She said she must have slept through the alarm.
- “I must have slept through the alarm”, she said.
a. She said she must have slept through the alarm.
b. She said I must have slept through the alarm.
c. She said she slept through the alarm.
d. She said she had to have slept through the alarm.
Đáp án đúng: a. She said she must have slept through the alarm.
- “You needn’t come in tomorrow”, the boss said.
a. The boss said I needn’t come in tomorrow.
b. The boss said you needn’t come in the next day.
c. The boss said I didn’t have to come in tomorrow.
d. The boss said I needn’t come in the next day.
Đáp án đúng: c. The boss said I didn’t have to come in tomorrow.
- “If you pass your test, I’ll buy you a car”, he said.
a. He said that If I pass my test, he’ll buy me a car.
b. He said that If you pass your test, he would buy you a car.
c. He said that If I pass my test, he would buy me a car.
d. He said that If I had pass my test, he would have bought me a car.
Đáp án đúng: c. He said that If I pass my test, he would buy me a car.
- “If you passed you test, I would buy you a car”, he said.
a. He said that if I passed my test, he would buy you a car.
b. He said that if you had passed your test, he would have bought you a car.
c. He said that if I had passed my test, he would have bought me a car.
d. He said that if you passed your test, he would buy you a car.
Đáp án đúng: b. He said that if you had passed your test, he would have bought you a car.
- “If you’d passed your test, I’d have ought you a car”, he said.
a. He said that I’d passed my test, he’d have bought me a car.
b. He said that if I passed my test, he would buy me a car.
c. He said that if you had passed your test, he would have bought you a car.
d. He said that if you had passed your test, he would buy you a car.
Đáp án đúng: c. He said that if you had passed your test, he would have bought you a car.
- “What a silly boy you are!” she exclaimed
a. She told him what a silly boy you are.
b. She told him what a silly boy he is.
c. She told him what a silly boy he was.
d. She told him what a silly boy you were.
Đáp án đúng: c. She told him what a silly boy he was.
- The police officer said to us, “Where are you going?”
a. The police officer asked us where we were going?
b. The police officer asked us where were we going?
c. The police officer asked us where are we going?
d. The police officer asked us where we are going?
Đáp án đúng: a. The police officer asked us where we were going?
- Clair asked, “What time do the banks close?”
a. Claire wanted to know what time the banks close?
b. Claire wanted to know what time do the banks close?
c. Claire wanted to know what time did the banks close?
d. Claire wanted to know what time the banks closed.
Đáp án đúng: d. Claire wanted to know what time the banks closed.
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