Exercise 2: Reported statements - Tường thuật một lời nói: 

S + said to so/ said that + that + clause

1. Jack said that he was not an engineer then.

=> Thì HTĐ -> lùi về QKĐ ; now -> then

2. He said that his sister was keen on reading books about sciences.

=> Thì HTĐ -> lùi về QKĐ

3. Hoa said that her mother had given her a new bike on her birthday.

=> Thì QKĐ -> lùi về QKHT

4. John said that he hadn't eaten any meat the previous day.

=> Thì QKĐ -> lùi về QKHT ; yesterday -> the previous day/ the day before 

5. She said that they would take part in the club the following week. 

=> WILL -> WOULD ; next week -> the following week 

6. The teacher said that all students had to wear uniforms at school.

=> MUST -> HAD TO

7. Tom said that he had worked in the factory since 2004.

=> Thì HTHT -> lùi về QKHT

8. Mary said that she would learn Japanese in Japan the following year.

=> WILL -> WOULD ; next year -> the folowing year

9. Hoa said that she had picked flowers before he had gone home

=> Thì QKHT -> lùi về QKHT ; thì QKĐ -> lùi về QKHT

10. Lan said that her mother had visited London for two years.

=> Thì HTHT -> lùi về QKHT