1) "What country do you come from?" said Bill.

-> Bill asked me what country I came from

Reported speech dạng wh/how question:

S1 + asked + O + wh/how + S2 + V (lùi thì).........

2) Ann said: "Can you speak English, Nam?"

-> Ann asked Nam if he could speak English

Reported speech dạng yes/no question:

S1 + asked + O + if/whether + S2 + V (lùi thì).........

3) Peter said: “T'll be very busy today."

-> Peter said that he would be very busy that day

4) “What's on TV tonight?" she asked me.

-> She asked me what was on TV that night

5) "Take your books away." said the teacher.

-> The teacher told us to take our books away

6) He said: "I must come to the meeting tomorrow."

-> He said that he had to come to the meeting the day after

7) She said: "I have lived here for ten years."

-> She said that she had lived there for ten years

8) He said: “Don't stay up too late, my son."

-> He told his son not to stay up too late

9) "Close your books, please." the teacher said.

-> The teacher told us to close our books

10)Mai said: “I’m having a wonderful time here."

-> Mai said that she was having a wonderful time there

Câu 3+6+7+10 sd: Reported speech dạng statement:

S1 + said to O/ told O/ said + (that) + S2 + V (lùi thì)...............

Câu 5+9 sd: Reported speech dạng command/request:

S + told/asked (O) + (not) + to Vo..

*Đổi trạng từ/ cụm trạng từ từ câu trực tiếp <=> gián tiếp

this -> that                     now -> then

These -> those               today -> that day

Here -> there                 tonight -> that night

Tomorrow -> The next day/ the day after/ the following day

Yesterday -> the day before/ the previous day

Ago -> before

Last month/year.. => the month/year..before

                                  The previous month/year...

Next month/week...=> the following month/week

                                  .......................

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