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TOPIC 4: REPORTED SPEECH

Exercise 1. Change these following sentences into reported speech.

Part A.
Question 1: Nam said: "I am told to be at school before 7 o'clock".
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Question 2: Phong said: “My parents are very proud of my good marks".
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Question 3: They said: "We are learning English now ",
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Question 4: “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.
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Question 5: "We are waiting for the school bus", said the children.
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Part B.
Question 6: "My teacher wants to have a talk with you tomorrow morning", Tom said.
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Question 7: Johnny said to his mother: "I don’t know how to do this exercise."
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Question 8: "I came back here early yesterday", she said.
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Question 9: Our teacher said: "The Second World War broke out in 1939".
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Question 10: "You have to finish all these exercises before next week", the teacher said to us.
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Question 11: “I have studied English for two years,” he said.
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Question 12: “We haven’t seen him since last week,” Jim and Jane said
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Question 13: He said "I have just finished my work."
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Part C.
Question 14: Mary said: "I cannot go to the movies with you, John".
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Question 15: Thu said "All the students will have a meeting next week".
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Question 16: Her father said to her "You can go to the movie with your friend".
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Question 17: "I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend", she said.
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Question 18: “We can’t go camping with you tomorrow because we have to do our work”, they said.
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Exercise 2. Change these following sentences into reported speech.
Part A.
Question 1: James said: "Do you want me to type this letter for you?"
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Question 2: "Do your sister and brother go to the same school?", she asked Nam.
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Question 3: "Did you really see this happen with your own eyes?", the policeman asked the boy.
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Question 4: "Did you watch the detective film on TV yesterday?", he asked her.
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Question 5: "Have you travelled abroad much?", he asked me.
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Question 6: She asked me: "Have you ever seen a flying saucer?"
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Question 7: My friend said: "Are you going to leave tomorrow?"
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Question 8: "Were you reading this book at 8 o'clock last Sunday?", she asked Ba
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Question 9: "Will it rain tomorrow morning?", he asked his friend.
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Question 10: “Can you open this door for me, Jim?” Jenny said.
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Part B.
Question 11: "Why don’t we organize an English competition for our students?", said Ms Lien.
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Question 12: "Where does your father work?" the teacher asked me.
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Question 13: I asked Bill: "What time did you go to bed last night?"
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Question 14: He asked me: "Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?"
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Question 15: Tam's friend asked him: "How long will you stay in England?"
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Question 16: "How many people are there in your family?" she asked Lan.
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Exercise 3. Change these following sentences into reported speech.
Question 1: "Leave your address with the secretary", the assistant said to me.
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Question 2: "Phone to me for an answer tomorrow", the manager said to the client.
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Question 3: "Don't leave these books on the table”, the librarian said to the student.
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Question 4: "Be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes", the nurse said to the child.
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Question 5: "Leave your things here", my companion said to me.
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Question 6: "Be careful of strangers and don’t go out at night", he said to us.
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Question 7: "Don’t talk in the class, students", she said.
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Question 8: "Leave here immediately!", I said to him.
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Exercise 4. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
1. The interviewer asked me what experience ________ for the job.
A. do you get B. did I get C. I got D. I get
2. They asked me whether I was working________
A. next day afternoon B. the afternoon followed
C. the following afternoon D. tomorrow afternoon
3. "Where have you been hiding?", she asked. She asked me where________ hiding.
A. I have been B. have I been C. had I be D. I had been
4. He asked me________ home the day before.
A. what time I leave B. what time I will leave
C. what time I had left D. what time I left
5. John asked me________ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
6. She said I ________ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have been
7. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since________
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
8. John asked me________ interested in any kind of sports.

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A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was

9. John asked me________ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had D. if had I seen

10. She asked me________ the seat________ or not.

A. if / had occupied B. whether / was occupied
C. if / has been occupied D. whether / occupied
11. The policeman asked us ________.
A. had any of us seen the accident happen
B. if had any of us seen the accident happen
C. whether any of us had seen the accident happen
D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen
12. I asked him________ but he said nothing.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. the matter was what D. what's the matter was
13. James________ him up when the bus reached the square.
A. told me wake B. asked me to wake
C. said me to wake D. requested me waking
14. Bill asked me why______to go shopping with me.
A. I hadn't invited him B. I hadn't him invited
C. hadn't I invited him D. hadn't I him invited
15. “Excuse me. Could you tell me________?”
A. what time is it B. what is the time
C. what time it is D. it is what time
16. We wonder________ from his office after that scandal.
A. why did he not resign B. why he did not resign
C. why he not resign D. why didn't he resign
17. Jeff wanted to know ________.
A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing
C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing
18. Mr Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the________ day.
A. previous B. following C. before D. last
19. She________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked.
A. asks B. wondered C. wanted to know D. asked
20. The woman said she______in this company for over 20 years.
A. has worked B. was working C. had worked D. works
21. Ellie asked Stan______to look at the new catalogue.
A. did he want B. do you want C. whether he wants D. if he wanted
22. “You must give me your essays”, Mrs. Vine said. Mrs. Vine said we______give her our essays.
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A. were having to B. will have to C. had to D. would have to

Exercise 5. Choose A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
to each of the following questions.
Question 1: “Have you heard of her marriage?”
A. She asked me if I hear of their marriage. B. She asked me whether I heard of their marriage.
C. She asked me if I had heard of their marriage. D. She asked me I had heard of their marriage.
Question 2: His wife said to him: “Write to me as often as you can”.
A. His wife told him to write to her as often as he can. B. His wife told him to write to her as often as he could.
C. His wife told him writing to her as often as he could. D. His wife told him writing to her as often as he can.
Question 3: Cindy said: “I haven’t seen John since last month.”
A. Cindy said she hasn’t seen John since the previous month.
B. Cindy said she hadn’t seen John since the previous month.
C. Cindy said she wasn’t seen John since the previous month.
D. Cindy said she doesn’t see John since the previous month.
Question 4: “What do you want?” he asked me.
A. He asked me what I want. C. He asked me what do I want
B. He asked me what I wanted. D. He asked me what did I want.
Question 5: She said: “Don't smile. John. Be serious.”
A. She said not to smile and be serious. B. She said John not to smile and be serious.
C. She told John not to smile and asked him to be serious. D. She told John do not smile and be serious.
Question 6: “Can I borrow your pen please, Sam?”, said Gillian.
A. Gillian asked Sam if she can borrow his pen. B. Gillian asked Sam if she could borrow his pen.
C. Gillian asked Sam she can borrow his pen. D. Gillian asked Sam she could borrow his pen.
Question 7: “You have not done your work well”, said the teacher to me.
A. The teacher told me I hadn’t done my work well. B. The teacher told me I haven’t done my work well.
C. The teacher told me I hadn’t done your work well. D. The teacher told me I hadn't done his work well.
Question 8: “I can't explain this rule to you”, said my classmate to me.
A. My classmate told me he can't explain that rule to me.
B. My classmate told me he couldn’t explain that rule to me.
C. My classmate told me he couldn’t explain that rule to you.
D. My classmate said me he couldn’t explain that rule to me.
Question 9: The teacher said to class: “We shall discuss this subject tomorrow.”
A. The teacher told the class they would discuss that subject the next day.
B. The teacher told the class they will discuss that subject the next day.
C. The teacher said the class they would discuss that subject the next day.
D. The teacher told the class they discussed that subject the next day.
Question 10: Mike said: “We have bought these books today.”
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A. Mike said they bought those books that day. B. Mike said they had bought those books that day.
C. Mike said they have bought those books that day. D. Mike said they had bought those books today.

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TOPIC TEST 4: REPORTED SPEECH

Exercise 1. Choose A, B, Cor D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: The woman asked______get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. if the children can C. whether the children could D. could the children
Question 2: They said they had got back______.
A. the following day B. the day after tomorrow C. the next day D. the previous day
Question 3: The old man asked the young boys______in the deep river.
A. to swim B. not to swim C. don't swim D. against not swimming
Question 4: I wondered______the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing
Question 5: He______that he was leaving that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. say to me
Question 6: Bill asked Tom______in London.
A. does the train arrive B. did the train arrive C. whether the train arrives D. if the train had arrived
Question 7: I asked them when______changed.
A. was the timetable B. the timetable is C. the timetable has been D. the timetable had been
Question 8: She told me______late-night horror films.
A. don't watch B. shouldn’t watch C. not to watch D. not watching
Question 9: Tom said, “I must leave at eight!” Tom said that he ______ leave at eight.
A. must B. had C. had to D. has to
Question 10: I wanted to know______return home.
A. when would she B. when will she C. when she will D. when she would
Question 11: Tom said that New York______more lively than London.
A. is B. be C. was D. were
Question 12: He asked: “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” He asked why______the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken
Question 13: I asked my sister to tell me what she______at the museum.
A. had seen B. has seen C. had been seeing D. was seeing
Question 14: I said that I had met her______.
A. yesterday B. the previous day C. the day D. before day.
Question 15: The man asked the boys______.
A. why did they fight B. why they had fought C. why they fight D. why they are fighting
Question 16: He asked me what______.
A. time was it B. time is it C. time it was D. None is correct
Question 17: He told me that______.
A. his father has sold the house C. his father will sell the house
B. his father had sold the house the last day D. his father doesn’t sell the house

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Question 18: The woman wonders______doing well at school.

A. whether her children are B. if her children were
C. whether her children were D. her children are if
Exercise 2. Choose A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 19: Sarah said: “I read this book last year.”
A. Sarah said she had read that book the previous year.
B. Sarah said she read this book the previous year.
C. Sarah said she has read that book the previous year.
D. Sarah said she would read that book the previous year.
Question 20: Mother asked me: “Did you play with your friends yesterday?”
A. Mother asked me if I had played with your friends the day before.
B. Mother asked me if I played with my friends the day before.
C. Mother asked me if I had played with my friends the day before.
D. Mother asked if you had played with my friends the day before.
Question 21: “Buy some meat in the shop”, said my mother to me.
A. My mother said to me to buy some meat in the shop.
B. My mother told to me to buy some meat in the shop.
C. My mother told me to buy some meat in the shop.
D. My mother said me to buy some meat in the shop.
Question 22: The doctor said to Peter: “Don’t go for a walk today”.
A. the doctor said Peter not to go for a walk today. B. the doctor told Peter not go for a walk today.
C. the doctor said to Peter not to go for a walk today. D. the doctor told Peter not to go for a walk today.
Question 23: Barbara said: “I saw them at my parents’ house last year.”
A. Barbara said I had seen them at my parents’ house the previous year.
B. Barbara said she saw them at her parents’ house the previous year.
C. Barbara said she had seen them at her parents’ house the previous year.
D. Barbara said they had seen her at her parents’ house the previous year.
Question 24: “Please don't make such a mess in your room”, his mother said.
A. His mother asked him not to make a mess in his room.
B. His mother asked him that he did not to make a mess in his room.
C. His mother asked him didn’t make such a mess in his room.
D. His mother asked him please not to make a mess in his room.
Question 25: He said to them: “Who will you see before you leave here?”
A. He asked them who they would see before they left there.
B. He asked them who would they see before they left there.
C. He asked them who they would see before you left there.
D. He asked them who you would see before they left there.