I. Complete the directed speech sentences.

1. Mr. Smith said: “Where are you going on your vacation this year?

 Mr. Smith asked where I was going on my vacation that year

2. She said: “Did the mechanics finish repairing your car?”

 She asked if the mechanics had finished repairing my car

3. She said: “Why has David been looking so miserable lately?”

 She asked why David had been looking so miserable lately

4. I asked my friend: “Was anyone hurt in the car accident last month?”

 He asked my friend if anyone had been hurt in the car accident the previous month

5. She asked me: “How old are you now ?”

 She asked me how old I was then

6. He said to her: “Have you been to town today?"

 She asked her if she had been to town that day

7. John said: “How long does it take you to get to London, Mary?”

 John asked Mary how long it took het to get to London

8. The policeman asked the little girl: “What’s your name?”

 The policeman asked the little girl what her name was

9. Mr. Green said to his secretary: “Who did you talk to a few minutes ago?”

 Mr. Green asked his secretary who she had talked to a few minutes before

10. Paul said: “Can you swim, Mary?”

 Paul asked Mary if she could swim

11. He said: “Where can I find her in this town?”

 He asked where he could find her in that town

12. She asked her son: “Do you know which is the cup you used ?”

 She asked her son if he knew which was the cup he had used

13. Helen said: “What did you say, Jack ?”

 Helen asked Jack what he had said

14. She said to him: “Why didn’t you get up early this morning ?”

 She asked him why he hadn't got up early that morning

15. He said: “Will it rain tonight ?”

 He asked if it would rain that night

16. “Every weekend, the astronauts can have private video-conferences with their families on the Earth,” Dr. Nelson said.

--> Dr. Nelson said the astronauts could have private video-conferences with their families on the Earth every weekend

I. Complete the directed speech sentences.

1. Mr. Smith said: “Where are you going on your vacation this year?

 Mr. Smith asked me where I was going on my vacation that year

2. She said: “Did the mechanics finish repairing your car?”

 She asked me if the mechanics had finished repairing my car

3. She said: “Why has David been looking so miserable lately?”

 She asked me why David had been looking so miserable lately

4. I asked my friend: “Was anyone hurt in the car accident last month?”

 He asked my friend if anyone had been hurt in the car accident the month before

5. She asked me: “How old are you now ?”

 She asked me how old I was then

6. He said to her: “Have you been to town today ?”

 She asked her if she had been to town thay day

7. John said: “How long does it take you to get to London, Mary?”

 John asked Mary how long it tool her to get to London

8. The policeman asked the little girl: “What’s your name?”

 The policeman asked the little girl what her name was

9. Mr. Green said to his secretary: “Who did you talk to a few minutes ago?”

 Mr. Green asked his secretary who he had talked to a few minutes before

10. Paul said: “Can you swim, Mary?”

 Paul asked Mary if she could swim

11. He said: “Where can I find her in this town?”

 He asked me where he could fing her in that town

12. She asked her son: “Do you know which is the cup you used ?”

 She asked her son if he knew which is the cup he had used

13. Helen said: “What did you say, Jack ?”

 Helen asked Jack what he had said

14. She said to him: “Why didn’t you get up early this morning ?”

 She asked him why he hadn't get up earlt that morning

15. He said: “Will it rain tonight ?”

 He asked me if it would rain that night

16. “Every weekend, the astronauts can have private video-conferences with their families on the Earth,” Dr. Nelson said.

--> Dr. Nelson said every weekend, the astronauts could have have private video-conferences with their families on the Earth

1. “You should study harder this semester”, the teacher said

-> The teacher told me that I should study harder this semester

2. She said: “Did the mechanics finish repairing you car?”

-> She asked me if the mechanics had finished repairing my car

3. She said: “Why has David been looking so miserable lately?”

-> She asked me why David had been looking so miserable lately

4. I asked my friend: “Was anyone hurt in the car accident last month?”

-> He asked my friend if anyone had been hurt in the car accident the month before

5. She asked me: “How old are you now?”

-> She asked me how old I was

6. He said to her: “Have you been to town today?”

-> She asked her if she had been to town that day

Under line the mistake and correct it

1. Green=>Green's Park is more beautiful than all parks in the region.
→
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2. He asked for further=>more information about the accident.
→
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3. Of the two films, tell me which you find interestinger=> more interesting.
→..............................................................................................................................................................
4. Her performance is more wonderfuller=>wonderfull than mine.
→..............................................................................................................................................................
5. Tom is elder than his cousin.
→................older..............................................................................................................................................
6. I paid less for my new car as for my old one.
→........................than......................................................................................................................................
7. New York is a bigger city as=>than Paris.
→..............................................................................................................................................................
8. English traditions are very different than=>from continental.
→
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Part 3: Reported Speech
Exercise: Change each of the following sentences into reported speech.
1. She told him: “Close the window!”
→ She told him................to close the window.....................................................................................................................
2. He said: “I am going to change my mobile phone number.”

→ He said (that) .......................he was going to change his mobile phone number.............................................................................................................
3. Sam asked her: “Have you got a change?”
→ Sam asked her
.................................if she had got a change....................................................................................................
4. He wanted to know: “Which program is on VTV3?”
→ He wanted to
know..................which program was on VTV3?.............................................................................................................
5. She said: “I was climbing the mountain at 9 a.m yesterday.”
→ She said
(that)...................she has been climbing the mountain at 9a.m the day before....................................................................................................................
6. He was told: “Fill in the form!”
→ He was
told...........to fill in the form................................................................................................................................
7. She said: “I am working in the garden”.
→ She said
(that)............she was working in the garden...........................................................................................................................
8. They asked me: “Did he lose the game?”
→ They asked me
.....................if he has lose the game................................................................................................................

1.more beautiful->the most beautiful

2.father->further

3.interestinger->most interesting

4.wonderfuller->wonderfull

5.elder->older

6.as->than

7.as->than

8.than->from

9.more-> bỏ

10.more->most

1. He said to him that he had seen his parents in the department the previous year.

2. He said he had to finish his work in two days' time.

Eric said that he would come to the meeting

Jean said that he couldn't afford to buy a new car

Jessica said that she might go to the library

Ted said that she had to finish his work

Miss Young said that she had to talk to Professor Reed

1. Eric said he would come to the meeting.

2. Jean said she couldn't affrord to buy a new car.

3. Jessica said she might go to the library.

4. Ted said he had to finish his work.

5. Miss Young said she had to talk to Professor Reed.

1. My friend, Tam was injured in a car accident but he didn’t drive carefully=>carelessly.
         
2. If I finish my homework soon, I would take=>will take my little sister to swiming pool.
 

3. She can't accept the invitation because she is sickness=>sick. 

4. For=>In my opinion, we can reduce the amount of garbage we produce by recycling things. 
5. We ‘ll never catch them up if you walk as slow=>slowly as that.

6. If we go on to litter=>littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.
 

7. It's possible storing=>to store solar energy for a number of days. 

8. Our environment has become worse but=>because there are many factors causing from men. 

9. My recent electricity is enormous, so I'm worried in=>about it. 

10. He has just come back to the village when=>where he was born. 

11. The boy laughed happy=>happily as he played with the teddy bear.

12. Susan speaks so fastly=>fast that I can't understand her.