I. Turn these sentences into reported speech.

1. "I try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam."

à My sister said ____________________________________________________

2. "My students are preparing the hall for their meeting."

à The teacher informed ______________________________________________

3. "Lien doesn't want to go for a picnic tomorrow."

à Lan told _________________________________________________________

4. "We bought a special TV which could perform two different channels at the same time last week."

à My friends told me ________________________________________________

5. "Lily will be a talent musician in the future."

à The music teacher hoped ___________________________________________

6. "Science and technology are the keys to develop the country."

à People believed ___________________________________________________

7. "You have to wear school uniform next Monday," our teacher said.

à Our teacher said ___________________________________________________

8. "I saw the alien yesterday when I was going out with my friends" the boy said.

à The boy said that __________________________________________________

9. "I have just received a birthday gift from my mother," my friend said to me.

à My friend told me _________________________________________________

10. "The story about that happened long ago" she said.

à She said _________________________________________________________

II. Use the given words to write the complete sentences.

1. We/ have/ car/ service/ and/ seem/ there/ problem/ engine.

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2. Scientists/ try/ work out/ way/ reduce/ pollution/ aircraft.

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3. All/ us/ know/ the way/ the success/ not/ easy.

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4. Nick/ tell/ that/ he/ go camping/ his classmates/ next day.

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5. Technology/ field/ telecommunications/ develop/ significantly/ recent years.

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6. Call/ me/ you/ finish/I/ come/ pick/ you/ up.

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7. When/ he/ come/ tomorrow/ they/ travel/ Japan.

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8. We/ all/ believe/ he/ recover/ her illness/ soon.

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9. My sister/ visit/ China/ this time next month.

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10. Match/ already start/ by the time/ he/ get/ stadium.

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III. Rewrite the sentences in direct or indirect speech.

1. "Production of these chemicals causes serious environmental pollution", said the scientists.

à The scientists said that______________________________________________

2. "New scientific discoveries are being made all the time."

à We believed that __________________________________________________

3. Miss Anne said that she was doing scientific experiments at that moment.

à Miss Anne:"_____________________________________________________ "

4. Minh asked his friend who he had been out with the weekend before.

à Minh: ___________________________________________________________

5. They asked us how we had got on with David two days before.

à They:" _________________________________________________________?”

6. "The students will watch a documentary on the future of nuclear power tomorrow", said the teacher.

à The teacher said that _______________________________________________

IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.

1. My science exam starts at eight tomorrow morning. (TAKING)

à At eight tomorrow _______________________________ my science exam.

2. The teacher will finish marking the exams and then she will tell us our results. (SOON)

à The teacher will tell us our results _______________________________ marking the exams.

3. We're willing to wait for you. (WILL)

à We __________________________________

4. "I’ll buy them as they're so cheap!" said Tony. (GOING)

à Tony said he _______________________________ as they were so cheap.

5. "Everything was different yesterday", said Nick. (BEEN)

à Nick said everything _______________________________ before.

6. "We're going on our yearly diet tomorrow", said Jessie and Sandy together. (STARTING)

à Jessie and Sandy said together that ______________________their yearly diet the next day.

V. Use the given words to write the complete sentences.

1. We/ believe/ science/ technology/ the keys/ develop/ the country.

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2. Steward/ said/ he/ not want/ dessert/ because/ he/ full.

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3. future/ robots/ do/ many/ thing/ us/,/but/ may not/ improve/ quality/ our lives.

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4. We/ hope/ scientists/ invent/ more/ energy- saving device/ help/ us/ easily/ save power.

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5. international meeting/ economic development/ take place/ Singapore/ this time next week.

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6. Science/ technology/ the key/ development/ many/ field/ our life/ and/ will bring/ lot/ more benefits/ people.

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Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Peter said: “I will try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.”

A. Peter said that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

B. Peter told that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

C. Peter asked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam

D. Peter talked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Peter said: “I will try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.”

A. Peter said that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

B. Peter told that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

C. Peter asked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

D. Peter talked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

Peter said: “I will try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.”

A. Peter said that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

B. Peter told that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

C. Peter asked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

D. Peter talked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

Turn these sentences into Reported speech:

16. “Do you like this place?" Hoa asked Tim. “No, I don’t,” Tim said. →………………………………………………

17. “The clock will never work again if you try to repair it,” the man said to Nam. →………………………………………………

18. “Is Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world?” the teacher asked Nga. “Yes, it is,” she replied →………………………………………………

19. ‘Are you going to visit Phong Nha Cave?‘ Hoa said to Nga. →………………………………………………

20. ‘Send me a postcard when you arrive in Paris,’ Jane said to Tim. →……………………………………............

III. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.

1.     “Can I go home now?” he asked.

2.      “You can come in but you’ll have to be quiet,” he said to her.

3.      “What time shall we arrive in Cairo?” he asked.

4.     “She must try harder if she wants to succeed," he said.

5.     “My father will be angry with me if he finds out,” she said.

6.     “You shouldn't drive so fast,” he said to her.

7.     “I can meet you on Friday," he said.

8.     “You’d better ask your parents,” she said to him.

9.     “I may not be able to meet you at the train station," he said to her.

Turn these sentences into Reported speech.

11. “ I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl. →________________________________________

12. He said to her, “You are my friend.” →________________________________________

13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.” →________________________________________

14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the chidren. →________________________________________

15. Marry said, “My father died a year ago”. →_________________________________________

Task 2: Change the sentences into reported speech.