REPORTED SPEECH

EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH INFINITIVE

1. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.
He promised __________________________________________________________________
2. “Please, please turn off the T.V, John,” said Tom.
Tom begged __________________________________________________________________
3. His mother said to him: “Open the window please!”
His mother told _______________________________________________________________
4. He said to me: “Shut the door after you”.
He told ______________________________________________________________________
5. The captain said to them: “Wait here still I come back”.
The captain ordered ____________________________________________________________
6. “Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.
He introduced _________________________________________________________________
7. He said to me: “Don’t come back before one o’clock”.
He asked ______________________________________________________________________
8. My mother said: “Don’t forget to lock the door”.
My mother told ________________________________________________________________
9. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said
I warned_____________________________________________________________________
10. “Come and have dinner with us” Rosy said to John.
Rosy persuaded _______________________________________________________________
11. “Remember to write to me soon,” she said to me.
She reminded _________________________________________________________________
12. “You’d better spend more time learning to write,” I said to the boy.
I advised _____________________________________________________________________
13. “Don’t lean your bicycle against my windows, boys,” said the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper warned _________________________________________________________
14. Would you like me to help you with the cooking, Tom?” Laura said.
Laura offered ________________________________________________________________
15. Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said John to Ann.
John invited _________________________________________________________________

EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND

1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”

She suggested _______________________________________________________________
2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted_________________________________________________________________
3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied__________________________________________________________________
4. “If only I had told him the true!”
Jane regrets_________________________________________________________________
5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized __________________________________________________________
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________
7. “No, no .I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on ______________________________________________________________
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8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt _________________________________________________________________
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented _________________________________________________________
10. “It’s really nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked ________________________________________________________________
11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought __________________________________________________________
12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to ________________________________________________________
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.
The safeguard warned ________________________________________________________
14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.
My mother accused __________________________________________________________
15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
1. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
C. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
2. “I have something to tell you” Mary said to John.
A. Mary told John I had something to tell him.
B. Mary told John she had something to tell him.
C. Mary told John she had had something to tell him.
D. Mary told John he had had something to tell her.
3. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
4. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.
A. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.
B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
5. “I wrote to him yesterday”
A. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.
B. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.
C. She told me she had written to him yesterday.
D. She told me she had written to him the day before.
6. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.
A. She told me he was talking to your sister. B. She told me she was talking to my sister.
C. She told me he was talking to my sister. D. She told me he was talking to her sister.
7. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.
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 A. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.
B. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
C. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
D. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
8. “You will like my sister when you meet her”
A. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.
B. He told me I will like his sister when I met her.
C. He told me I would like his sister when I met her.
D. He told me I would be liked his sister when I met her.
9. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”
A. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.
B. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
C. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.
D. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
10. “I didn’t break your watch”
A. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.
B. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch.
C. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.
D. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.
11. The mother told her son ______ so impolitely.
A. not behaving B. not to behave C. did not behave D. not behave
12. She said she _________ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. will D. had
13. He asked me where I ______________.
A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied
14. The man wanted to avoid __________ on security cameras.
A. to see B. being seen C. seeing D. to be seen
15. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________ .
A. then B. ago C. before D. later
16. 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
17. The host asked her _______________ tea or coffee.
A. whether she liked B. that she liked
C. if she likes D. whether she like
18. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.
A. was playing B. plays C. is playing D. has played
19. The teacher told his students _______________ laughing.
A. would stop B. to stop C. stop D. stopped
20. Mary asked me ________________.
A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before.
B. whether I watched the football match on TV the day before.
C. If I had watch the football match on TV the day before.
D. whether I had watched the football match on TV the day before.
21. He asked _______________ him some money.
A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D. she lends
22. Jennifer asked me where _______________ the week before.
A. had I gone B. did I go C. I had gone D. was I going

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23. Tom asked me ________.
A. if was I having a good time last year
C. if would I have a good time the year before
B. whether I had had a good time the year before
D. whether I have had a good time the year before
24. Do you know where _______?
A. he lives B. did he live C. does he live D. he live
25. She asked me __________ the seat ___________ or not
A. If / had occupied B. Whether / was occupied
C. If / has been occupied D. Whether / occupied
26. The policeman asked us ______________
A. had any of us seen the accident happen
C. Whether any of us had seen the accident happen
B. If had any of us seen the accident happen
D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the ___________ day
A. previous B. following C. before D. last
33. She ___________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked
A. asks B. wondered C. wanted to know D. asked
34. His neighbors sometimes wondered ___________ he did for a living
A. why B. when C. where D. what
35. Could you please tell me ___________?
A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
36. Marigold wondered ___________ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party
A. that B. whether C. if D. B& C
37. He asked me___________
A. How long I have studied English B. How long had I studied English
C. How long I had study English D. How long I had studied English
38. The passenger asked ___________ we landed
A. what B. when C. if D. why
39. She asked Nam what ___________ in that room.
A. he is doing B. he was doing C. was he doing D. she was doing

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40. “I didn’t take your calculator”, Bob said to Mary .
A. Bob told Mary he hadn’t taken her calculator
B. Bob told Mary I didn’t take your calculator
C. Bob told Mary he haven’t taken her calculator
D. Bob told Mary he had taken her calculator
EXERCISE 3: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
1. Mrs. Emmanuelle told to Alice to give her a hand.
A B C D
2. John said the taxi driver to turn left at the first traffic lights.
A B C D
3. Mary ordered John if he could carry her suitcase, please.
A B C D
4. Johnson Nancy Lee asked me if would I like to have dinner with her.
A B C D
5. Hoa asked Lan whether did she like sports or not.
A B C D
6. Ba told to Tuan if he could ride his bicycle to school.
A B C D
7. Phong asked Peter whether he enjoys reading books or not.
A B C D
8. Mary promised her boy friend that she would expect to see him next Wednesday.
A B C D
9. A tourist asked how far was it from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue.
A B C D
10. He asked Lan how many people there are in her family.
A B C D
11. Minh’s friends asked him how long would he stay in Paris.
A B C D
12. She asked me if he wants to buy any second-hand books.
A B C D
13. He wanted to know Hong if would have time to play badminton regularly.
A B C D
14. My mother told me that I work very ha rd.
A B C D
15. He said they had a lift very often but it doesn’t work.
A B C D
16. The teacher asked me if I could answer this question.
A B C D
17. I asked his mother if he went to work by bus or not.
A B C D
18. He promised me he’ll come with you as soon as he was ready.
A B C D
19. My brother said he must to write some letters then.
A B C D
20. Peter asked me did not to stay up late and advised me to go to bed early.
A B C D
II. Choose the best choice.
1. He said he……………..at the “Ritz” Hotel.

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 A.is staying B. has stayed C. was staying D. will stay
2. He asked me where I…………….
A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied
3. Tina asked me how long I……………..a teacher.
A. have been B. had been C. am D. will be
4. She asked me…………….I liked pop music.
A. if B. whether C. that D. A&B
5. The students asked if I was going to teach them physics………………
A. the next day B. next day C. day next D. the day next
6. 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
7. She said I _______ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have been
8. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
9. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was
10. John asked me _______ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
11. “Go home,” said the teacher to us.
A. The teacher told us to go home B. The teacher said us to go home
C. The teacher told us go home D. The teacher told to us to go home
12. “Please bring me some fish soup,” he said to the waitress.
A. He asked the waitress bring him some fish soup.
B. He asked the waitress to bring her some fish soup.
C. He asked the waitress to bring him some fish soup.
D. He asked the waitress bring her some fish soup.
13. I said to Nick: “Where are you going?”
A. I asked Nick where was he going. B. I asked Nick where he was going.
C. I asked Nick where is he going. D. I asked Nick where he is going.
14. “You’d better apologise for being late,” said my mother.
A. My mother advised me to apologise for being late.
B. My mother suggested me to apologise for being late.
C. My mother suggested apologising for being late.
D. My mother warned me to apologise for being late.
15 . “Don’t open your books,” the teacher said to the pupils.
A. The teacher told the pupils to not open their books.
B. The teacher told the pupils did not open their books.
C. The teacher told the pupils not open their books.
D. The teacher told the pupils not to open their books.
16. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
17. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.
A. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.

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 B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
18. “I wrote to him yesterday”
A. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.
B. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.
C. She told me she had written to him yesterday.
D. She told me she had written to him the day before.
19. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.
A. She told me he was talking to your sister.
B. She told me she was talking to my sister.
C. She told me he was talking to my sister.
D. She told me he was talking to her sister.
20. Miss White said to him, “ Why are you so late? Did your car have a flat fire?”
A. Miss White told him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire
B. Miss White asked him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire.
C. Miss White asked him why was he so late and if your car have a flat fire.
D. Miss White asked him why he was so late and whether his car had a flat fire.
21. . He said "If I had enough money, I could buy that dictionary."
A. He said if he had enough money, he could buy that dictionary
B. He said if he had had enough money, he could buy that dictionary.
C. He said if he had enough money, he could have bought that dictionary.
D. He said if he had had enough money, he could have bought that dictionary.
22. Tom: “ Why don’t you study hard for the coming exam, Ba”
A. Tom advised me not to study hard for the coming exam
B. Tom advised me to study hard for the coming exam
C. Tom advised Ba not to study hard for the coming exam
D. Tom advised Ba to study hard for the coming exam.
23. He asked me what………………………………………..
A. time was it B. time is it
C. time it was D. none is correct.
24. She asked me……..the seat………..or not
a. If / had occupied b. Whether / was occupied
c. If / has been occupied d. Whether / occupied
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. I wonder………….we’ll catch the bus………we’ll take a taxi
a. if / and whether b. whether / or that c. if / or that d. whether / or whether
29. 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
30. 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

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31. 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
32. Mr Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the………..day
a. previous b. following c. before d. last
33. She…………him whether he liked the steak she cooked
a. asks b. wondered c. wanted to know d. asked
34. His neighbours sometimes wondered……….he did for a living
a. why b. when c. where d. what
35. Could you please tell me……………?
a. It is how far to the nearest bus stop b. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
c. how far to the nearest bus stop is it d. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
36. Marigold wondered………..Kevin and Ruth would be at the party
a. that b. whether c. if d. b& c
37. He asked me…………….
a. How long you have studied English. b. How long had you studied English
c. How long you had study English d. How long you had studied English
38. The passenger asked…………….we landed
a. what b. when c. if d. why
39. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
a. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
b. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
c. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
d. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
40. “I have something to tell you” Kerry said to Cheryl.
a. Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. b. Kerry told Chery he had something to tell her.
c. Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him. d. Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to
tell her.
41. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
a. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
b. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
c. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
d. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
42. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.
a. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.
b. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
c. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
d. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
43. “I wrote to him yesterday”
a. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.
b. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.
c. She told me she had written to him yesterday.
d. She told me she had written to him the day before.
44. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.
a. She told me he was talking to your sister.
b. She told me she was talking to my sister.
c. She told me he was talking to my sister.

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45. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.
a. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.
b. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
c. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
d. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
46. “You will like my sister when you meet her”
a. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her. b. He told me I will like his sister when I met
her.
c. He told me I would like his sister when I met her d. He told me I would be liked his sister when I met
her.
47. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”
a. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before. b. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
c. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week. d. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
48. “I didn’t break your watch”
a. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch. b. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her
watch.
c. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch. d. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.
49. “I found a lot of mistakes in your plan”. Catherine said to Kevin.
a. Catherine told Kevin she found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
b. Catherine told Kevin she has found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
c. Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in his plan.
d. Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in her plan.
50. “I have just seen your mother this morning”.
a. Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning.
b. Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning.
c. Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning.
d. Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning.
51. “We are ready to come with our friends”
a. They told us they are ready to come with their friends.
b. They told us they were ready to come with our friends.
c. They told us we were ready to come with our friends.
d. They told us they were ready to come with their friends.
52. “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key”
a. He said he couldn’t get into the house because he had lost my key.
b. He said he hadn’t been able to get into the house because he had lost his key.
c. He said he had been able to get into the house because he had lost his key.
d. He said he hadn’t been able to get into the house because he lost his key.
53. “I was intending to meet you tomorrow”.
a. She told me she was intending to meet me tomorrow.
b. She told me she had intending to meet me the next day.
c. She told me she had been intending to meet me tomorrow.
d. She told me she had been intending to meet me the next day.
54. “Don’t make noise because I am listening music now”
a. He asked me not to make noise because I am listening music now
b. He asked me not to make noise because I was listening music then
c. He asked me not to make noise because he was listening music then
d. He asked me to make noise because I was listening music then

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55. Cindy said that “I haven’t seen John since last month.”
A. Cindy said she doesn’t see John since the previous month.
B. Cindy said she wasn’t seen John since the previous month.
C. Cindy said she hasn’t seen John since the previous month.
D. Cindy said she hadn’t seen John since the previous month
III. Error Identification
1. He said me if I had done my homework.
A B C D
2. They wanted to know how much could you pay for it.
A B C D
3. You promised you will go on a picnic with us the next Sunday
A B C D
4. They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
A B C D
5. Ron said that he wasn’t sure, but the storm may stop already.
A B C D
1. Một số độnh từ dùng để tường thuật infinitive:
Promise + to V0: hứa
Agree + to V0 : đồng ý
Offer + to V0: ngỏ ý
Refuse + to V0: từ chối
Threaten + to V0: đe dọa
Beg sb + to V0 : van xin, cầu xin
Command sb + to V0 : lệnh
Forbid sb + to V0: cấm
Order sb + to V0: ra lệnh
Recommend sb + to V0: giới thiệu, đề nghị
Request sb + to V0: yêu cầu
Urge sb + to V0 : nài nỉ, cố thuyết phục
Advise sb + to V0 : khuyên
Ask sb + to V0 : yêu cầu ai làm gì
Encourage sb + to V0 : khuyến khích
Remind sb + to V0 : nhắc nhở
Invite sb + to V0 : mời
Tell sb + to V0 : bảo
Warn sb + (not) to V0 : cảnh báo

2. Một số động từ dùng để tường thuật Gerund:

admit + Ving : thừa nhận đã làm việc gì
deny + Ving: phủ nhận đã làm việc gì
suggest + Ving: đề nghị làm việc gì
apologise (to sb) for + Ving: xin lỗi (ai)vì đã làm gì
insist on + Ving : khăng khăng đòi làm gì
dream of + Ving: mơ tưởng trở thành
think of + Ving : nghĩ tới ai/cái gì
look forward to + Ving: mong đợi
accuse sb of Ving: buộc tội ai về việc gì.
congratulate sb on Ving: chúc mừng ai về

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warn sb against Ving: khuyến cáo (ai) đừng làm điều gì
thank sb for Ving : cảm ơn ai về việc gì
prevent sb from Ving: Ngăn ai khỏi việc gì

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