Trong câu tường thuật, các cụm từ biểu thị thời gian cần được thay đổi như trong bảng dưới đây:
CÂU TRỰC TIẾP | CÂU GIÁN TIẾP |
today, tonight | that day, that night |
tomorrow | the following day/the next day |
yesterday | the previous day/the day before |
last year | the previous year |
next year | the following year |
tomorrow morning | the next morning |
the day after tomorrow | in two days' time |
two days ago | two days before |
this/these | that/those |
here | there |
come | go |
Fill the gaps in the following sentences which report the conversation above:
1. Jack said he was sorry he had forgotten that it was Jill's birthday ______________.
2. He said he would buy her a present ______________.
3. She reminded him that he had said the same thing ______________.
4. He promised he wouldn't forget ______________.
Fill in the gap using the information on the previous page as a guide:
1. 'We're leaving ______________.’
He said that they were leaving the next day.
2. 'I saw Jemima ______________,’ said Ted.
Ted said that he had seen Jemima the day before.
3. 'She'll be here later ______________.' He said she would be there later that day.
4. 'I can't stay here tonight.' Julie said she ______________.
5. 'It's Impossible for me to go camping with you tomorrow morning,'
My cousin Peter said it ______________.
6. 'We stayed at home last night but we're going out tonight.'
My friends told me they ______________.
Nhiều học sinh học tiếng Anh cảm thấy bối rối khi sử dụng hai động từ say và tell |
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Say (something) to somebody… Say (that)... VD: He said “Hello” to me. |
Tell somebody to… Tell somebody (that) I’m telling you to be quiet |
Complete the following with the correct form of the verb say or tell:
1. He ______ me to be quiet.
2. I ______ to her, "Why don't you invite him for dinner?"
3. Did you ______ that Auntie Margery was coming to stay?
4. The English teacher ______ my parents that I was lazy.
5. She didn't ______ that penguins live in Africa. She ______ they live in Antarctica.
6. Are you ______ me that I'm wrong?
7. Parents are always ______ their children the same things,
8. Parents are always ______ the same things to their children.