Ta Thanh Oai secondary school
Warmly welcome to the teachers visit
class 9A3
I don’t know. Perhap he’s ill
I think he can’t come here. I phoned him last night, he told me that he was sick
Thuy
Thu
Phuong
Thuan
It’s 3. 30. Thanh isn’t here !
What’s the matter with him ?

November 12th 2009
Revision
Reported Speech
Directed speech

Reported speech
Persons:

+ Prosons 1 => I, me, my.
We, us, our

+ Prosons 2 => you, your

+ Prosons 3 => He, him, his
She, her
It, Its
They, them, their
Example 1:
Choose the right word in the brackets
1. She said to me “ I am a student ”
-> She told me ..... was a student. ( she / I )

2. She told me “ you are my best friend ”
-> She told me that ...... was her best friend. (she / I )

3. Lan said “ you are my best friends ”
-> Lan said (they/ we/ you ) were ..... best friends. (my / her )

4. We told Miss Hoa “ They are good engineers ”
-> We told Miss Hoa ..... were good engineers. (they / we )
Direct speech
Reported speech
2. Tenses:
+ Present simple
+ Past simple
+ Present progressive
+ Past progressive
+ Simple future (will ...)

* Modal verbs:
CAN
MAY
MUST/ HAVE TO











Example 2
1. Mr Nam said “ I am eating ”
-> Mr Nam said he (is eating / was eating )

2. She told me “ I live in Ho Chi Minh City”
-> She told me she (live/ lived) in Ho Chi Minh City

3. My father said “ I will take you to the Zoo”
-> My father told me he (would / will) take me to the Zoo

4. He said “ he wasn’t at home”
-> He said that he ( wasn’t / isn’t ) at home
3. ADVERBS OF TIME

Now
Today
Tonight

Tomorrow
Next week

Yesterday
last night
two days ago
4. DEMONSTRATIVE HEADS

This
These
5. ADVERBS OF PLACE

here
Example 3
1. Mr Quang said “ I’m not at home now ”
-> Mr Quang said that he wasn’t at home ................

2. She said “ I will arrive tomorrow ”
-> She said she would arrive .............................

3. He told me “ They lived in this house last year ”
-> He told me that they lived in ............... house
....................................

4. He said “ I walk to school today ”
-> He said he walked to school ..................
then
The next day
that
The previous year
That day
Example : He said “ I am a farmer”
-> He said (that) ..................................
2. She said to me “ I am not staying at home now”
-> She told me ...........................................................................
3. Thanh told me, “ you live in this house with their family”
-> Thanh told me .......................................................................
4. Mr Quang said to her “ you must be at home today”
-> Mr Quang told her ................................................................
5. She said to me “ I will leave here tomorrow ”
-> She told me ...........................................................................
6. He said to me “ I may help you do it”
-> He told me ..............................................................................
7. His teacher told him “ Open the book, please ”
-> His teacher told him .............................................................
E 1. Change these sentences into reported speech.
he was a farmer
Notes:
Imperatives:
Affirmative form: “ Open the book, please!”
The teacher asked/(told) me to open the book.

b. Negative form: “ Don’t open your book!”
The teacher asked/(told) me not to open my book.
III. Indirected speech questions
2. I asked her where ( she lived / did she live ).
3. We asked her whether ( was she / she was ) married.
4. He asked me when ( I would / would I ) return
5. Brooke asked me where ( was I / I was ) going.
6. I asked him what time ( could he / he could ) meet us.

II. Change these sentences into reported speech.

1. Vinh asked me “ Are you interested in learning English ?”
.........................................................................................................
2. I asked her “ Do you go to school on Friday, Mai ?”
.........................................................................................................
3. “ How many languages can Lan speak ?” Mr Ba asked me.
.........................................................................................................
4. Alice asked me “ What do you do every morning ?”
.........................................................................................................
5. She asked me “ Can you swim ?”
.........................................................................................................
6. My brother asked me “ Can you help me clearn the floor?”
.........................................................................................................
III. Free talk:
Work in pairs: One gives a direct speech, the other reports it.
MODEL:
Student A: “What are you doing?”
Student B: She/ (he) asked me what I was doing.