Warm up:
Matching advs of time & advs of place in the direct speech with the reported
speech

direct speech

reported speech

1.here

a. the next day

2.now

b. then/ at that moment

3.today/ tonight

c. the week before

4.tomorrow

d. there

5.next week

e. before

6.yesterday

f. the previous day/the day before

7.last week

g. that day/ that night

8.ago

h. the following week

UNIT 3:

TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2

Review:

1. Direct Speech: (Câu trực tiếp)
Là câu được sử dụng tường thuật nguyên văn lời của người nói.
Trong văn viết, câu trực tiếp thường được để trong dấu ngoặc kép.
Ex: She said: “I am fine.”
2. Indirect/ Reported Speech: (Câu gián tiếp/ câu tường thuật)
Được sử dụng để thuật lại ý chính mà người khác đã nói. Vì không
thuật lại nguyên văn nên câu gián tiếp thường đứng sau “that”
thay vì được bỏ vào ngoặc kép.
Ex: She said that she was fine.

3. Forms

Reported speech

a. Statements: Câu kể
S + said/ told O + (that) + S + V(lùi về quá khứ một thì) + O
Ex: Tom said: “I will come here next day”.
→ Tom said that he would come there the next day
b. Yes/ No questions
S + asked (+ O) +  if / whether + S + V(lùi về quá khứ một thì) + O
Ex: Tom asked: “Do you live here?”
→ Tom asked me if I lived there.
c. Wh/ H questions: S + asked (+ O) + Wh-words + S + V(lùi thì) + O
Ex: Tom asked: “Where do you live now?”
→ Tom asked me where I lived then.

Reported speech:

Direct speech
will / shall    
 
->
am / is / are going to + V
->
present simple  (V(e,es))
->
present continuous (am/ is/ are + V-ing)
->
past continuous
->
present perfect (have/ has + P.P) ->
past simple  
must 
Example:
can

->
->
 ->

Reported speech
would / should
was / were going to be + P.P
past simple (V-ed/ V2)
past continuous (was/ were + Ving)
past perfect continuous
past perfect ( had + P.P)
past perfect
had to
could   

       Direct speech:      “I will talk to Mr Jones,” said he.
       Reported speech: He said he would talk to Mr Jones.

Direct speech 
Today
>
tonight  
>
Tomorrow
 ->
Yesterday
->
Ago
>
now
  >
next / on Tuesday
->
last Tuesday
->
the day after tomorrow
->

 

Reported speech

that day
that night
the next day / the following day
the day before / the previous day
before
then
the next / following Tuesday
the previous Tuesday / the Tuesday before
in two days' time / two days later

1. Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED again. Underline the reported speech.
Then rewrite in direct speech what Mai said to her brother Phuc and to her parents.
Phuc: She said she was too tired and didn't want to go out.
 Amelie: She

told me she wanted to be a designer.
Phuc: My parents said design graduates wouldn't find jobs easily and they wanted her to get a
medical degree.
Mai: 'I'm too tired and don't want to go out.'
Mai: 'I want to be a designer '
Mai's parents: 'Design graduates won't find jobs easily. We want you to get a medical degree.

S1 + said + S2 + V (lùi 1 thì theo bảng chuyển đổi)

Ex 2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
1. 'We will visit you this week,' my parents told me.
→ My parents told me that they would visit me that week.
2. Our teacher asked us, 'What are you most worried about?'
→ Our teacher asked us what we were most worried about.
3. 'I'm so delighted. I've just received a surprise birthday present from my sister,' Phuong told
me.
→ Phuong told me that she was so delighted because she had just received a surprise
birthday present from her sister.
4. 'Kate can keep calm even when she has lots of pressure,' Tom said.
→ Tom said Kate could keep calm even when she had lots of pressure.
5. 'I got a very high score in my last test, Mum,' she said.
→ She told her mother that she had got a very high score in her last test.
6. 'Do you sleep at least eight hours a day?' the doctor asked him.
→ The doctor asked him if he slept at least eight hours a day.

Question words before to infinitive (Wh + to + V(inf))
Ex: “She doesn't know who she should contact”.
→ She doesn't know who to contact.
to V(inf)
→ to express difficult or uncertain situations.
(để diễn đạt những tình huống khó khăn hoặc không chắc chắn)
S+

Ask/ wonder/
(not) be sure/ have no idea,
(not) know/ (not) decide/
(not) tell

+ Wh-words + to
V(inf) + O.

Look out!
“WHY” cannot be used: to V(inf)

Ex 3. Rewrite the sentences using: Wh + to V
1. I don't know what I should wear!
- I don't know what to wear.
2. Could you tell me where I should sign my name?
- Could you tell me where to sign my name?
3. I have no idea when we should leave for the bus.
- I have no idea when to leave for the bus.
4. We're not sure where we should hang the painting.
- We are not sure where to hang the painting.
5. He wondered how he could tell this news to his parents.
- He wondered how to tell this news to his parents.
6. They can't decide who should go first.
-They can't decide who to go first.

* Yes/No questions
S + asked + whether + to V……
Look out!

“IF” cannot be used : to V.
Ex: 'Should I tell my parents what I really think?' she wondered
→ She wondered whether to tell her parents what she really thought
X tell her parents what she really thought
→ She wondered if to

Ex 4. Rewrite the following questions in reported speech,

using Wh +toV.

Tip: You may use the following verbs: ask, wonder, (not) be sure, have no idea, (not) know,
(not) decide, (not) tell.
1. 'How should we use this support service?' they wondered.
- They wondered how to use that support service.
2. 'Who should I turn to for help?' he asked.
- He had no idea who to turn to for help.
3. 'Mum, when should I turn off the oven?' Mai asked her mother.
- Mai asked her mother when to turn off the oven.
4. 'Where should we park our bikes?' asked Phong and Minh.
- Phong and Minh couldn't decide where to park their bikes.
5. 'Should we call her now?' he asked.
- He was not sure whether to call her then.
6. 'What should we do to make Linh feel happier?' they wondered.
- They wondered what to do to make Linh feel happier.

5. GAME: SOMETHING ABOUT OUR TEACHER .
Decide as a whole class five questions you want to ask about the teacher. Then the class divides into two groups: one
group stays inside the class and the other goes outside. The teacher will tell each group the answers to the questions.
The class gets together again and in pairs you must report on what the teacher has told you.
2.Do you like going to the
cinema? What's your
favorite film?

1.Do you like going
shopping? If so, what do
you often buy?

5. Do you like playing sport?
If so, what's your favorite
sport?

Something
about teacher

4. Do you like animal?
What's is your favorite animal?.

3.How often do you eat out?
What's your favorite
restaurant?

a. Statements: Câu kể

S + said/ told O + (that) + S + V(lùi thì) + O

b. Yes/ No questions

S+ asked(+O)+if/whether+S+V(lùi thì)+O

Reported speech
c. Wh/ H questions:

S+ asked(+O)+wh-words+S+V(lùi thì)+O
Question words before to infinitive (Wh + to + V(inf)
Ask/ wonder/
S+(not) be sure/ have no idea,
+ Wh +to +V(inf)
+O
(not) know/ (not) decide/ (not) tell
Why can't be used to V(inf)