Arrange these words according to their pronunciation
dress; traffic; twinkle; drive; twelve; twenty; troops
trousers; dreadful; drink; twin; tropical
/tr/
/dr/
/tw/
traffic
troops
trousers
tropical
drive
dreadful
drink
dress
twelve
twenty
twin
twinkle
Practice

1. John always enjoys traveling by train.

2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.

3. George is driving dangerously.

4. Her new dress is an absolute dream.

5. She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.

6. Think twice before doing something.
The little boy suggested _________________________________
going to the beach the next day.
“It’s so hot today.”
“Let’s go to the beach tomorrow.”
“Don’t eat so much nutritious food.”
The doctor warned ____
against ___________________________
eating so much nutritious food.
him
Tom
Mary
It was nice of you to help me. Thank you very much.
Mary thanked…………for …………………
Tom
helping her
REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND (V.ING)
Các động từ thường được dùng ở dạng này là
Thank s.o for (V.ing) cám ơn ai về việc gì
Congratulate s.o on (V.ing) chúc mừng ai về điều gì
Apologize for (V.ing) xin lỗi ai về việc gì
Insist on (V.ing) khăng khăng, cố nài
Accuse s.o of (V.ing) tố cáo, kết tội ai
Deny (V.ing) chối, phủ nhận
Admit (V.ing) thừa nhận, thú tội30

Dream of (V.ing) ước mơ về
Warn s.o against (V.ing) cảnh báo ai việc gì
Prevent s.o from (V.ing) ngăn chặn không cho ai làm gì
Suggest (V.ing) đề nghị
Stop s.o from (V.ing)
Look forward to (V.ing) mong đợi
Think of (V.ing) nghĩ về
Ex: “Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop” the police man said
 The police man stopped the man __________________________________
from leaving the shop
1. John congratulated ______ on _________________
passing their exams.
“I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!”

us
John
“I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier.”
2. Mary apologized for ________________________
not phoning him earlier.
Mary
“I’ll drive you to the station. I insist.”
3. Peter insisted on ________________________.
driving her to the station
Peter
Linda
4. Bob has always dreamed of ____________ .
being rich
“I’ve always wanted to be rich.”
Bob
5. The teacher accused ____
of________________________________
not paying attention to the lesson.
“You don’t pay attention to what I said”.
the boy
not paying attention to the lesson.
6. I warned ____
against_______________________________
staying at the hotel near the airport.
“Don’t stay at the hotel near the airport.”

him
“Stay here! I can’t let you go out tonight.”
7. Her mother prevented _______ from ____________________
going out that night.
her/ Jane
Jane
Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund.
Ex: Teacher: Come in, Peter!
Peter : I’m sorry I’m late.
Peter apologized for ___________
1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on _____________________
2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to ________________________
paying for the meal.
meeting their children soon.
being late
3. Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house
Boy : Oh … no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know anything about it.
The boy denied ………………………………
………………………………………………....
4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
Customer : What’s that?
Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop!
The policeman stopped the customer from ……………………
5. Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
Ann :What about having a party?
Ann suggested ……………………………………

leaving the shop
having a party the next Saturday.
having broken the window of her house.
6. Detective: You have stolen Mrs. Brown’s car!
The thief: Yes…! But…
The thief admitted……………………………………

7. John’s wife: The house is very nice! We’ll certainly buy it!
: I think so.
John and his wife were thinking of……………………………………………………
stealing Mrs. Brown’s car!
buying the house
Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin each of your sentence in the way shown:
“I’ll drive you to the airport. I insist,” John said to Linda.
 John ínsíted………………………………………………
2. “I’m happy you have passed the final exams. Congratulations!” Jim said to you.
 Jim congratulated …………………………………
3. “It was nice of you to invite me to the dinner. Thank you,” Miss White said to Peter.
Miss white thanked …………………………….
………………………………………………………….
on driving Linda to the airport
me on passing the final exams.
Peter for inviting her
to the dinner
4. “Don’t play with the matches!” I said to Jack.
 I warned ………………………………………………..
5. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” Margaret said to you.
 Margaret apologised ……not……………………
6.” I have always wanted to be a pilot,” Paul said to you.
Paul has always dreamed of………………
……………………………………………..
7. “You didn’t do what I said,” the mother said to her son.
The mother accused ………………………………
…………………………………………………………
Jack against playing with the matches.
for phoning me earlier.
being/ becoming a pilot.
her son of not doing what she had said