Unit 3:
Ways of Socialising
E - Language focus
Grammar: Reported Speech
(Lời nói gián tiếp)
1. “ I am a student.” says Mai.
=> Mai says she is a student.
2. “I am a student.” said Mai.
=> Mai said she was a student.
- Khi V dẫn ở thì
Hiện tại thì thì của câu
gián tiếp không đổi
- Khi V dẫn ở thì
Quá khứ thì thì của câu
gián tiếp lùi một thì so
với câu trực tiếp
1. Changes in tenses (Thay đổi về thì)
2. Changes in S, O, Adj.P and P.Pronoun (Thay đổi về chủ ngữ, tân ngữ, tính từ sở hữu và đại từ sở hữu)
3. Changes in time, place and demonstrative heads:
(Thay đổi về từ chỉ thời gian, địa điểm và từ chỉ định)
Chuyển đổi câu từ trực tiếp sang gián tiếp:
1. Statement: (Câu trần thuật)
E.g.: ”I have just bought you a new hat,” my mother said to me.
=> My mother told me/said (that) she had just bought me a new hat.

S + told + O / said + (that) + S + V (lùi)
2. Yes/No question:
E.g.: ”Do you know her?” my friend asked me.
=> My friend asked me if I knew her
S + asked + O + if/whether + S + V(lùi)
wanted to know
3. Wh - question:
Ex:“What did you buy yesterday?” my mother asked my sister.


=> My mother asked my sister What she had bought the day before.
S + asked/ wanted to know +(O)+ Wh-word…+ S + V(lùi)
Exercise 1:
“ going to work in Ho Chi Minh City .”
I`m
I`m
next July
next July
Thuan said going to work in Ho Chi Minh City .
he was
the next July
“I hope I will be successful in Ho Chi Minh City.
9. Thuan hoped he would be successful in Ho Chi Minh City.

Further Exercise:
Mary said : “My father died a year ago”.
Mary said that ………………………………………
2. John said : “I have finished studying my lesson”.
John said …………………………………………….
3. He asked me : “Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”
He asked me ……………………………………….
4. “Did you phone me yesterday?” Tom asked Mary.
Tom asked Mary ……………………………………
her father had died a year before
he had finished studying his lesson.
why I hadn’t come to class.
if she had phoned him the day before.
Homework
Learn by heart the content of the theory
Do exercises in the workbook
Thank you for attention!