Bài 14: Câu tường thuật - Reported speech (Phần 2)

 Kiến thức mở rộng của câu tường thuật:

- Con người, thời gian và nơi chốn trong câu tường thuật

- Phân biệt cách dùng 3 động từ say, tell, speak

- Cách tường thuật câu hỏi

- Cách tường thuật những mệnh lệnh, yêu cầu

- Một số động từ tường thuật khác

Bài 14: REPORTED SPEECH (PHẦN 2)

Contents
- People, places, time
- say, tell, speak
- Reporting questions
- Reporting commands and requests
- Other reporting verbs

People, places, time
"I'll see you here tomorrow."
Obama said he would see me there the next day.

"I bought this book yesterday."
Martin said he had bought the book the day before.

Say, tell, speak
"It's warm today," she said.
- She said it was warm.
- She told me it was warm.

"I come from Slovenia."
- She said to me that she comes from Slovenia.
- She told me that she comes from Slonevia.

Simon spoke to me in the supermarket yesterday. 

Reporting questions: WH-
"Where do you live?"
- He asked me where I lived.

"Where is the bus station?"
- She asked where the bus station was.

"What are you doing?"
- He asked what I was doing.

"why did you go there?"
- She wondered why I had gone there.

"Where have you come from?"
- He asked me where I had come from.

Reporting questions: Yes-No
"Do you live in Athens?"
- He asked if I lived in Athens.

"Does the London train stop here?"
- She asked me if the London train stopped here.

"Did you speak to Rachel?"
- He wanted to know whether I had spoken to Rachel.

"Are you a student?"
- She asked me whether I was a student.

Reporting commands & requests
"Wait! Wait!
- I told him to wait.

"Please wait!"
- I asked him to wait.

Other reporting verbs
"I wouldn't buy that car, Janos, if I were you."
- I advised Janos not to buy the car.

"Ok, I'll give you a lift," said Jenny.
- Jenny agreed to give her a lift.

 "I'm really sorry for being so late," said Maria.
- Maria apologized for being late.

"Do you think you could help me, Sue?"
- I asked Sue to help me.

"I'll have the fish soup, please," said Bill.
- Bill decided to have the fish soup.

"No, I didn't take it! I wasn't even there!" said Alice.
- Alice denied taking it.

"Would you like to come to the cinema on Saturday, Pam?
- I invited Pam to the cinema on Saturday.

"Shall I carry your case, Dawn?" said Peter.
- Peter offered to carry Dawn's case.