Bài ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh khối 11 - Unit five – Exercises on reported speech

UNIT FIVE – EXERCISES ON REPORTED SPEECH – 12-8-2011
I. Indirect commands, requests, etc. are normally expressed by tell, order, ask, beg, advise, 
 remind, warn, etc., with the person addressed and the infinitive. 
 e.g. He said, 'Go away.' ] He told me (Tom/us/them, etc. ) to go away.
1. 'Switch off the TV,' he said to her.	[bật tắt]
2. 'Shut the door, Tom,' she said.
3. 'Lend me your pen for a moment,' I said to Mary.
4. 'Don't watch late-night horror movies,' I warned them.	[phim kinh dị /cảnh báo]
5. 'Don't believe everything you hear,' he warned me.
6. 'Please fill up this form,' the secretary said. 	[điền đầy đủ mẫu đơn]
7. 'Don't hurry,' I said.
8. 'Don't touch that switch, Mary,' I said. 	[chạm vào công-tắc]
9. 'Open the safe!' the raiders ordered the bank clerk.	[két sắt / tên trấn lột]
10. 'Please do as I say,' he begged me.
11. 'Help your mother, Peter,' Mr Pitt said.
12. 'Don't make too much noise, children,' he said.
13. 'Do whatever you like,' she said to us.
14. 'Don't miss your train,' she warned them.	[để lỡ]
15. 'Read it before you sign it,' he said to his client. 	[khách hàng]
16. 'Do sing it again,' he said.
17. 'Don't put your hands near the bars,' the zoo keeper warned us.
18 'Buy a new car,' I advised him.
19. 'Don't drive too fast,' she begged him.
20. 'Don't lean your bicycles against my windows, boys,' said the shopkeeper. 	[tựa vào]
21. 'Come to the cinema with me,' he asked her.
22. 'Cook it in butter,' I advised her.
23. 'Don't touch the gates, madam,' said the lift operator.	 [người giữ thang máy]
24. 'Don't argue with me,' the teacher said to the boy.
25. 'Pull as hard as you can,' he said to him.
26. 'Send for the Fire Brigade,' the manager said to the porter.
27. 'Don't lend her anything,' he advised us.
28. 'Make a list of what you want,' she told us.
29. 'Look at the paper,' he said to her.
30. 'Stand clear of the doors,' a voice warned the people on the platform. 	[sàn tàu / ga]
3.1 'See if you can find any mushrooms, children,' she said. 	 	[nấm]
32. 'Don't go alone,' I warned her.
33. 'Pay at the cash desk, 'the shop assistant said to the customer. 	 [quầy nhận tiền mặt]
34. The notice said, 'Leave this space clear.'
35. 'Remember to write to your mother, 'I said to them.
36. 'Think well before you answer,' the detective warned her.
II. Put the following into indirect speech. In most cases the person addressed must be 
 supplied.
1. He said, 'Get out of my way.' ] He ordered me / his brother to get out of his way.
2. 'Climb in through the window,' he ordered.
3. 'Please pay at the desk,' said the assistant.
4. 'Open your bag, please,' said the store detective.
5. 'Don't worry about anything, Mrs Pitt,' said her solicitor. 'Leave it all to me.'
6. 'Don't use bent coins in a slot machine,' I warned him.	[cong, vênh / máy tiền xu]
7. 'Follow that car,' the detective said to the taxi-driver.	[thám tử]
8. 'Wash it in lukewarm water,' recommended the assistant. 	[nước ấm / đề nghị]
9. 'Have confidence in me,' urged the doctor. 	[lòng tin]
10. 'Take me up to the 33rd floor,' he said to the liftman. 	[người giữ thang máy]
11. 'Read the notice about life-saving equipment,' advised the air-hostess. [cứu hộ]
12. 'Always cook with butter,' said her mother, 'never use margarine.' 	[bơ thực vật]
13. 'Don't argue with your father,' I said.	[tranh luận]
14. 'Remember to prune the roses,' said my aunt.	[cắt tỉa]
15. 'Wait for me at the bridge,' said the young man.
16. 'Don't eat too much starch,' I advised her, 'and avoid fried food.'	[tinh bột]
17. 'Don't say anything to make her angry,' said my father.
18. Notice: Please do not ask at the desk for change for telephone calls.	[tiền lẻ]
19.. 'Don't forget to feed the goldfish,' Mary said to her brother.
20.. 'Cross the line by the footbridge,' said the porter. 	[chân cầu]
21. 'Write to me as often as you can,' said his wife.
22. 'Put your pistol on the table,' said the crook.	[súng lục]
23. 'Please book me a seat in a non-smoker,' said the traveller.
24. 'Don't forget your sandwiches,' said his mother.
25. 'Don't go near the water, children,' she said.	
26. 'Search the house,' said the police sergeant.	[trung sĩ]
27. 'Don't make mountains out of molehills,' he said.	[ụ mối]
28. 'Put down that gun. It's loaded,' she warned.	[có nạp đạn]
III. Put the following into indirect speech using ask, advise, invite, offer, remind, tell, warn.
1. 'Would you like to have lunch with me on Sunday?' he said to me.
2. 'Would you like a cigarette?' said one of the guests.
3. 'Would you mind not smoking between courses?' said their hostess. 	[món ăn]
4. Take these letters to the post, will you? And shut the door as you out,' said the boss.
5. 'Will you help me, please?' she said. 1 can't reach the top shelf.'
6. 'This is a horrible room. Why don't you ask for something better?' he said.
7. If I were you I'd try to get a room on the top floor,' he said.
8. I'll wait for you if you like,' she said.
9. 'Remember to switch off when you've finished,' he said.
10. 'You might check these figures for me,' he said.	[chữ số]
11. 'You'd better apologize for being late,' said my mother.	[xin lỗi]
12. 'Could you check the oil, please?' I asked the mechanic.
13. I wish you'd sit still!' said the artist. 'How do you expect me to paint you when you keep 
 jerking your head?'	[ngọ ngoạy đầu]
14. 'Why don't you go by train? It's much less tiring than driving,' I said.
15. Hotel notice:-Will guests please not play radios loudly after midnight?
16. 'Would you like to wait here?' said the receptionist, showing me into the waiting room.
17. 'You must see this exhibition!' said all my friends.	[triển lãm]
18. 1 should plant daffodils, if I were you,' I said to them.	 [thủy tiên hoa vàng]
19. If you'd just sign the back of the cheque,' said the bank clerk.	[ngân phiếu]
20. I'd be very grateful if you'd forward my letters while I am away,' he said. 	[biết ơn]
KEY 
I. 
1. He told her to switch off the TV 
2. She told Tom to shut 
3. I asked Mary to lend me her pen 
4. I warned them not to watch 
5. He warned me not to believe everything I heard 
6. asked me to fill upthe 
7. I told them not to hurry 
8. warned Mary not to touch the switch
9. ordered the bank clerk to open 
10. begged me to do as he said 
11. told Peter to help his mother 
12. told the children not to make 
13. told us to do whatever we liked 
14. warned them not to miss their train 
15. advised his client to read it before he signed it 
16. begged her to sing it again 
17. warned us not to put our hands 
18. advised him to buy 
19. begged him not to drive 
20. told the boys not to lean their bicycles against his windows 
21. asked her to come with him 
22. advised her to cook it
23. warned the lady not to touch 
24. told the boys not to argue with him 
25. told him to pull as hard as he could 
26. ordered the porter to send 
27. advised us not to lend 28 told us to make a list of what we wanted
29. told her to look 
30. warned the people on the platform to stand clear 
31. asked the children to see if they could 
32. warned her not to go 
33. asked the customer to pay 
34. the notice told us to leave the space clear 
35. I reminded them to write to their 
36. warned her to think well before she answered
II. 
1. told me to get out of his way
2. ordered me to climb 
3. asked the customer to pay 
4. asked her to open her 
5. told Mrs P. not to worry but (to) leave it all to him 
6. warned him not to use 
7. told the taxidriver to follow the car 
8. recommended me to wash 
9. urged me to have confidence in him 
10. told the lift-man to take him 
11. advised the passengers to read
12. told her always to cook. . . and never to use 
13. told him not to argue with his
14. reminded me to prune 
15. told her to wait for him 
16. advised her not to eat . . . and to avoid 
17. advised me not to say 
18. the notice told/asked people not to ask 
19. told her not to forget 
20. advised/told me to cross 
21. asked him to write to her as often as he could
22. told him to put his 
23. asked the porter to find him 
24. told me not to forget my 
25. told the children not to go 
26. told his men to search 
27. told her not to make 
28. told/warned him to put the gun down as it was loaded
III.
1. he invited me to have lunch with him 
2. offered me/her/him a 
3. asked if they'd mind not smoking/asked them not to smoke 
4. told her to take the . . . and to shut the door as she went 
5. asked me to help her as she couldn't 
6. said it was a . . . and advised me to ask 
7. advised me to try to/and get 
8. offered to wait for me/said she'd wait if I liked
9. reminded me to switch off when I'd finished 
10. asked/told me to check the figures for him 
11. advised me to apologize 
12. asked him to check 
13. told me to sit/said he wished I'd sit . . . asked how I expected him to paint me when I kept jerking my head
14. advised him to go by train as it was 
15. The notice asked guests not to play 
16. asked me to wait
17. strongly advised me to see 
18. advised them to plant 
19. asked me to sign
20. asked me to forward . . . while he was