CE81a CE 81
Date : ngaøy thaùng
Time : giôø phuùt ~ giôø phuùt
Name: _____________________
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
A. Pronunciation
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the others
1. a. show b. cow c. brown
2. a. coat b. note c. hot
3. a. country b. ceiling c.
recover
4. a. done b. home c. own
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed
differently from the others
1. a. arrange b. replace c. visit
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2. a. knowledge b. result c.
method
3. a. interesting b. expensive c.
attentive
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B. Reported speech: statements: lời nói gián tiếp
dạng câu phát biểu (câu xác đònh và phủ đònh)
 Lời nói gián tiếp là ta tường thuật lại lời của
một người nào đó đã nói.
_ He said: “I am a student”. (trực tiếp)
→
He said that he was a student. (gián tiếp)
 Một số qui tắc

Ago → Before
Tomorrow → The following day
Next week… → The following week
_ She said to me: “I like this car”.
→
She told me that she liked that car.
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Choose the correct answer
1. _ He said: “I want to live here.”
→He said that (he / I) wanted to live (here / there).
2. She (said / told) me that (I / she) had met me (ago /
before).
3. Vicky said “I don’t know where Mary is”
Vicky said he didn’t know where Mary (was / is).
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3. Chuyển đổi thì
 Trường hợp động từ giới thiệu ở thì quá khứ,
khi ta chuyển lời nói trực tiếp sang gián tiếp, ta lùi
thì về 1 bậc
Present simple → Past simple
_ Tom said: “I never eat meat.”
→
Tom said (that) he never ate meat

Change the following sentences into the reported
speech
1. He said: “I am a student now.”

7. Tom said “I am repairing Judy’s car”
Tom told me________________________________
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CE83b
Present perfect → Past perfect
_ He said: “I have seen that film.”
→
He said that he had seen that film.
Change the following sentences into the reported
speech
1. David said: “I’ve been to Dalat.”
David said__________________________________
2. Sarah said: “I’ve ever lived in Paris.”
Sarah said that_______________________________
3. Peter said: “I’ve finished this exercise already.”
Peter said that_______________________________
4. They said to me: “We haven’t known these girls
”
They told me________________________________
5. “I’ve not met John today” she said.
She said that________________________________
6. She said to him: “I’ve never seen your sister”
She told him________________________________
7. He said “I haven’t caught any fish at all”
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He said that_________________________________
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He said he was sitting / had been sitting in the
park at 8 o’clock.
Change the following sentences into the reported
speech
1. They said: “We were cooking at 7 a.m.”
They said__________________________________
2. He said to me: “I was reading your book.”
He told me_________________________________
3. She said: “I was writing a letter.”
She said___________________________________
4. Lan said: “My mom was cleaning the door.”
Lan said___________________________________
5. Ha said: “We were typing a document.”
Ha said____________________________________
6. He said to us: “I was washing your car.”
He told us__________________________________
7. They said “We were playing tennis at 5
yesterday”
They told me_______________________________
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CE85a CE 85
Past perfect → Past perfect
_ John said: “My money had run out.”
→
John said his money had run out.
Change the following sentences into the reported
speech
1. She said: “Lan had become famous by
1988.”

Bill said that________________________________
4.“I was watching TV at 7 o’clock.”
Mary said that_______________________________
5.“It took me two hours to get here.”
He told me_________________________________
6.“I think I’m wrong.”
She said____________________________________
7. Stella said: “I have forgotten to do my homework.
Stella told the teacher________________________
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8. My mother said to me “I don’t want you to go at
night”
My mother told me___________________________
CE86a CE 86
Date : ngaøy thaùng
Time : giôø phuùt ~ giôø phuùt
Name: _____________________
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Modal verbs → Modal verbs in the past
must → must / had to can → could
will → would may → might
_ He said: “I must finish this report.”
→
He said he must / had to finish that report.
Report these statements, using the verbs
suggested
_ “I can’t help you.”
→
She told me she couldn’t help me.

there.”
She said____________________________________
3. “I must clean the floor. It is very dirty”
Daisy said __________________________________
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CE87a CE 87
Report these sentences, using the verbs suggested
_ “The film will be interesting.”
→
I thought that the film would be interesting.
1. “You will have to clean the floor this evening.”
They told me________________________________
2. “He can’t understand this problem because he is
not intelligent.”
She said____________________________________
3.“This hospital is being rebuilt now. It was
destroyed by the storm.”
People said that______________________________
4.“You have made these mistakes again. You’re so
careless.”
The teacher told me__________________________
5.“Ann is sick so I must come to visit her today.”
He said____________________________________
6. He said to his mother “I will take you to go to the
market tomorrow”
He said____________________________________
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1.She said: “I’m going to meet Jane today.”
a. She said that she is going to meet Jane today.
b. She said that she was going to meet Jane that
day.
c. She said that she was going to meet Jane today.
2.She said to me: “I saw your sister yesterday.”
a. She told to me she saw my sister the day before.
b. She said me she had seen my sister the day
before.
c. She told me she saw my sister the day before.
3.He said he lived there two weeks before.
a. He said: “I lived here two weeks ago.”
b. He said: “He lives here two weeks ago.”
c. He said: “I live here two weeks before.”
4.She said: “I must stay home because it is rainy.”
a. She said she must stay home because it is rainy.
b. She said she must stay home because it was
rainy.
c. She said I had to stay home because it was rainy.
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CE88b
Chú ý:
 Trường hợp động từ giới thiệu ở hiện tại hoặc
câu trực tiếp diễn tả chân lý đúng, khi đổi câu trực
tiếp sang gián tiếp, ta không phải lùi thì, cũng không
đổi các trạng từ…
_ He says: “I will go home tomorrow.”
→ He says he will go home tomorrow.
_ She says: “An hour has sixty minutes.”

The teacher says_____________________________
6. She said: “I can’t tidy my room up. I’m busy with
homework.”
She said____________________________________
7. He says “I enjoy swimming and reading”
He says ___________________________________
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Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form
_ We (already / see) have already seen this film.
1. They (find) ________ the boy yesterday.
2. I (sleep) ________ soundly last night.
3. She (tell) ________ me that she would visit my
father the following day.
4. Lan often (go) ________ to school late.
5. Would you mind (open) ________ the window?
6. We decide (go) ________ out for a walk.
7. He agreed (give) ________ her some money.
8. She suggested (organise) ________ a party.
9. By the time he arrived, we (leave) ________.
10. Lan (not / complete) ________ her test yet.
11. We (talk) ________ about John when you
appeared.
12. We (not / watch) ________ TV last night.
13. Mr. Brown used (play) ________ football when
he (be) ________ young.
14. The teacher (say) ________ “The sun sets in the
west”
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2. She ________ me that she liked coffee.
a. said b. told c. told to d. tells
3. ________ the shortages, the villagers managed
to send their children to school.
a. Because b. Although
c. Because of d. In spite of
4. She is interested ________ books.
a. of b. in c. at d. from
5. The meal ________.
a. has already prepared b. already prepared
c. has already been prepared d. prepares
6. We have lived here ________ 10 years.
a. for b. since c. when d. after
7. I ________ my friends about my party, and they
________ they would come.
a. told / told b. said / told
c. told / said d. said / said
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