Bài tập - Ngữ pháp - Câu tường thuật

1. He said he was going to the cinema.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

2. She said, "I'm teaching English online."

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

3. "Be quiet! The baby's sleeping," he said.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

4. Susan said she had to study at the weekend.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

5. She asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

6. They said, "We've lived in Singapore for two years."

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

7. Lynne said, "I was walking down the road when I saw Jimmy."

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

8. John said, "I'm coming."

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

9. He asked me why I didn't speak English.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

10. She said that Peter would come later.

• A. Direct Speech
• B. Indirect Speech

11. "I don't understand the lesson at all."
John told me _____________.

• A. he doesn't understand the lesson at all
• B. he didn't understand the lesson at all
• C. I didn't understand the lesson at all

12. "I don't remember putting the keys here."
Peter told Linda _____________.

• A. I didn't remember putting the keys there
• B. he didn't remember putting the keys here
• C. he didn't remember putting the keys there

13. He said that _____________.

• A. he can listen to music and work at the same time
• B. he could listen to music and work at the same time
• C. he is able to listen to music and work at the same time

14. "You must get up earlier."
My mother told me that _____________.

• A. she must get up earlier
• B. she had to get up earlier
• C. I had to get up earlier

15. "These apples are rotten."
April said that _____________.

• A. those apples are rotten
• B. these apples are rotten
• C. those apples were rotten

16. "I'm leaving tomorrow."
Kelvin said that _____________.

• A. he is leaving tomorrow
• B. he was leaving the next day
• C. he was leaving the day before

17. She said _____________.

• A. I was very happy today
• B. she was very happy today
• C. she was very happy that day

18. Tom said that _____________.

• A. he will have an exam next week
• B. he would have an exam the week after
• C. he would have an exam the following week