Class 11- Unit 5

Reported Speech with To-infinitive

S + reporting verb + To-infinitive S + reporting verb + To-infinitive

request promise
order threaten
advise offer
invite refuse
warn agree
remind wish
tell/ask ->used to report promises(lời hứa),
-> used to report requests(lời yêu cầu),orders threaten(lời đe doạ),offer(lời đề nghị),...
(mệnh lệnh),advices(lời khuyên),invitation(lời mời),...
Note:changes
1.Tense 2. Person 3.Place/time......
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Simple present -> Simple past I -> he/she this -> that
Present continuous -> Past continuous You -> I/we these -> those
Present perfect -> Past perfect we -> they here -> there
Simple past -> Past perfect my -> his/her now -> then
Past continuous -> Past perfect continuous your -> my/our ago -> before
Past perfect -> Past perfect our -> their today -> that day
Future -> would + V tomorrow -> the next day
Future continuous -> would + be + V-ing yesterday -> the day before
lastnight -> the night before
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EXERCISE

Write following sentences in reported speech, using the right form of the words given in the brackets.
1. “ You really must listen to your teacher. ”(tell)
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2. “ Marry said to us, “ You really ought to get some help.” (advise)
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3. “ Would you mind turn on the light?”(ask)
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4. “ I’ll try to make my wife happy.” (promise)
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5. “ Let me give you a hand.”(offer)
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6. “I think you should apologize your sister.”(advise)
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7. “ I can lend you some money,” Tom said (offer)
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8. “ Please do not tell my parents about this,” she said to me (beg)
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9. She said, “ I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight.” (refuse)
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10. “ If you do that again,I’ll leave,” she said angrily (threaten)
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11. “ I hope that I can leave this house to my children” old man said (wish)
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12. “ I am going to go to the supermarket tomorrow.”(told)
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