(Reported Speech) là câu thuật lại lời nói dưới dạng gián tiếp, lời nói đó không đặt trong dấu ngoặc kép.
Câu trực tiếp Câu tường thuật
My mom said: “You did a great job My mom said I had done a great job the yesterday”. day before. 1. Câu tường thuật ở dạng câu kể
S + say(s) /said + (that) + S + V(lùi thì)
S+ tells /told + 0 + (that) + S + V (lùi thì) He said, “I like my room very much”. . He said that he liked his room very much.
He said to me “I like my room very much”.
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He told me that he liked his room very much.
He said, “I like my room very much”. . He said that he liked his room very much. . Bước 2: Thay đổi thì
He said, “I like my room very much”.
. He said that he liked his room very much. “ I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” she said ”Are you upset?” he asked Câu hỏi đúng sai (Yes/No questions)
Dạng công thức câu tường thuật dạng câu hỏi này thường bắt đầu bằng động từ to be hoặc trợ động từ. (do ,does, did, will…)
S + asked/wanted to know/wondered + if/whether + S + V
”Are you upset?” he asked
He asked if/whether I was upset.
We asked them: “Where are you going on Sunday afternoon?” Câu hỏi nghi vấn (Wh-questions) Đây là loại câu bắt đầu bằng các từ nghi vấn như Why, When, What, Who, Which…
S + asked (+O)/wanted to know/wondered + Wh-words + S + V.
We asked them: “Where are you going on Sunday afternoon?”
->We asked them where they were going on Sunday afternoon Cấu trúc câu tường thuật ở dạng câu mệnh lệnh
S+ told+ 0+(not) to+ vo ( ko cần lùi thì)
•She said to him, “Please pass me the salt.” → She told him to pass her the salt.