Question

[Anh Quỳnh]

put the following into reported speech bài nâng cao

1. He expects a lot of work for very little money, complained one of his secretaries. Yes, he does, agreed the other ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Hurrah! I've passed the first exam! he axclaimed. Congratulations! I said, and good luck with the second ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. I'm sorry I'm late, she said. The bus broken down. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Ugh! There's a slug in my lettuca. Waiter! he said __________________________________________________________________

5. Cigarette ? He said .

Thank, I said _________________________________________________________________

6. Let's have a rest, said Tom. Yes, let's, said Ann __________________________________________________________________

7. The lake will probably freeze tonight, said Peter. It's colder than last night _________________________________________________________________

8. I'm thingking of going by bus, said Bill. I wouldn't take the bus if I were you, said his aunt. It's an awfully bad service _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9.You've leaked the information to the press! Said his colleagues. No, I haven't, he said. Liar! said Tom ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. We hope you'll have a good journey, my parents said. Don't forget to keep in touch regurlaly. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

[Song Quỳnh]

1. He expects a lot of work for very little money, complained one of his secretaries. Yes, he does, agreed the other

One of his secretaries complained that he expected a lot of work for very little money and the other agreed

2. Hurrah! I've passed the first exam! he axclaimed. Congratulations! I said, and good luck with the second

He exclaimed with delight that he had passed the first exam so I congratulated him and wished him good luck with the second

3. I'm sorry I'm late, she said. The bus broken down.

She apologized for being late and explained that the bus had broken down

4. Ugh! There's a slug in my lettuca. Waiter! he said

He exclaimed with disgust that there was a slug in his lettuce and called the waiter

5. Cigarette ? He said .

Thank, I said

He offered me a cigarette, but I promptly declined.

Answer 2

[Song Quỳnh]

6. Let's have a rest, said Tom. Yes, let's, said Ann

Tom suggested having a rest and Ann agreed

7. The lake will probably freeze tonight, said Peter. It's colder than last night

Peter said the lake would probably freeze that night; it was much colder than the previous night

8. I'm thinking of going by bus, said Bill. I wouldn't take the bus if I were you, said his aunt. It's an awfully bad service

Bill said he was thinking of going by bus but his aunt advised him not to take the bus as it was an awfully bad service

9.You've leaked the information to the press! Said his colleagues. No, I haven't, he said. Liar! said Tom

His colleagues accused him of having leaked the information to the press. He denied it. Tom called him a liar

10. We hope you'll have a good journey, my parents said. Don't forget to keep in touch regularly.

My parents wished me a good journey and reminded me to keep in touch regularly