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en the train arrived in Leeds. 
3. My wife told me that she would do the packing while I was away. 
4. He told me not to leave until he phoned me. 
5. The doctor said that after he left hospital they would take him to the South. 
6. The local man explained to me that they would wait for the fisherman to return until it got dark. 
7. My neighbor told me she would let me know as soon as she heard from him./ 
My neighbor promised to let me know as soon as she heard from him. 
8. She said that she would live in town until her husband returned from the expedition and that 
when he returned, they would go to the seaside together. 
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9. The mother told her son to sit still. 
10. John asked/told his friend to come and spend a week with him. 
Bài 12: 
1. Jane asked Bill when he expected to finish his assignment. 
2. The man asked the boy if he could show him the way to the bank. 
3. Fred asked the postman if there were any letters for him that day. 
4. Henry asked the librarian how many books he could borrow at a time. 
5. John asked his friend how he had managed to know his phone number. 
6. He said those old buildings might have already disappeared by the time he was back the 
following year. 
7. The boys asked the old woman what they could do to help her. 
8. The guests asked the doorman where they should leave their coats. 
9. Tom asked his brother why he had advised them to go sight-seeing on foot. 
10. I asked the children who had taken away the magazines from my desk. 
Bài 13: 
1. Jose said she was just leaving the office when she came face to face with a stranger. 
2. Ann asked her brother if he expected to be admitted to the university/ 
3. Rechard asked Jane what she was planning to do the next day. 
4. She asked her boyfriend if it was true that his father had fought in the last war. 
5. Jane asked me where I had been all that time. 
6. Mary asked her husband if he had seen her handbag anywhere. 
7. The inspector asked the woman what she had been doing at 7 o’clock the previous evening. 
8. The passenger told the taxi-driver to hurry up and added that he had to be at the station on time. 
9. Tom wondered why he hadn’t thought of that before. 
10. Father said that the taxi was coming then and asked if everyone was ready. 
Bài 14: 
1. Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both 
ends meet. 
2. He asked her why she was so late; he had been waiting for half an hour already. 
3. She told/advised him not to let them down and added that she would be very embarrassed if he 
went back on his words. 
4. She advised her husband not to drink too much. He might lose control of the car and have a bad 
accident. 
5. The boy asked his mother when they would have lunch and said he was very hungry. 
6. He said he didn’t understand why she had refused to join them on the trip. 
7. She told him she was very glad he had come and invited him to sit down. 
8. Mr. Brown told his wife he didn’t feel like going out that evening and suggested asking the 
Browns to come over for a chat. 
9. John said it was raining too hard to go out and suggested that they should stay at home and 
watch TV instead. 
10. Tom asked me to ring up the station to find out when the train came in. 
Bài 15: 
1. She warned the boys to be careful and not to go too near the edge of the cliff. 
2. My friend begged me to come to help him with the assignment. 
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3. My friend said he wouldn’t buy that sort of raincoat if he was me/-My friend advised me not to 
buy that sort of raincoat. 
4. The janitor asked me to move my bicycle because it was in the way/The janitor asked me if I 
would mind moving my bicycle because it was in the way. 
5. I asked the librarian if I could take out another book OR I asked the librarian for another book. 
6. My mother reminded me to leave the window open when I was using the gas stove. 
7. My teacher advised me to wear my school badge or they wouldn’t let me into the classroom. 
8. My friend invited me to come over to his house for a slide show. 
9. The policeman ordered the drunken driver to show him his driver’s license. 
10. The host invited the visitor to come again the following weekend. 
Bài 16: 
1. He asked me if I had travelled abroad much. 
2. The boss asked the secretary who had written that note. 
3. My friend told me she had just received a postcard from his sister. 
4. The chairman said that the students had also taken part in arranging the conference. 
5. The stranger asked me if I had been there long. 
6. The policeman asked the boy if he had really seen that happen with his own eyes. 
7. She remarked that she hoped they would have taken a decision by the end of the meeting. 
8. He asked her if she had watched the detective film on Tv the day before/the previous day. 
9. He said that story had happened long before and that few people remembered anything about it. 
10. She said that she hadn’t read so interesting a book since she didn’t remember when. 
Bài 17: 
1. Tom asked the girl when she had had the picture taken. 
2. Tom suggested going somewhere for a cup of coffee after class. 
3. John suggested that Mary should wear her hair a little longer. 
4. The landlady invited the guest to have another cup of tea. 
5. My sister suggested us going to see Aunt Marry on the Sunday. 
6. She asked me if I had ever seen a flying saucer. 
7. James offered to type the letter for me. 
8. Alfred denied using/having used John’s cassette player and said that someone else did. 
9. Father said he had been the superintendent while that school was being built. 
10. The woman said that if she had a gas stove it would save her a lot of time. 
Bài 18: 
1. She said she was going to Paris soon. 
2. I thought the film would be interesting. 
3. She said she couldn’t help me because she had too much to do. 
4. I was told Anna had bought the tickets. 
5. She said she thought it was a stupid idea, and it wouldn’t work. 
6. The receptionist explained that breakfast was served between 7.00 and 9.00. 
7. He boasted that he had been to Oxford University in the 1960s. 
8. She told me she’d never been to America. 
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Bài 19: 
 1. She asked me if I wanted to go out for a meal. 
 2. They wondered why she was late. 
 3. He asked me if he could use my phone. 
 4. the customs officer asked me where I’d come from. 
 5. She wanted to know how long I was going to be on holiday. 
 6. She asked me when I had to go to work. 
 7. Penny wondered if I’d posted her letter 
 8. He asked her if she’d be back early. 
Bài 20: 
 1. Tom asked me where I was going. 
 2. Mike asked me where I was going to spend the holiday. 
 3. Jennifer asked me what I would do when I left school. 
 4. The nurse wanted to know how the doctor knew her name. 
 5. The clerk asked me whether / if I had an appointment. 
 6. Bernard wondered whether / if his wife had seen his car keys. 
 7. Isobel’s brother wanted to know why she hadn’t phoned him. 
 8. Richard asked James to carry his briefcase. 
 9. Charles asked the receptionist when he could see the doctor. 
Bài 21: 
1. He said to her she was his friend. 
2. John said to his mother he didn’t know how to do that exercise. 
3. My brother advised me not to come back before one o’clock. 
4. Mrs. Brown told her daughter to cook in butter. 
5. The students asked their teacher to give them better marks. 
6. She told me to pull as hard as I could. 
7. He asked who had put salt in his coffee. 
8. My friend asked me if I was going to leave the day after. 
9. My mother asked me if I had done my homework. 
10. I asked Bill what time he had gone to bed the night before. 
11. Paul said that he had to go home then. 
12. The policeman said that there had been an accident and the road was blocked. 
13. The children said that they were waiting for the school bus. 
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14. Mary said that her father had died a year before. 
15. Mrs. Brown asked me if I had to go then. 
16. His mother asked him whose bicycle he had borrowed the day before. 
17. The teacher said that it wasn’t so foggy that day as it had been the day before. 
18. My father told me to be modest if I was a good student. 
19. She told us to shut the door but not to lock it. 
20. Tom said that New York is bigger than London. 
21. They begged us to help them. 
22. She told me not to forget to send my parents her regards. 
23. The travellers asked me how long it took to get to London. 
24. John said that he had finished studying his lesson. 
25. Mary said to John she couldn’t go to the movies with him. 
26. He asked me why I hadn’t come to class the day before. 
27. Tom asked Mary if she had phoned him the day before. 
28. He asked me if I liked it and I said that I did. 
29. She said to Tom she hadn’t known them and asked him if he had known them. 
30. The policeman told everybody to avoid the Marble Arch because there was going to be a big 
demonstration there. 
31. Handing me a bottle of pills, the doctor told me not to take more than 2 of those at once. 
32. They asked me to go to the zoo. 
33. He said that he shouldn’t do that if he were me because it was very dangerous. 
34. They said to me when they had finished that game they would have supper. 
35. John said that she had to wash her hair and asked Alice if she had got any shampoo. 
36. He told me to listen and asked me if I Heard someone coming. 
37. He told me to do as he told me or I would be punished and said that he would teach me who 
was master in that house. 
38. My mother said that it was rather chilly that day and asked me to light the fire there when I had 
cleaned the sitting room. 
39. Mary said to her friend she would expect to see him the following Wednesday. 
40. The teacher asked John which book he was talking about. 
41. I asked the policeman if he knew how far it was to the station. 
42. Ann exclaimed what a dirty face her son had. 
43. The teacher asked his students whether they knew how to behave and remarked that there must 
be no talking in lessons. 
44. She wondered who was coming on the excursion the next day and hoped it wouldn’t rain. 
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45. Mrs. Brown told him to do as he was told and complained that he was a naughty boy. 
46. Jim said that it was a very nice evening and suggested going out for a walk. 
47. She asked (urged) her daughter to decide what she wanted to do. 
48. Mary asked me if I could tell her why I was so sad. 
49. Jane asked John who would come to the pictures with her. 
50. Jane asked her friend to find out when he last wrote to her. 
Bài 22: 
1 B 11 A 21 D 31 A 41 D 
2 A 12 A 22 C 32 D 42 B 
3 D 13 B 23 A 33 A 43 A 
4 C 14 A 24 A 34 B 44 B 
5 C 15 B 25 A 35 C 45 A 
6 D 16 B 26 C 36 A 46 C 
7 D 17 C 27 B 37 A 47 C 
8 A 18 C 28 B 38 A 48 D 
9 A 19 C 29 A 39 B 49 C 
10 B 20 D 30 C 40 C 50 D 
Bài 23: 
1. She said, "I am reading." 
→ She said that she was reading. 
2. They said, "We are busy." 
→ They said that they were busy. 
3. He said, "I know a better restaurant." 
→ He said that he knew a better restaurant. 
4. She said, "I woke up early." 
→ She said that she had woken up early. 
5. He said, "I will ring her." 
→ He said that he would ring her. 
6. They said, "We have just arrived." 
→ They said that they had just arrived. 
7. He said, "I will clean the car." 
→ He said that he would clean the car. 
8. She said, "I did not say that." 
→ She said that she had not said that. 
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are." 
→ She said that she did not know where her shoes were. 
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone." 
→ He said that he would not tell anyone. 
Bài 24: 
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1. They said, "This is our book." 
→ They said that was their book. 
2. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday." 
→ She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before. 
3. He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow." 
→ He said that he was writing a test the next day. 
4. You said, "I will do this for him." 
→ You said that you would do that for him. 
5. She said, "I am not hungry now." 
→ She said that she was not hungry then. 
6. They said, "We have never been here before." 
→ They said that they had never been there before. 
7. They said, "We were in London last week." 
→ They said that they had been in London the week before. 
8. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow." 
→ He said that he would have finished that paper by the next day. 
9. He said, "They won't sleep." 
→ He said that they wouldn't sleep. 
10. She said, "It is very quiet here." 
→ She said that it was very quiet there. 
Bài 25: 
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked. 
→ She asked where her umbrella was. 
2. "How are you?" Martin asked us. 
→ Martin asked us how we were. 
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?" 
→ He asked if he had to do it. 
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter. 
→ The mother asked her daughter where she had been. 
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend. 
→ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best. 
6. "What are they doing?" she asked. 
→ She wanted to know what they were doing. 
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me. 
→ He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema. 
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?" 
→ The teacher wanted to know who spoke English. 
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me. 
→ She asked me how I knew that. 
10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me. 
→ My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin. 
Bài 26: 
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1. "What's the time?" he asked. 
→ He wanted to know what the time was. 
2. "When will we meet again?" she asked me. 
→ She asked me when we would meet again. 
3. "Are you crazy?" she asked him. 
→ She asked him if he was crazy. 
4. "Where did they live?" he asked. 
→ He wanted to know where they had lived. 
5. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her. 
→ He asked her if she would be at the party. 
6. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me. 
→ She asked me if I could meet her at the station. 
7. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked. 
→ The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer. 
8. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him. 
→ She wanted to know why he didn't help her. 
9. "Did you see that car?" he asked me. 
→ He asked me if I had seen that car. 
10. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins. 
→ The mother asked the twins if they had tidied up their room. 
Bài 27: 
1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said. 
→ The teacher told Joe to stop talking. 
2. "Be patient," she said to him. 
→ She told him to be patient. 
3. "Go to your room," her father said to her. 
→ Her father told her to go to her room. 
4. "Hurry up," she said to us. 
→ She told us to hurry up. 
5. "Give me the key," he told her. 
→ He asked her to give him the key. 
6. "Play it again, Sam," she said. 
→ She asked Sam to play it again. 
7. "Sit down, Caron" he said. 
→ He asked Caron to sit down. 
8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said. 
→ The receptionist asked the guest to fill in the form. 
9. "Take off your shoes," she told us. 
→ She told us to take off our shoes. 
10. "Mind your own business," she told him. 
→ She told him to mind his own business. 
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Bài 28: 
1. "Don't touch it," she said to him. 
→ She told him not to touch it. 
2. "Don't do that again," he said to me. 
→ He told me not to do that again. 
3. "Don't talk to me like that," he said. 
→ He told her not to talk to him like that. 
4. "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him. 
→ She warned him not to repair the computer himself. 
5. "Don't let him in," she said. 
→ She told me not to let him in. 
6. "Don't go out without me," he begged her. 
→ He begged her not to go out without him. 
7. "Don't forget your bag," she told me. 
→ She told me not to forget my bag. 
8. "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said. 
→ The chemistry teacher told his students not to eat in the lab. 
9. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her. 
→ He advised her not to give herself up. 
10. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said. 
→ She told the boys not to hurt themselves. 
Bài 29: 
1. She said, "Go upstairs." 
→ She told me to go upstairs. 
2. "Close the door behind you," he told me. 
→ He told me to close the door behind me. 
3. "Don't be late," he advised us. 
→ He advised us not to be late. 
4. "Stop staring at me," she said. 
→ She told him to stop staring at her. 
5. "Don't be angry with me," he said. 
→ He asked her not to be angry with him. 
6. "Leave me alone," she said. 
→ She told me to leave her alone. 
7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us. 
→ She warned us not to drink and drive. 
8. "John, stop smoking," she said. 
→ She told John to stop smoking. 
9. "Don't worry about us," they said. 
→ They told her not to worry about them. 
10. "Meet me at the cinema." he said. 
→ He asked me to meet him at the cinema. 
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Bài 30: 
1. He said, "I like this song." 
→ He said that he liked that song. 
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me. 
→ She asked me where my sister was. 
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said. 
→ She said that she didn't speak Italian. 
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said. 
→ They asked me to say hello to Jim. 
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said. 
→ He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock. 
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said. 
→ She told the boys not to play on the grass. 
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him. 
→ She asked him where he had spent his money. 
8. "I never make mistakes," he said. 
→ He said that he never made mistakes. 
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know. 
→ He wanted to know if she knew Robert. 
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience. 
→ The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home. 
Bài 31: 
1. "I was very tired," she said. 
→ She said that she had been very tired. 
2. "Be careful, Ben," she said. 
→ She told Ben to be careful. 
3. "I will get myself a drink," she says. 
→ She says that she will get herself a drink. 
4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me. 
→ He wondered why I hadn't phoned him. 
5. "I cannot drive them home," he said. 
→ He said that he could not drive them home. 
6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says. 
→ She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee. 
7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me. 
→ She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before. 
8. He said, "Don't go too far." 
→ He advised her not to go too far. 
9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us. 
→ He wanted to know if we had been shopping. 
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10. "Don't make so much noise," he says. 
→ He asks us not to make so much noise.