* 4 bước để chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu tường thuật :
B1: Chọn từ tường thuật: said, told, .....
B2: "Lùi thì" động từ.
B3: Đổi các đại từ và các tính từ sở hữu.
B4: Đổi các từ chỉ nơi chốn và thời gian.
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1. He said that was the book I had been looking for.
2. She said that I could come with them if I liked.
3. The old man said that he would take me to his house then.
4. He was still declaring that I was the man who had done it.
5. The man said announced that the hero was coming.
6. She said that she had written to her sister only the week before.
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1. The man declared that he would be doing exactly the same work the following Monday as I was doing that day.
2. The foreigner told him that he was French but he had learnt English at school.
3. The boy said that he had to go to the dentist the following day .
4. We were informed that the car was ready, we would have to get back before the clock strikes four.
5. The librarian said that book had lent to him the weeks before and he hasd only just had returned it.
6. The girl said taht she had been born in 1954 and I had been living in this small town since.
7. They said that they had stayed there for a month, we would go home the following week.
8.He repeated day after day that climate did not suit his health, he had to go away as soon as could.