I. Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning: 1. They said, “We are learning English now” 2. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said. 3. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” 4. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said 5. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor. 6. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students. 7. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said. 8. Marry said, “My father died a year ago”. 9. “I shall expect to see you next Wednesday.” Mary said to her friend. 10. She said, “I went to the doctor yesterday.”

`1.` They said ( that ) they were learning English then.

`-` Câu tường thuật thì HTTD ( be Ving ) lùi thành QKTD ( was/were Ving ).

`-` Trạng từ now `->` then.

`2.` Tom said ( that ) his friend was coming the following week.

`-` Câu tường thuật thì HTTD ( be Ving ) lùi thành QKTD ( was/were Ving ).

`-` next week `->` the following week/ the next week...

`3.` He/She said ( that ) he would help his/her mum with housework that weekend.

`-` Câu tường thuật thì TLĐ ( will + Vinf ) lùi thành TLĐ trong QK ( would Vinf ).

`-` Chủ ngữ "He/she" `->` lùi tính từ sở hữu "my" thành "his/her".

`-` Đại từ chỉ định "this" `->` "that".

`4.` My friend said ( that ) his/her father was a doctor there.

`-` Câu tường thuật thì HTĐ lùi thành QKĐ.

`-` here `->` there.

`5.` The boy told his neighbor ( that ) he was going on holiday the next day.

`-` tomorrow `->` the next day / the following day, ...

`6.` The teacher told me that I would have to finish all those exercises before the next week.

`-` Câu tường thuật thì TLĐ ( will + Vinf ) lùi thành TLĐ trong QK ( would Vinf ).

`-` Đại từ chỉ định these `->` those.

`-` next week `->` the next week / the following week, ...

`7.` She said ( that ) she had come back there early the day before.

`-` QKĐ ( Ved/V2 ) `->` QKHT ( had V3 ).

`-` Trạng từ nơi chốn here `->` there.

`-` yesterday `->` the day before/ the previous day

`8.` Marry said ( that ) her father had died a year before.

`-` QKĐ ( Ved/V2 ) `->` QKHT ( had V3 ).

`-` ago `->` before.

`9.` Mary told her friend that she should expect to see her next Wednesday.

`-` shall `->` should.

`10.` She said ( that ) she had gone to the doctor the day before.

`-` QKĐ ( Ved/V2 ) `->` QKHT ( had V3 ).

`-` yesterday `->` the day before/ the previous day