1 ''Can I use your phone ?'' he said to me -->He asked me.... 2 He says''The river is rising early this year'' -->He says............ 3 ''Is this your new calculator,Mai?''Nam asked --->Nam asked Mai ...... 4 John said to me''How did you come here?'' John asked me ............ 5 He said to me''Do you like to live in Orange Country?'' -->He asked .......... 6 Mr Smith said to her''Where will you go on your vacation?'' --->Mr Smith asked her............... 7 She said to me ''Who is this book'' --->She asked............. 8 ''Can i use your phone '' he said to me --->He asked me.......

`1.` He asked me if he could use my phone

`2.` He says that the river is rising early this year

Động từ tường thuật (say) không ở dạng quá khứ thì không lùi thì

`3.` Nam asked Mai if that was her new calculator

`4.` John asked me how I had come there

`5.` He asked me if I liked to live in Orange Country

`6.` Mr Smith asked her where she would go on her vacation

`7.` She asked me who that book was

`8.` He asked me if he could use my phone

*Statement:

S + said + (that) + S + V_lùi thì

S + said + to + O + (that) + S + V_lùi thì

S + told + O + (that) + S + V_lùi thì

*Yes - No question: S + asked + (O) + if/ whether + S + V_lùi thì

*Wh - question: S asked + (O) + question word + S + V_lùi thì

*Lùi thì:

Quá khứ đơn → Quá khứ hoàn thành

Hiện tại đơn → Quá khứ đơn

Hiện tại hoàn thành → Quá khứ hoàn thành

Hiện tại tiếp diễn → Quá khứ tiếp diễn

Quá khứ tiếp diễn → Quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

Hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn → Quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

will → would

can → could

may → might 

must → had to

shall → should

be going to → was/ were going to