REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTED STATEMENT
”We have moved into our new flat".
-> My friend said
Japan is a densely populated city".
-> The teacher said
“My parents have already seen this film”. 
->He said
"I know exactly what she did yesterday". 
->He told me
"My sister is working now”. 
->He said
"I'll help you with those exercises tomorrow". 
->Tony said
“I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”. 
->She told me
“I didn’t go to the party”. 
->She said
“We must see these movies tonight”. 
->They said
”I am sure I saw you here last week.” 
->My father told Ben
YES / NO QUESTIONS
”Do you live in the country Peter?” 
He asked me
”Did you see Charles yesterday morning”? 
They wanted to know
”Will we get there on time, John?” 
She wanted to know
”Don’t you know the traffic regulations?” 
The policeman asked
”Can you do your best boys?” 
The coach wanted to know
”Are we going to start work tomorrow?” 
He asked
”Have they ever been to America?” 
She asked
WH-QUESTIONS
“Where did you find these trainers?” 
He asked me
“How can I get to the airport?” 
He asked me
"When will we meet again?" 
She asked me
"Why don't you help me?" 
She asked him
Where have you been? 
The mother asked the daughter
What was she wearing when you saw her? 
The policeman asked me
What time does the plane arrive? 
They asked the manager

4. COMMANDS
'Get out of my way.' 
He told me
'Climb in through the window,' 
He ordered
'Don't worry about anything until tomorrow, Mrs Pitt,' 
Her lawyer told her
'Follow that car,' 
The detective told the taxi-driver
'Don't use bent coins in a slot machine,' 
I ordered him
''Don't argue with your father,' 
I told my boyfriend
Take me up to the 33rd floor,'
 He told the liftman
5. REPORTING VERBS
“You should see a doctor, Mrs Clark” 
He advised
'I’ll bring my CDs to the party” 
She promised
“Let’s go to the concert tonight, shall we? 
She suggested
“Let’s go to the concert tonight, shall we? 
She suggested that
“Come to my party next weekend” 
My friend invited
“I’ll drive you to school” 
My father offered
“Sorry, I won’t be late again” 
The student apologised to the teacher for

Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.

=> She is

2. He works much. He feels tired.

=> The more

3. The apartment is big. The rent is high.

=> The bigger

4. We set off soon. We will arrive soon.

=> The sooner

5.The joke is good. The laughter is loud.

=> The better

I/ Complete the words with the sound  spr/str/sh/s

1.shoes       2...........ictly          3.............angers             4............ing          5........aw

6........ee      7.........ould           8...........eet                     9 a.........onaust      10......ell.

5. Your brother isn't ___ to join the police force.

A. enough tall   B.too tall   C. so tall D. tall enough

6.We're ___ or applying for job after having so many refusals.

A. frightening   B.bored   C. frightened   D.boring

7. I don't think this company can afford ___ any new staff this year.

A.to employ   B. to employing   C.be employing D. to have employed

8.I don't know why she avoids telling us the ___ about what happened.

A.truwe   B.truth   C.truly   D.trust

9. This is the best film I've ___ seen.

A. alresdy   B.ever   C.never   D.just

10.He passed the examination ___ he hadn't been studying seriously.

A. because    B.however   C. unless   D.although

8Cần bài làm + cấu trúc ạ.

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others

Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A. what        

B. when       

C. why         

D. how

2.Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.

A. safe         

B.unsafe     

C.difficult   

D. inconvenient

3.Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.

A.peaceful  

B. much peaceful   

C. less peaceful      

D. much more peaceful

4.In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house.

A. communication 

B.community        

C.communal         

D. commune

5. The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.

A. tradition  

B. traditional          

C. culture     

D. customary

6.____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

A. When      

B. Which     

C. How many        

D. How often

7. There are lots of ____________ objects displayed in Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

A. value

B.valued

C. valuable

D. valuably

8. Many ethnic minority students have to ___________ a long way to their schools everyday.

A.travel

B. ride

C. pass

D. get

Exercise 4: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. He spoke __________ about the life in the countryside in Viet Nam. (optimistic)

2. All of us can realize the ____________ atmosphere in the countryside life. (peace)

3. Some of the ____________ have lived here all their lives. (village)

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. The first Brau _______________(come) to Vietnam about a century ago.

2. The majority of people in Vietnam _______________(belong) to the Kinh ethnic group.

3. Hoa Ban festival ____________(start) on March 17thand ____________(end) on March 19th.

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

1. What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. Flowers in spring        

B.Leaves in autumn.

C.The wild animals and plants.  

D.The change of seasons.

2. What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A.Four season        

B.Winter and autumn

C.Countryside people      

D.Plants

3. In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A.Spring      

B.Summer

C.Autumn    

D.Winter

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

A.Because it was frozen  

B.Because it was contaminated

C.Because it was very fat 

D.Because it wasn’t very fresh

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A.People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B.In the countryside turnips are grown in winter

C.The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D.Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence

1. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married

    Tom and Mary ____________________________________________

2. The film was so boring that I fell asleep

    Because _________________________________________________

3. They built a new bridge over the river

    A new bridge _____________________________________________

     Giúp mik với, mik sẽ tick cho bn

Task  2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.

1. Can you speak              ? My English is not good.

2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep                   .

3. Nowadays, people dress               , so it’s difficult to say which country they are from.

4. It’s not always true that rich people donate                     than poor people.

5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat                  .

Task 3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly.

1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do                .

2. We’ll be late for the fair. Can you drive                   ?

3. On Sunday, we can get up               than usual.

4. The farmers have to work                at harvest time.

5. You look tired. Are you feeling               than you did this morning?

6. My mother has to get up               than us to milk the cows.

Task 4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences

1. People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically/more optimistically about the future than city people.

2. In India, rural areas are more popularly/popular known as the ‘countryside’.

3. A village is less densely populated/more densely populated than a city.

4. City people seem to react quickly/more quickly to changes than country people.

5. Medical help can be less easily/more easily obtained in a city than in the countryside.

6. A buffalo ploughs better/more well than a horse.