Tan Thoi Secondary School Teacher: Nguyen Thien Hanh Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech. 1. Hoa said that she had to go to the lecture. → Hoa said, "I have to go to the lecture." 2. Hung said he would return in half an hour. 3. Hanh said that she couldn't finish the work by three o'clock. 4. Nam told me that he was going to the countryside for his holiday. 5. He said he was going to ask his father to buy him a new bicycle. 6. Lan said that she couldn't understand the new words in the reading passage. 7. Lien said that she knew those girls quite well. 8. Mai said that she liked drinking orange juice. Exercise 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first. 1. "The window need painting," the worker said. The worker said that _____________________________. 2. "Your new shirt is very nice, Nam," Hoa said. Hoa told Nam that _____________________________. 3. She told the milkman to bring her three bottles of milk every day. The milkman _____________________________. 4. "You must do your homework with great care, Hung" the teacher said. The teacher told Hung that _____________________________. 5. "I'm very hungry, Mom," the boy said. The boy told his mother _____________________________. 6. "Your voice is very sweet, Mary," John said. John told Mary that _____________________________. 7. "You can't put your shoes on this chair, Robert," the teacher said. The teacher told him that _____________________________. 8. Peter taught Nam to drive on the left in England. Nam was _____________________________. 9. The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell. Alexander Bell _____________________________. 10. Nam said to me, "You have to turn the lights off before leaving." Nam told me _____________________________. Exercise 3: Write complete sentences, using the word or phrases given. 1. That book / publish / a few years ago. 2. The magazines / put / shelf / the corner. English 8 Week: 29 Period: 29 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS (continued) 1 Tan Thoi Secondary School Teacher: Nguyen Thien Hanh 3. These toys / sell / Disneyland / Hong Kong. 4. My house / build / 2001. 5. This computer / make / China. 6. These old clothes / collect / the poor children. 7. These reports / finish / by / five o'clock. 8. Nam / said / he / attend / the lecture / that night. (continued) English 8 2 . magazines / put / shelf / the corner. English 8 Week: 29 Period: 29 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS (continued) 1 Tan Thoi Secondary School Teacher: Nguyen Thien Hanh 3. These toys / sell / Disneyland / Hong. children. 7. These reports / finish / by / five o'clock. 8. Nam / said / he / attend / the lecture / that night. (continued) English 8 2 . understand the new words in the reading passage. 7. Lien said that she knew those girls quite well. 8. Mai said that she liked drinking orange juice. Exercise 2: Complete the second sentence so that