a. She said that she was very tired. (HTĐ -> QKĐ)

b. He said he would see them soon. (will -> would)

c. She said she was going to the cinema. (HTTD -> QKTD)

d. He said he saw the children quite often. (HTĐ -> QKĐ)

e. She said she was having a bath. (HTĐ -> QKĐ)

f. She said she had already met their parents. (HTHT -> QKHT)

g. She said she had stayed in a hotel for a few weeks. (QKĐ -> QKHT)

h. He said he must go home to make dinner. (không chuyển vì "must" đã thuộc dạng quá khứ)

i. She said she hadn't been waiting long. (HTHTTD -> QKHTTD)

j. He said he was listening to the radio. (HTTD -> QKTD)

k. She said she would tell them the news on Saturday. (will -> would)

l. He said he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis. (HTĐ -> QKĐ)

          ≡ Muốn chuyển câu trực tiếp thành gián tiếp:

→ Chuyển thì : HTĐ -> QKĐ ; HTTD -> QKTD ; QKĐ -> QKHT ; HTHT -> QKHT ; ...

→ Đối với động từ khiếm khuyết : may -> must ; will -> would ; ....

→ Thay đổi một số từ như : ourselves -> themselves ; my -> his/her ; ....

→ Đổi : this -> that ; these -> those ; here -> there ; now -> then ; today -> that day ; tomorrrow -> the next day ; yesterday -> the previous day ; ....

a, She said she was very tired

b, He said he would see them soon

c, She said she was going to the cinema

d, He said he saw the children quite often

e, She said she was having a bath

f, She said she had already met their parents

g, She said she had stayed in a hotel for a few weeks

h, He said he had to go home to make dinner

i, She said she hadn't been waiting long

j, He said he was listening to the radio

k, She said she would tell them the news on Saturday

l, He said he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis

Công thức câu tường thuật : S + say(s)/ said (that) + Mệnh đề được tường thuật

HTĐ->QKĐ

QKĐ->QKHT

HTHT->QKHT

HTTD->QKTD

Can -> Could

May -> Might

Must -> Must / Had to

Will -> would

here -> there

this -> that

these -> those

tomorrow->the next day

today -> that day

yesterday -> the day before

ago -> before

next weekend -> the next weekend

You->I/we

I -> he/she

we->they

your->their

Am , is -> was

Are -> were