`1,` Tom said that he wanted to buy a pocket calculator for his father.

`2,` She said that she had once spent a summer in that village.

`3,` The nurse said that the patient in that room hadn't obeyed the doctor's orders.

`4,` They said to me that I had taught them English the previous year.

`5,` Mr. Brown said that their trip had cost them two thousand dollars.

`6,` He said to her that he couldn't find his hat anywhere in that room.

`7,` My father said to them that his secretary was going to finish that job.

`8,` They said that they couldn't meet us there either that day or the next day.

`9,` My mother said that she thought it wouldn't rain the next day.

`10,` He said that John's car had been stolen.

`11,` They said that they hadn't been to an art gallery for ages.

`12,` She said that they would meet their classmates at seven.

`13,` They said that they wouldn't be able to arrive early.

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${\text{Giải thích: }}$

Câu gián tiếp dạng trần thuật:

`-` S `+` told/asked/said `+` that `+` S `+` V(lùi thì)…

${\text{Lùi thì: }}$

`+`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 (các thì tương lai) `->` would.

`+` shall/can/may `->` should / could/ might.

`+` should / could/ might/ would/ must `->` giữ nguyên.