`1.` Tim said that he had seen ghosts the night before.

`-` Trạng từ: last night `->` the night before

`-` Đổi ngôi: I `->` he

`2.` They said that they had met each other the year before.

`-` Trạng từ: last year `->` the year before

`-` Đổi ngôi: we `->` they

`3.` Tom said that his aunt had visited them the week before.

`-` Trạng từ: last week `->` the week before

`-` Đổi ngôi: my `->` his, us `->` them

`4.` Emily said that her mother had tidied up her bedroom the day before.

`-` Trạng từ: yesterday `->` the day before

`-` Đổi ngôi: my `->` her

`5.` Sam said that his teacher had told them to do the exercise on page 54.

`-` Đổi ngôi: my `->` his, us `->` them

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`***` Câu tường thuật với statements:

S + said (to sb) that/told (sb) that + S + V (lùi thì)

`-` Lùi thì các câu trên: QKĐ (S + Ved/c2) `->` QKHT (S + had + Vpp)

Công thức cho câu gián tiếp khi câu trực tiếp ở thì quá khứ đơn: S + said (that) + S + had + V_ed/V3

1. Tim said: "I saw ghosts last night."

=> Tim said that he had seen ghosts the night before.

2. They said: "We met each other last year."

=> They said that they had met each other the previous year.

3. Tom said: "My aunt visited us last week."

=> Tom said that his aunt had visited them the previous week.

4. Emily said: "My mother tidied up my bedroom yesterday."

-> Emily said that her mother had tidied up her bedroom the day before.

5. Sam said: "My teacher told us to do the exercise on page 54."

=>>Sam said that his teacher had told them to do the exercise on page 54. (Động từ "told" là động từ khiếm khuyết nên không lùi thì)

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"last night" -> "the night before"

"last year" -> "the previous year"

"last week" -> "the previous week"

"yesterday" -> "the day before"