LANGUAGE FOCUS
1. Complete the sentences. Use the modal verbs in brackets and the information in the box.
(Dùng động từ hình thái trong ngoặc và thông tin trong khung để hoàn tất câu.)
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Stay / bed do / homework do / exercise go / university study hard miss / train |
a) Lan: My grades are terrible.
Mrs. Quyen: If you want to get good grades, you must study hard. (must)
b) Hoa: I’d like to be a doctor.
Aunt Thanh: You have to go to university if you want to study medicine. (have to)
c) Ba: Oh, no! I weigh 60 kilos!
Nga: If you want to lose weight, ... (should)
d) Tuan: Where is Ba? He’s very late.
Mrs Thoa: If he doesn’t come soon, ... (might)
e) Mr. Ha: I feel sick
Mrs Nga: If you want to get well, ... (ought to)
f) Na: I’d like to go to the movies, Mom.
Mrs. Kim: .. if you want to go out. (must)
c) Ba: Oh, no! I weigh 60 kilos!
Nga: If you want to lose weight, you should do exercise.
d) Tuan: Where’s Ba? He’s very late.
Mrs. Hoa: If he doesn’t come soon, he might miss the train.
e) Mr. Ha: I feel sick.
Mrs. Nga: If you want to get well, you ought to stay in bed.
f) Na: I’d like to go to the movies.
Mrs. Kim: You must do your homework if you want to go out.
2. Complete the table. (Hoàn thành bảng.)
| Direct speech | Reported speech | Direct speech | Reported speech |
| present simple tense | past simple tense | this | that |
| these | |||
| present progressive tense | here | ||
| future simple tense | now | then | |
| can/ may | today | ||
| must | tomorrow | the following day |
| Direct speech | Reported speech | Direct speech | Reported speech |
| present simple tense | past simple tense | these | those |
| present progressive tense | past progressive tense | here | there |
| future simple tense | Would + verb | now | then |
| can/ may | could/ might | today | that day |
| must | had to/ must | tomorrow | the following day |
3. Lan’s father held a party to celebrate his mother’s birthday. Unfortunately,Mrs Thu, her grandmother, has a hearing problem and she couldn ’t hear what people were saying. After the party, Lan reported everything to her grandmother.
(Cha của Lan đã tổ chức một bữa tiệc để ăn mừng sinh nhật của mẹ mình. Thật không may, bà Thu, bà ngoại cô ấy, lại bị ngãng tai và bà không thể nghe những gì mọi người nói. Sau bữa tiệc, Lan tường thuật tất cả mọi thứ cho bà ngoại.)
Example: “I’m happy to see you.” (Aunt Xuan)
Aunt Xuan said she was happy to see you.
a) “This birthday cake is delicious.” (Uncle Hung)
b) “I love these roses.” (Miss Nga)
c) “I’m having a wonderful time here.” (Cousin Mai)
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d) “I will go to Hue tomorrow.” (Mr. Chi)
e) “I may have a new job.” (Mrs. Hoa)
f) “I must leave now.” (Mr. Quang)
a) Uncle Hưng said that the birthday cake was delicious.
b) Miss Nga said (that) she loved the roses.
c) Cousin Mai said (that) she was having a wonderful time there.
d) Mr.Chi said he would go to Hue the following day.
e) Mrs. Hoa said she might have a new job
f) Mr.Quang said he had to leave then.
4.This morning Nga had an interview for a summer job. When she arrived home, she told her mother about the interview.
(Sáng nay, Nga đã có một buổi phỏng vấn xin việc mùa hè. Khi cô ấy trở về nhà, cô ấy đã kể lại buổi phỏng vấn ấy cho mẹ cô ấy.)
Example:
“Do you like pop music?”
⟹ She asked me if I liked pop music
or She asked me whether I liked pop music.
“Where do you live?”
⟹ She asked me where I lived.
a) “How old are you?”
b) “Is your school near here?”
c) “What is the name of your school?”
d) “Do you go to school by bicycle?”
e) “Which grade are you in?”
f) “Can you use a computer?”
g) “Why do you want this job?”
She asked me how old I was.
She asked me if my school was / is near there.
She asked me what the name of my school was / is.
She asked me if I went to school by bicycle.
She asked me which grade I was in.
She asked me if I could / can use a computer.
She asked me why I wanted the job.
She asked me when my school vacation starts.