Câu nói trực tiếp và câu nói gián tiếp trong Tiếng Anh

1. Directed speech – Câu nói trực tiếp là gì?

Câu trực tiếp (Directed Speech) được sử dụng trong hầu hết mọi thì trong tiếng Anh. Có thể sử dụng nó để mô tả một việc gì đó xảy ra ngay thời điểm hiện tại. Lời được tường thuật sẽ chính xác như lời nói của một người và thường sẽ được đặt trong dấu ngoặc kép “ ”.

Ví dụ minh họa:

• While Marry is on the phone, she’s saying to Jack, “I’m never going to talk to you again.”
  Khi Marry trên điện thoại, cô ấy nói với Jack: “Tôi sẽ không bao giờ nói chuyện với anh nữa”

2. Discourse indirect – Câu nói gián tiếp là gì?

Lời nói gián tiếp được sử dụng để nhắc lại ý chính những gì ai đó có thể đã nói. Thay vì sử dụng dấu ngoặc kép khi nói về lời được tường thuật trong câu trực tiếp thì lời được tường thuật trong câu gián tiếp thường đứng sau chữ “that”.

Ví dụ mẫu:

• He said that he was not tired.
  Anh ấy nói rằng anh ấy không mệt.

3. Nguyên tắc chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp

Bước 1: Đổi đại từ

Bước 2: Quy tắc lùi thì trong câu gián tiếp

Một số trường hợp dưới đây không thể bị bỏ qua:

• Nói về chân lý, sự thật;
• Thì quá khứ hoàn thành;
• Trong câu có năm xác định;
• Các câu có cấu trúc sau: if only, as if as though, wish, would rather, it’s high time, IF loại 2, IF loại 3.

Bước 3: Biến đổi trạng từ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn

4. Cách chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp như thế nào?

4.1. Loại câu kể / Tường thuật

S + say(s)/said + (that) + S + V

• says/say to + O -> tells/tell + O
• said to + O ->told+O

Ví dụ: She said to me”I haven’t finished my work” -> She told me she hadn’t finished her work.

4.2. Loại câu hỏi

Đối với câu hỏi Yes – No

S + asked/ wanted to know/ wondered+if/ wether + S + V

Ví dụ: ”Are you tired?” she asked -> She asked if/ whether I was tired.

Đối với câu hỏi Wh-questions

S + asked (+O)/ wanted to know/ wondered + Wh-words + S + V

• says/say to + O -> asks/ask + O
• said to + O -> asked + O

Ví dụ: ”What are you talking about?” She said. -> She asked me what I were talking about.

4.3. Loại mệnh lệnh

Dạng khẳng định

S + told + O + to-infinitive

Ví dụ: Eric said: “Please wait for me here, Linda” -> Eric told Linda to wait for him there.

Dạng phủ định

S + told + O + not to-infinitive

Ví dụ: “Don’t go out”, she said to us -> She told us not to go out.

4.4. Các loại câu tường thuật đặc biệt

• SHALL/ WOULD dùng để diễn tả đề nghị, lời mời

Ví dụ: Acacia asked: “Shall I bring you some coffee?” -> Acacia offered to bring me some coffee.

• WILL/ WOULD/ CAN/ COULD dùng để diễn tả sự yêu cầu

Ví dụ: Jim asked: “Will you help me, please” -> Jim asked me to help him.

5. Các động từ tường thuật khác

Verb + to

Ví dụ:

• Derrick admitted that he had forgotten to turn of the lights.
• Helen offered to take me to Lady Gaga’s concert.
• James promised to be on time

Verb – that

Ví dụ:

• Jọhn agrees that we have to bring an umbrella..
• Mary forget that she’s just a child.

Verb – to + Object + that

Ví dụ:

• We complained to the committee that they had not kept us informed.
• I’d like to point out to everyone that it will be expensive to hire a concert hall.

Verb – O + that

Ví dụ:

• He convinced everyone that the new road would be good for the town.
• The school informed George that he had passed the entry test.

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6. Bài tập về câu gián tiếp và câu trực tiếp trong tiếng Anh

Hoàn thành các câu sau:

1. “Where is my umbrella?” she asked.
   She asked……………………………………… ………………….
2. “How are you?” Martin asked us.
   Martin asked us………………………………………… ……………….
3. He asked, “Do I have to do it?”
   He asked……………………………………… ………………….
4. “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter.
   The mother asked her daughter…………………………………… …………………….
5. “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend.
   She asked her boyfriend………………………………….. ……………………..
6. “What are they doing?” she asked.
   She wanted to know………………………………………. …………………
7. “Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.
   He wanted to know………………………………………. …………………
8. The teacher asked, “Who speaks English?”
   The teacher wanted to know………………………………………. …………………
9. “How do you know that?” she asked me.
   She asked me………………………………………… ……………….
10. “Has Caron talked to Kevin?” my friend asked me.
    My friend asked me………………………………………… ……………….
11. “What’s the time?” he asked.
    → He wanted to know ………………………………………….. .
12. “When will we meet again?” she asked me.
    → She asked me ………………………………………….. .
13. “Are you crazy?” she asked him.
    → She asked him ………………………………………….. .
14. “Where did they live?” he asked.
    → He wanted to know ………………………………………….. .
15. “Will you be at the party?” he asked her.
    → He asked her ………………………………………….. .
16. “Can you meet me at the station?” she asked me.
    → She asked me ………………………………………….. .
17. “Who knows the answer?” the teacher asked.
    → The teacher wanted to know ………………………………………….. .
18. “Why don’t you help me?” she asked him.
    → She wanted to know ………………………………………….. .
19. “Did you see that car?” he asked me.
    → He asked me ………………………………………….. .
20. “Have you tidied up your room?” the mother asked the twins.
    → The mother asked the twins …………………………………………..
21. “Stop talking, Joe,” the teacher said.
    → The teacher told Joe ………………………………………….. .
22. “Be patient,” she said to him.
    → She told him ………………………………………….. .
23. “Go to your room,” her father said to her.
    → Her father told her ………………………………………….. .
24. “Hurry up,” she said to us.
    → She told us ………………………………………….. .
25. “Give me the key,” he told her.
    → He asked her ………………………………………….. .
26. “Play it again, Sam,” she said.
    → She asked Sam ………………………………………….. .
27. “Sit down, Caron” he said.
    → He asked Caron ………………………………………….. .
28. “Fill in the form, Sir,” the receptionist said.
    → The receptionist asked the guest ………………………………………….. .
29. “Take off your shoes,” she told us.
    → She told us ………………………………………….. .
30. “Mind your own business,” she told him.

→ She informed him ……………………………………………. .

1. “Don’t touch it,” she said to him.
   → She told him ………………………………………….. .
2. “Don’t do that again,” he said to me.
   → He told me ………………………………………….. .
3. “Don’t talk to me like that,” he said.
   → He told her ………………………………………….. .
4. “Don’t repair the computer yourself,” she warned him.
   → She warned him ………………………………………….. .
5. “Don’t let him in,” she said.
   → She told me ………………………………………….. .
6. “Don’t go out without me,” he begged her.
   → He begged her ………………………………………….. .
7. “Don’t forget your bag,” she told me.
   → She told me ………………………………………….. .
8. “Don’t eat in the lab,” the chemistry teacher said.
   → The chemistry teacher told his students ………………………………………….. .
9. “Don’t give yourself up,” he advised her.
   → He advised her ………………………………………….. .
10. “Don’t hurt yourselves, boys,” she said.
    → She told the boys ………………………………………….. .

1. She asked me where her umbrella was.
2. Martin asked us how we were.
3. He asked if he had to do it.
4. The mother asked her daughter where she had been.
5. She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best.
6. She wanted to know what they were doing.
7. He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.
8. The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.
9. She asked me how I knew that.
10. My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin.
11. He wanted to know what time it was.
12. She asked me when we would meet again.
13. She asked him if he was crazy.
14. He wanted to know where they had lived.
15. He asked her if she would be at the party.
16. She asked me if I could meet her at the station.
17. The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer.
18. She wanted to know why he didn’t help her.
19. He asked me if I had seen that car.
20. The mother asked the twins if they had tidied up their room.
21. The teacher told Joe to stop talking.
22. She told him to be patient.
23. Her father told her to go to her room.
24. She told us to hurry up.
25. He asked her to give him the key.
26. She asked Sam to play it again.
27. He asked Caron to sit down.
28. The receptionist asked the guest to fill in the form.
29. She told us to take off our shoes.
30. She told him to mind his own business.
31. She told him not to touch it.
32. He told me not to do that again.
33. He told her not to talk to him like that.
34. She warned him not to repair the computer himself.
35. She told me not to let him in.
36. He begged her not to go out without him.
37. She told me not to forget my bag.
38. The chemistry teacher told his students not to eat in the class.
39. He advised her not to give herself up.
40. She told the boys not to hurt themselves.