Grammar (Ngữ pháp)

Reported speech (statements & questions) (Câu trần thuật (khẳng định và nghi vấn)

1. Choose the correct option.

1. Rick said he had never read/would never read an article on Artificial Intelligence before.

2. Peter asked Lina where he can/could download the fitness tracker app from.

3. Suzan says that domestic household robots have become/had become very popular.

4. Greg told us that he would/will delete lots of apps to free up memory space.

5. Alan said to me that he was going to buy a communicative humanoid robot the following day/tomorrow.

6. Fred asks me whether I would use/will use a speaking coach app.

2. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that needs correction in each sentence.

(Chọn đáp án (A, B, C hoặc D) cần sửa lại cho đúng trong mỗi câu.)

1. Experts say that (A) future homes would (B) be equipped with (C) all sorts of apps (D) and robots.

2. John said to (A) me that he had attended (B) a seminar on (C) AI the day after (D).

3 Dan and Mike told me that they (A) will join (B) a team to design (C) domestic household robots the following month (D).

4. Irene asked me whether I have ever bought (A) a private digital assistant because (B) she wanted (C) to ask for (D) some advice.

5. Tracy said that her (A) company ordered (A) some new manufacturing (C) industrial robots the (D) previous week.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct reporting verbs from the list

• encouraged • refused • suggested • instructed • offered • warned

1. Ben _____ me to download and install the new diet tracker app.

2. I _____ him not to download that file as it was full of viruses.

3. Mia is very helpful and she _____ to explain to me how to operate the navigation app.

4. The professor _____  his students to familiarise themselves with AI technologies.

5. The sales assistant _____ that we should read the manual before using the domestic household robot.

6. Jake was busy then and he _____ to show me how to download and use the art generator app. 

4. Rewrite the sentences using reported speech.

(Viết lại các câu sau dùng câu trần thuật.)

1. "How about buying a domestic household robot?" my mother said to us.

My mother suggested __________________________________________.

2. "Please do not download an app without reading online reviews of it first." Paul said to Harry.

Paul warned Harry __________________________________________.

3. "I'll give you a hand with your AI essay," my sister said to me.

My sister promised __________________________________________.

4. "Don't forget to attend the lecture on communicative humanoid robots." our professor said to us.

Our professor reminded us __________________________________________.

5. "You must come to the tech fair" Alan said to me.

Alan insisted __________________________________________.