NGUYEN HUE HIGH SCHOOL

Teacher: chu huong

The little boy suggested _________________________________going to the beach the next day.

“It’s so hot today.”

“Let’s go to the beach

tomorrow.”

“Don’t eat so much nutritious food.”

The doctor warned ____ against ___________________________him eating so much nutritious food.

Reported speech with Reported speech with GerundGerund

Use: We use reported speech with Gerund in order to report feelings or suggestions. (để tường thuật cảm xúc hoặc lời đề nghị ....của ai đó,)

S + V + (not) Gerund phrase S + V + (O) + prep + (not) Gerund phrase

suggest

admit

deny...

insist onthink of dream of look forward to apologize (sb) for…

accuse sb of thank sb for congratulate sb on prevent sb from warn sb against…

Verbs:

“You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to him

→ The teacher accused him of not paying attention to what she had said.

Note: Change Subject Pronouns, Object pronouns, Possessive adjectives,... in reported speech

- First person (I , We) → S

- Second person (You) → O

- Third person (He, she, it, they) → unchanged

Change the verb tense if the introducing verb is in past tense.

Reported speech with GerundReported speech with Gerund

66

55

7711

44

22

33

88

Lucky number

“I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier.”

Mary apologized for ________________________not phoning him (me)(sbo) earlier.

MANGER“I’ll drive you to the

station. I insist.”

Peter insisted on ________________________.driving her to the station

Mary congratulated ______ on _________________ them passing their exams.

“I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!”

She has always dreamed of ____________.being rich

“I’ve always wanted to be rich.”

I warned ____ against _______________________________ him staying at the hotel near the airport.

“Don’t stay at the hotel near the airport.”

Congratulation

Congratulation

“Stay here! I can’t let you go out tonight.”

His mother prevented _______ from ____________________him going out that night.

Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund. (p.75)Ex: Teacher: Come in, Peter! Peter : I’m sorry I’m late. Peter apologized for ___________1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal. Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay. Tom insisted on _____________________2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon. Mrs. Smith: I think so. Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to ________________________3. Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house Boy : Oh … no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know anything about it. The boy denied _____________________________________4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop! Customer : What’s that? Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop! Policeman stopped the customer from _______________.5. Mary: What shall we do on Saturday? Ann :What about having a party? Ann suggested_______________________________

paying for the meal.

meeting their children soon.

having broken the window of her house.

leaving the shop

having a party the next Saturday.

being late

Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or has the closest meaning to the original one.

1.The police prevented us _________getting into the park.

A. from B. off C. on D. out of2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle. A. for drinking B. to drinking C. of drinking D. drinking3.“Don’t cut flowers in the park!”, the old lady said to us.

A. The old lady wanted us to cut flowers in the park.

B. The old lady insisted us on cutting flowers in the park.

C. The old lady warned us against cutting flowers in the park.

D. The old lady congratulated us on cutting flowers in the park.

4. Cathy said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”

A. Cathy thanked for going to the cinema.

B. Cathy suggested going to the cinema.

C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.

D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.

C

B

A

D

Homework

- Revise how to make reported speech with gerund.

- Prepare for Test yourself B.