50 bài tập câu tường thuật lớp 9 có đáp án và giải thích chi tiết

Câu tường thuật (Reported Speech) là một trong những chủ đề ngữ pháp quan trọng nhất trong chương trình tiếng Anh lớp 9. Đây không chỉ là kiến thức cần thiết cho các bài kiểm tra và thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 mà còn là nền tảng để học sinh phát triển kỹ năng giao tiếp tiếng Anh hiệu quả.

Trong bài viết này, mình sẽ chia sẻ những kiến thức lý thuyết đầy đủ về câu tường thuật cùng với 50 bài tập thực hành đa dạng, từ cơ bản đến nâng cao. Mỗi bài tập đều có hướng dẫn giải chi tiết giúp bạn hiểu rõ cách áp dụng lý thuyết vào thực tế.

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1. Tóm tắt lý thuyết câu tường thuật lớp 9

Trước khi thực hành bài tập câu tường thuật lớp 9, cùng mình ôn tập nhanh kiến thức trọng tâm về câu tường thuật để giúp bạn nắm chắc kiến thức và luyện tập hiệu quả.

1.1. Định nghĩa câu tường thuật

Câu tường thuật (Reported Speech), hay còn gọi là câu gián tiếp, là câu được dùng khi ta muốn thuật lại hoặc kể lại một lời nói gián tiếp.

E.g.:

Câu trực tiếp: “I am studying English,” she said.
Câu tường thuật: She said (that) she was studying English.

1.2. Các loại câu tường thuật

Bên dưới là tổng hợp các loại câu tường thuật thường gặp trong các bài tập thực hành, cùng mình ôn tập nhé!

*Câu tường thuật câu kể (Reported Statements)

Cấu trúc:

S + said/told + (that) + reported clause

→ S + said + (that) + clause

→ S + told + sb + (that) + clause

E.g.:

“I am happy,” she said. → She said (that) she was happy.
“I am busy,” he told me. → He told me (that) he was busy.

*Câu tường thuật câu hỏi (Reported Questions)

Cấu trúc:

Câu hỏi Yes/No	S + asked + (sb) + if/whether + clause
Câu hỏi có từ để hỏi (Wh-questions)	S + asked + (sb) + wh-word + clause

E.g.:

“Are you ready?” she asked. → She asked if/whether I was ready.
“Where do you live?” he asked. → He asked where I lived.

*Câu tường thuật câu mệnh lệnh (Reported Commands)

Cấu trúc:

Câu mệnh lệnh khẳng định	S + told/ asked + sb + to + V-infinitive
Câu mệnh lệnh phủ định	S + told/ asked + sb + not to + V-infinitive

E.g.:

“Open the door!” she said. → She told me to open the door.
“Don’t be late!” he said. → He told me not to be late.

1.3. Bảng quy tắc lùi thì trong câu tường thuật

Thì trong câu trực tiếp	Thì trong câu tường thuật	Ví dụ
Present Simple	Past Simple	“I work” → He said he worked
Present Continuous	Past Continuous	“I am working” → He said he was working
Present Perfect	Past Perfect	“I have worked” → He said he had worked
Past Simple	Past Perfect	“I worked” → He said he had worked
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous	“I was working” → He said he had been working
Future Simple (will)	Would	“I will work” → He said he would work
Can	Could	“I can swim” → He said he could swim
May	Might	“I may come” → He said he might come

1.4. Bảng tổng hợp thay đổi các từ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn

Câu trực tiếp	Câu tường thuật
now	then/ at that time
today	that day
yesterday	the day before/ the previous day
tomorrow	the next day/ the following day
this week	that week
last week	the week before/ the previous week
next week	the following week
here	there
this	that
these	those

1.5. Bảng tổng hợp thay đổi đại từ nhân xưng

Câu trực tiếp	Câu tường thuật
I	he/ she
you	I/ he/ she/ they
we	they
my	his/her
your	my/ his/ her/ their
our	their

2. Bài tập câu tường thuật lớp 9

Cùng thực hành các bài tập câu tường thuật lớp 9 với các đa dạng các bài tập sau:

Chọn đáp án đúng nhất.
Viết lại câu tường thuật.
Xác định lỗi sai và sửa thành câu hoàn chỉnh.
Chia động từ đúng theo câu tường thuật.
Chuyển câu trực tiếp thành câu tường thuật.

Bài tập 1: Chọn đáp án đúng nhất

1. “I am reading a book,” she said.

A. She said she is reading a book.
B. She said she was reading a book.
C. She said she has been reading a book.
D. She said she read a book.

2. “We will go to the cinema tomorrow,” they told me.

A. They told me they will go to the cinema the next day.
B. They told me they would go to the cinema tomorrow.
C. They told me they would go to the cinema the next day.
D. They told me they went to the cinema the next day.

3. “I have finished my homework,” Tom said.

A. Tom said he finished his homework.
B. Tom said he has finished his homework.
C. Tom said he had finished his homework.
D. Tom said he would finish his homework.

4. “Mary is cooking dinner now,” John told us.

A. John told us Mary cooked dinner then.
B. John told us Mary was cooking dinner then.
C. John told us Mary is cooking dinner now.
D. John told us Mary had cooked dinner then.

5. “I can speak three languages,” she said.

A. She said she can speak three languages.
B. She said she could speak three languages.
C. She said she speaks three languages.
D. She said she spoke three languages.

6. “We visited Paris last year,” they said.

A. They said they visited Paris the year before.
B. They said they had visited Paris the year before.
C. They said they have visited Paris last year.
D. They said they visit Paris last year.

7. “I will call you later,” he promised.

A. He promised he will call me later.
B. He promised he would call me later.
C. He promised he called me later.
D. He promised he calls me later.

8. “She may come to the party,” Mark said.

A. Mark said she may come to the party.
B. Mark said she might come to the party.
C. Mark said she will come to the party.
D. Mark said she would come to the party.

9. “I am working on this project,” Anna told me.

A. Anna told me she is working on this project.
B. Anna told me she was working on that project.
C. Anna told me she worked on that project.
D. Anna told me she has worked on that project.

10. “They have been living here for five years,” she said.

A. She said they have been living there for five years.
B. She said they had been living there for five years.
C. She said they lived there for five years.
D. She said they were living there for five years.

1. Đáp án B: “She said she was reading a book.”

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “am reading” lùi thành past continuous “was reading”

2. Đáp án C: “They told me they would go to the cinema the next day.”

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “tomorrow” đổi thành “the next day”

3. Đáp án C: “Tom said he had finished his homework.”

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect “have finished” lùi thành past perfect “had finished”

4. Đáp án B: “John told us Mary was cooking dinner then.”

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “is cooking” lùi thành past continuous “was cooking”, “now” đổi thành “then”

5. Đáp án B: “She said she could speak three languages.”

⇒ Giải thích: Modal verb “can” lùi thành “could”

6. Đáp án B: “They said they had visited Paris the year before.”

⇒ Giải thích: Past simple “visited” lùi thành past perfect “had visited”, “last year” đổi thành “the year before”

7. Đáp án B: “He promised he would call me later.”

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, đại từ “you” đổi thành “me”

8. Đáp án B: “Mark said she might come to the party.”

⇒ Giải thích: Modal verb “may” lùi thành “might”

9. Đáp án B: “Anna told me she was working on that project.”

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “am working” lùi thành past continuous “was working”, “this” đổi thành “that”

10. Đáp án B: “She said they had been living there for five years.”

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect continuous “have been living” lùi thành past perfect continuous “had been living”, “here” đổi thành “there”

Bài tập 2: Viết lại câu tường thuật

“I love chocolate ice cream,” she said. → She said ________________________________
“We are planning a surprise party,” they told me. → They told me ____________________________
“I have never been to Japan,” he said. → He said ________________________________
“My sister will graduate next month,” Mary said. → Mary said ______________________________
“I was watching TV when you called,” Tom said. → Tom said _______________________________
“We can’t attend the meeting tomorrow,” they said. → They said ______________________________
“I bought this dress yesterday,” she told her friend. → She told her friend ______________________
“My parents are visiting us this weekend,” John said. → John said ______________________________
“I will have finished the report by Friday,” he promised. → He promised ____________________________
“We have been friends for ten years,” they said. → They said ____________________________

1. Đáp án: She said (that) she loved chocolate ice cream.

⇒ Giải thích: Present simple “love” lùi thành past simple “loved”

2. Đáp án: They told me (that) they were planning a surprise party.

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “are planning” lùi thành past continuous “were planning”

3. Đáp án: He said (that) he had never been to Japan.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect “have never been” lùi thành past perfect “had never been”

4. Đáp án: Mary said (that) her sister would graduate the following month.

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “next month” đổi thành “the following month”, “my” đổi thành “her”

5. Đáp án: Tom said (that) he had been watching TV when I called.

⇒ Giải thích: Past continuous “was watching” lùi thành past perfect continuous “had been watching”, “you” đổi thành “I”

6. Đáp án: They said (that) they couldn’t attend the meeting the next day.

⇒ Giải thích: “can’t” lùi thành “couldn’t”, “tomorrow” đổi thành “the next day”

7. Đáp án: She told her friend (that) she had bought that dress the day before.

⇒ Giải thích: Past simple “bought” lùi thành past perfect “had bought”, “this” đổi thành “that”, “yesterday” đổi thành “the day before”

8. Đáp án: John said (that) his parents were visiting them that weekend.

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “are visiting” lùi thành past continuous “were visiting”, “my” đổi thành “his”, “us” đổi thành “them”, “this weekend” đổi thành “that weekend”

9. Đáp án: He promised (that) he would have finished the report by Friday.

⇒ Giải thích: Future perfect “will have finished” lùi thành conditional perfect “would have finished”

10. Đáp án: They said (that) they had been friends for ten years.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect “have been” lùi thành past perfect “had been”

Bài tập 3: Xác định lỗi sai và sửa thành câu hoàn chỉnh

She said that she is going to the store tomorrow.
He told me that he can speak French very well.
They said they will visit us next week.
Mary said that she has finished her homework yesterday.
Tom told us that he is working on this project now.
She said that her brother will come here soon.
He said that he have never seen that movie before.
They told me that they are living in New York for five years.
She said that she can’t attend the meeting tomorrow.
John said that he was born in 1995 and he is 25 years old now.

1. Lỗi sai: “is going” và “tomorrow” Sửa lại: She said that she was going to the store the next day.

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous lùi thành past continuous, “tomorrow” đổi thành “the next day”

2. Lỗi sai: “can” Sửa lại: He told me that he could speak French very well.

⇒ Giải thích: Modal verb “can” lùi thành “could”

3. Lỗi sai: “will” và “next week” Sửa lại: They said they would visit us the following week.

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “next week” đổi thành “the following week”

4. Lỗi sai: “has finished” và “yesterday” Sửa lại: Mary said that she had finished her homework the day before.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect lùi thành past perfect, “yesterday” đổi thành “the day before”

5. Lỗi sai: “is working”, “this”, và “now” Sửa lại: Tom told us that he was working on that project then.

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous lùi thành past continuous, “this” đổi thành “that”, “now” đổi thành “then”

6. Lỗi sai: “will”, “here” Sửa lại: She said that her brother would come there soon.

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “here” đổi thành “there”

7. Lỗi sai: “have” Sửa lại: He said that he had never seen that movie before.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect “have seen” lùi thành past perfect “had seen”

8. Lỗi sai: “are living” (thì sai với “for five years”) Sửa lại: They told me that they had been living in New York for five years.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect continuous lùi thành past perfect continuous

9. Lỗi sai: “can’t” và “tomorrow” Sửa lại: She said that she couldn’t attend the meeting the next day.

⇒ Giải thích: “can’t” lùi thành “couldn’t”, “tomorrow” đổi thành “the next day”

10 Lỗi sai: “is” và “now” Sửa lại: John said that he was born in 1995 and he was 25 years old then.

⇒ Giải thích: Present simple “is” lùi thành past simple “was”, “now” đổi thành “then”

Bài tập 4: Chia động từ đúng theo câu tường thuật

She said that she _______ (study) English for three years.
They told me that they _______ (not/see) him since last month.
He said that he _______ (go) to London the following week.
Mary told us that she _______ (work) as a teacher then.
Tom said that he _______ (finish) his project by the end of that month.
She told me that she _______ (can/not) speak Chinese.
They said that they _______ (live) in that house for ten years.
He told us that he _______ (be) very busy the day before.
She said that her sister _______ (get) married the following year.
John told me that he _______ (never/travel) to Asia before.

1. Đáp án: had been studying

=> Giải thích: Present perfect continuous lùi thành past perfect continuous

2. Đáp án: had not seen (hadn’t seen)

=> Giải thích: Present perfect lùi thành past perfect

3. Đáp án: would go

=> Giải thích: Future simple “will go” lùi thành “would go”

4. Đáp án: was working

=> Giải thích: Present continuous lùi thành past continuous

5. Đáp án: would have finished

=> Giải thích: Future perfect “will have finished” lùi thành conditional perfect “would have finished”

6. Đáp án: could not (couldn’t)

=> Giải thích: Modal verb “can not” lùi thành “could not”

7. Đáp án: had been living

=> Giải thích: Present perfect continuous lùi thành past perfect continuous

8. Đáp án: had been

=> Giải thích: Past simple “was” lùi thành past perfect “had been”

9. Đáp án: would get

=> Giải thích: Future simple “will get” lùi thành “would get”

10. Đáp án: had never traveled

=> Giải thích: Present perfect “have never traveled” lùi thành past perfect “had never traveled”

Bài tập 5: Chuyển câu trực tiếp thành câu tường thuật

“I am very tired today,” she said.
“We will move to a new house next month,” they told us.
“I have just received a letter from my friend,” he said.
“My mother is cooking dinner in the kitchen now,” Mary said.
“I can’t find my keys anywhere,” Tom said.
“We visited the museum yesterday,” they said.
“I will call you as soon as I arrive,” she promised.
“My brother may not come to the party,” John said.
“I was reading a book when the phone rang,” he told me.
“We have been waiting for you for an hour,” they said.

1. Đáp án: She said (that) she was very tired that day.

⇒ Giải thích: Present simple “am” lùi thành past simple “was”, “today” đổi thành “that day”

2. Đáp án: They told us (that) they would move to a new house the following month.

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “next month” đổi thành “the following month”

3. Đáp án: He said (that) he had just received a letter from his friend.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect “have received” lùi thành past perfect “had received”, “my” đổi thành “his”

4. Đáp án: Mary said (that) her mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen then.

⇒ Giải thích: Present continuous “is cooking” lùi thành past continuous “was cooking”, “my” đổi thành “her”, “now” đổi thành “then”

5. Đáp án: Tom said (that) he couldn’t find his keys anywhere.

⇒ Giải thích: “can’t” lùi thành “couldn’t”, “my” đổi thành “his”

6. Đáp án: They said (that) they had visited the museum the day before.

⇒ Giải thích: Past simple “visited” lùi thành past perfect “had visited”, “yesterday” đổi thành “the day before”

7. Đáp án: She promised (that) she would call me as soon as she arrived.

⇒ Giải thích: “will” lùi thành “would”, “you” đổi thành “me”, “I” đổi thành “she”

8. Đáp án: John said (that) his brother might not come to the party.

⇒ Giải thích: “may” lùi thành “might”, “my” đổi thành “his”

9. Đáp án: He told me (that) he had been reading a book when the phone rang.

⇒ Giải thích: Past continuous “was reading” lùi thành past perfect continuous “had been reading”

10. Đáp án: They said (that) they had been waiting for me for an hour.

⇒ Giải thích: Present perfect continuous “have been waiting” lùi thành past perfect continuous “had been waiting”, “you” đổi thành “me”

3. Kết luận

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