Transcript him eating so much nutritious food.

NGUYEN HUE HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: chu huong
“Let’s go to the beach
tomorrow.”
“It’s so hot today.”
The little boy suggested _________________________________
going to the beach the next day.
“Don’t eat so much
nutritious food.”
The doctor warned ____
him against ___________________________
eating so much nutritious food.
Reported speech with Gerund
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,)
Verbs:
suggest
admit
deny...
insist on
think of
dream of
look forward to
apologize (sb) for…
accuse sb of
thank sb for
congratulate sb on
prevent sb from
warn sb against…
S + V + (not) Gerund phrase
S + V + (O) + prep + (not) Gerund phrase
Reported speech with Gerund
“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.
Lucky number
1
6
2
3
5
7
4
8
“I’m sorry I didn’t
phone you earlier.”
Mary apologized for ________________________
not phoning him (me)(sbo) earlier.
“I’ll drive you to the
station. I insist.”
MANGER
Peter insisted on ________________________.
driving her to the station
“I hear you passed your
exams. Congratulations!”
Mary congratulated ______
them on passing
_________________
their exams.
“I’ve always wanted
to be rich.”
She has always dreamed of ____________.
being rich
“Don’t stay at the hotel near
the airport.”
I warned ____
him against _______________________________
staying at the hotel near the airport.
Congratulation
Congratulation
“Stay here! I can’t let
you go out tonight.”
His mother prevented _______
him from ____________________
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 ___________
being late
1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay.
paying for the meal.
Tom insisted on _____________________
2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
meeting their children soon.
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.
having broken the window of her house.
The boy denied _____________________________________
4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
Customer : What’s that?
Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop!
leaving the shop
Policeman stopped the customer from _______________.
5. Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
Ann :What about having a party?
having a party the next Saturday.
Ann suggested_______________________________
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
A
B. off
C. on
D. out of
2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle.
A. for drinking
B. to drinking
C. of drinking
D. drinking
D
3.“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.
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.
B Cathy suggested going to the cinema.
C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.
D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.
Homework
- Revise how to make reported speech with gerund.
- Prepare for Test yourself B.