Câu tường thuật - dạng câu kể 

S + said to / told + O + (that) + S + V (lùi thì)

S + said + (that) + S + V (lùi thì)

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HTD → QKD 

QKD → QKHT

HTTD → QKTD

HTHT → QKHT

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last ... → the ... before / the previous ....

now → then 

ago → before

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11. She said that she thought English was the most popular language in the world.

12. David said that they had been in Leeds the summer before.

13. Ha said that her mother often got to work by bus.

14. He said that she had cooked an Indian meal for them the night before.

15. Sarah said that they were running a cattle farm in the countryside then.

16. My friends said that they loved eating out on Sundays.

17. His mother said that Jack worked as a taxi-driver in London.

18. My sister said that her children were very fond of going to the circus at weekends.

19. The teacher said that she had just phoned her old students.

20. The safeguard said that he had gone to Ho Chi Minh City the week before.

21. She said that the young had future in their hands.

22. The man apologized for being in a hurry.

23. The woman said that her friends often went shopping in their free time.

24. His mother said that Tom worked for an export Company in Nice.

25. The woman said that he had called his home only a few minutes before.

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