Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for intermediate students 7', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Reported speech 71 Reporting conversations summarising When we report conversations we do not normally report everything that was said we select the important parts. This is part of a phone conversation between Anne and Sue anne Are you doing anything at the weekend sue No we re not. anne Well would you like to come and stay with us for the weekend I know you re all in need of a rest. sue Oh that would be lovely Thank you very much. anne Not at all it will be nice to see you again. sue The only problem is I haven t told you yet but we bought a dog last week. anne A dog How nice sue Yes . we can leave him with Paul s parents. anne No no bring him. I d love to see him. sue No I couldn t possibly. He s rather young and playful and he might start eating your furniture anne That doesn t matter really. You know I like dogs so do bring him. sue Are you sure anne Yes of course. sue Oh well in that case I will . This is how Sue described the conversation to her husband Paul Anne has invited us to stay with her for the weekend. She thought we needed a rest I explained that we d bought a dog and said that we could leave him with your parents but she insisted that we should bring him. Practice Below is a conversation between Jane and David. Jane later describes the conversation to her husband Peter. In your notebook write what she said starting with Oh I saw David today. He . There are several ways of summarizing the conversation. jane My parents are coming this weekend. I don t know what we re going to do with them. david Why don t you take them to that new French restaurant in town Le Pain It really is good honestly. Jackie and I went there last week and the food was fantastic. I m sure your parents would like it. jane Mm that s a good idea. Do you think they d let children in there david Oh I think so. But why don t you leave the kids with us Jackie and I would be happy to look after them. We re not going anywhere on Saturday night. jane Well that s very nice of you. Are .
